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Frozen Synapse

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Frozen Synapse
Frozen Synapse cover
Developers
Mode 7
macOS (OS X) James Urquhart
Linux Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
Mode 7
Engines
Torque Game Engine[1]
Release dates
Windows May 26, 2011
macOS (OS X) May 26, 2011
Linux September 28, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 85
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Top-down view
Genres TBS
Art styles Stylized
Themes Cyberpunk
Series Frozen Synapse
Frozen Synapse on HowLongToBeat
Frozen Synapse on IGDB
Frozen Synapse on MobyGames
Frozen Synapse on Wikipedia
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Frozen Synapse is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view TBS game in the Frozen Synapse series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
DRM-free download[2] and a Steam key. Includes a second copy for a friend.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
No 2-pack.[3]
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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2-pack.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
To get the DRM-free installer, paste the serial key into this form.
Online play requires a Frozen Synapse account.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Red
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\psychoff\spSave*.enc[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/FrozenSynapse/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/FrozenSynapse/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/FrozenSynapse/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/FrozenSynapse/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/98200/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
There is no real benefit to using Eyefinity or Surround, as the gameplay is fixed to the center screen.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
~65 FPS cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Online play requires a Frozen Synapse account.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 220 MB
Video card (GPU) Netbook integrated graphics
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz PowerPC (or Intel)
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 220 MB


Notes

  1. When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. Indie DB - Frozen Synapse - last accessed on 2022-05-19
  2. Frozen Synapse - Features - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  3. Reddit - last accessed on 17 May 2023