Syndicate (1993)
Shares rank 12 of 24 strategy games by recommenders
Fans recall a memorable interface and long replay value in this 1993 Bullfrog strategy game, though one critic found it not as good as remembered.
Fans recall a memorable interface and long replay value in this 1993 Bullfrog strategy game, though one critic found it not as good as remembered.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Long, enjoyable replay sessions
“Some old games have high re-playable value. Syndicate is one of them”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Porting my 1993 Amiga game to Godot, with an LLM reading the 68000 assembly” “I spent endless hours playing this on my Mac back in the 90s.”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Cyberpunk Video Games”
Other strategy games people recommend
The four most recommended other strategy games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle for Wesnoth | 39 | 4 | 91% | 4 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization | 25 | 9 | 74% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III | 20 | 10 | 67% | 3 | — | — |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | 16 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Syndicate (1993)This page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Some old games have high re-playable value. Syndicate is one of them”
“With some improvements and, uhm, modernizations”
“All of the big Bullfrog games were unique”
“Syndicate on MS-DOS is the only game I know of to look good with 16 colors on VGA 640x480.”
“I loved Syndicate, but I never beat it.”
“I spent endless hours playing this on my Mac back in the 90s.”
“The first Syndicate game is still in my memory due to the UI alone.”
“I have my own proxy over syncthing relays”
“is not what I remember it to be”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.