Frozen Synapse 2

Frozen Synapse 2 is an indie game developed by Mode 7 Games and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Torque Game Engine.

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Frozen Synapse 2 holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

The minimum specification calls for 2GHz Dual Core, 4 GB RAM and Shader Model 3.0 & at least 1GB VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Frozen Synapse 2 launched on 13 September 2018, within three weeks of Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition.