Songs of Syx
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
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Guides
Guides
Songs of Syx Beginner Guide — Your First City
New to Songs of Syx? This beginner guide walks you through your first years: why food comes before everything, how to choose and house your races, how to assign your workforce, and how to keep morale up so your fledgling city does not collapse. Start small, secure food first, and expand in layers. Master these basics and the deeper systems of economy, races and eventual conquest open up safely.
guideSongs of Syx Economy Guide — Food, Workforce and Trade
A strong economy is what lets a Songs of Syx city grow from a village to a metropolis, and this guide shows you how to build one. Learn how to secure food, build production chains, allocate your workforce so the experience system pays off, satisfy citizen needs, and export goods for wealth. Feed your people first, specialise your industries, and grow only from surplus. Master the economy and everything else — happiness, expansion, even war — becomes possible.
guideSongs of Syx Military Guide — Armies, Battles and Conquest
Beyond the city, Songs of Syx opens onto a world map where you raise armies of thousands and fight massive real-time battles for conquest. This guide shows you how war works: the world map and diplomacy, raising and equipping armies from your economy, winning huge battles, and expanding without breaking your city. Your army is only as strong as the economy behind it. Build your city first, supply your troops, and conquer from a position of strength.
guideSongs of Syx Race Tier List — Best Species Ranked
This Songs of Syx race tier list ranks the species — Humans, Cretonians, Dondorians, Tilapi, Garthimis and Cantor — by how valuable and beginner-friendly each is for a growing city. Because a thriving city wants a complementary mix, this ranks roles and reliability, not raw power. Humans and Cretonians anchor an easy start; Dondorians and Tilapi add industry, war and happiness; Garthimis and Cantor are powerful specialists. Above all, mind race relations.
Overview
What's the Game?
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Staggering scale
Grow a village into a metropolis of tens or hundreds of thousands of simulated citizens.
Races and economy
Multiple species with distinct needs feed deep production and workforce systems.
World map and war
Raise armies of up to tens of thousands and fight massive real-time battles.
Rule your way
Win hearts or rule by fear, managing food, happiness and services across many races.
Honest caveats
Minimalist visuals, a steep learning curve, a dense interface, and Early Access.
Languages
English and Simplified Chinese only; no Japanese or Korean.
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Languages
Supported Languages
| Language | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| 简体中文 | ✓ | — | ✓ |
Spec
System Requirements
Windows
Minimum
Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 (8u51 and above) Windows 8.x (Desktop) Windows 7 SP1 Windows Vista SP2 Processor: Pentium 2 266 MHz processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support
Recommended
Recommended: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.0 GHZ 4 cores or greater Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 512MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support
macOS
Minimum
Minimum: OS: Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.8.3+, 10.9+ Processor: Intel 266 MHz processor Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support Additional Notes: You must disable the steam overlay in order to play!
Recommended
Recommended: OS: Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.8.3+, 10.9+ Processor: Intel 2.0 GHZ 4 cores or greater Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 512MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support Additional Notes: You must disable the steam overlay in order to play!
Linux
Minimum
Minimum: OS: Java 8 compliant Processor: Pentium 2 266 MHz processor Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 256MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support
Recommended
Recommended: OS: Java 8 compliant Processor: 2.0 GHZ 4 cores or greater Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 512MB with opengl 3.3 support Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: Requires openAL support
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