Grapple & momentum
Two grapples to choose from: the swing to chain curves and keep your speed, the boost to launch yourself from point to point. Easy to pick up, dizzying skill ceiling.
A competitive parkour FPS. Launch yourself on the grapple, rip the Elyr from your opponent, and keep it.
5 min
Final Pulse format
2-4
Players per round
€0
Free-to-play
8 GB
Of RAM is enough
The game
Seize the Elyr.
Keep it. Or take it back.
In 2084, humanity has exhausted its resources. One last hope hides in a virtual, brutalist city: the Elyr, the vital energy capable of changing everything.
You play a champion, alone against one opponent or in a four-way brawl. Two rules clash: in Final Pulse, a fixed five-minute round, whoever holds the Elyr when time runs out wins; in Core Charge, you must hold it for three minutes in total, cumulative — the round runs longer the more players are fighting over it.
Once you're more than two, Final Pulse and Core Charge both turn into a free-for-all: up to four players hunting the Elyr with no rules of engagement. Slide, leap, swing on your grapple and trap your opponent with shooting and betrayal items. Reflexes, reads and anticipation will be your only weapons.
Zero pay-to-win
Free, and it will stay that way. 100% cosmetic monetization. Every champion equal at the starting line. Your wallet never wins for you.
Low-spec optimized
Built to run on modest setups, no war machine required. Competition with no hardware barrier, open to as many players as possible, emerging markets included.
Pure competition
From the 1v1 duel to the four-player free-for-all. Two rules, one constant: zero downtime. A pure test of skill where every millisecond counts.
Game modes
Choose your arena
Final Pulse
2 to 4 players, 1v1 duel or free-for-all — Whoever holds the Elyr at the end of the five minutes wins the round.
Core Charge
2 to 4 players, 1v1 duel or free-for-all — Hold the Elyr for three minutes in total, cumulative; rounds run longer the more players join in.
Training
Solo — Learn the controls, refine your lines and attempt speedruns.
Tutorial
Beginner — The fundamentals of movement and grappling, step by step.
Gallery
A city in watercolor
Every environment in Synthopolis is painted: watercolor washes laid over brutalist architecture, outlined with a stroke of ink. That is what gives the city its particular grain, halfway between a comic book page and concrete.
Accessibility
Built to run anywhere
No war machine needed. Synthopolis deliberately keeps its requirements low, down to running on integrated graphics, so that competition stays open to as many players as possible.
SystemWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5 (4th generation)
Memory8 GB of RAM
GraphicsIntel HD 4600 integrated
DirectXVersion 11
Storage2 GB of available space
Frequently asked questions
What people ask us
Is Synthopolis really free?
Yes. Synthopolis is free-to-play on Steam and it will stay that way. Monetization is purely cosmetic: no purchase gives an in-game advantage. Every player starts on equal footing.
What specs do I need to play Synthopolis?
Windows 10 64-bit, an Intel Core i5 4th generation processor, 8 GB of RAM, an Intel HD 4600 integrated graphics card, DirectX 11 and 2 GB of disk space. The game is deliberately optimized to run on modest machines.
What is the Elyr in Synthopolis?
The Elyr is the vital energy at the heart of the game. In 2084, humanity has exhausted its resources and the Elyr is the last hope. In a match, one player carries it and must hold on to it while the opponent tries to tear it away.
What are the game modes in Synthopolis?
Final Pulse and Core Charge are played by two to four players, either as a 1v1 duel or a free-for-all, plus a training mode and a solo tutorial. Final Pulse lasts five minutes; Core Charge runs longer depending on the number of players, sometimes well beyond.
Is Synthopolis available on console or on Mac?
Who develops Synthopolis?
ReyDio Games, an independent French video game studio founded in 2025 and based in Cannes, on the French Riviera. The studio was founded by Rayane Rahal and Eliott Bouchonnet.
Join the race
Ready to take the Elyr?
Download Synthopolis for free, join the community and help shape the game during its early access.