Syndicate

Syndicate is a strategic action game set in a dystopian future where corporate entities vie for global dominance. Players control a syndicate, expanding their influence across a world map divided into…

69 6 June 1993

Strategy Tactical Action Science fiction

Syndicate is a strategy developed by Bullfrog Productions, released 6 June 1993 on DOS, FM Towns, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Syndicate is

Syndicate is a strategy game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released in 1993. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on DOS, FM Towns, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and PC-9800 Series.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Syndicate is an isometric real-time tactics and strategic game from Bullfrog Productions created in 1993, and initially released for MS-DOS and the Amiga. It is the first game in the Syndicate series. Set in a dystopian future in which corporations have replaced governments, Syndicate puts the player in control of a corporation vying for global dominance.

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How it plays

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

How it was received

Syndicate holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Players rate it 76, 7 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 10 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 20 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Syndicate launched on 6 June 1993, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing and Mayhem in Monsterland. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Mayhem in Monsterland.

Cheats and codes

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