- Fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx gets a major Reign of Terror expansion - 16 June 2026
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast real-time battles simulating tens of thousands of citizens and soldiers. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/fantasy-city-builder-songs-of-syx-gets-a-major-reign-of-terror-expansion/
- V71 - Reign of Terror - Available Now - 15 June 2026
Greetings, Tyrants!You have waited patiently and now, the time has finally come. V71 Reign of Terror is now available. V71 is about law, order, slavery and family. Keep your population loyal through fear, or bring them happiness instead through mercy. The choice, as always, is yours. To mark the occasion, poor Bob is back. You thought him dead on the battlefield, but alas for Bob, his gods were not that merciful. I hope you enjoy his unfortunate tale. The Sacrifice of Bob Part II: The Enslavement of BobI write it at the end of this post, but I will mention it here as well: As usual... the update became much larger than I had planned on. There was a longer closed testing phase to make sure I managed to fix bugs and balance. But if you still find issues please go to the Discord and report them. I will spend some time after the release to fix bugs and balancing. MAIN FEATURESREIGN OF TERRO…
- V71 - Reign of Terror - Coming June 15 - 28 May 2026
You probably thought Bob was dead. But on June 15, Bob will have a new story to tell with the new V71 Reign of Terror update. An update about how you balance loyalty and happiness to stay in power. The update will introduce changes to how populations grow, how laws work, slavery and more. This will mean lots of changes and additions to systems. In anticipation of the release, Sterling has made a teaser for you: I will also upload a video dev log a few days before release, where I will try to show you everything. If you want to see stuff already now, join our Discord channel, where I write a lot about what I am working on. I have had a long alpha stage before release, so hopefully nothing goes wrong. But we will see. One thing is for sure and that is that saves will break, and balance will change. So prepare yourselves. See you on June 15. Jake
- Songs of Syx in 2026 - 19 March 2026
V71 ‘Name pending’ - EARLY SUMMERWe have news. Not a patch, not yet, but a look at what lies ahead for Songs of Syx in 2026. We hope the next update will be coming early summer. The closed beta starts this spring (hopefully around mid-late April). As usual, the update became bigger than anticipated and needs a lot of testing. If you want more info on what is coming, or join the closed beta this spring, join our Discord where I am pretty open about what I am working on. For the launch, we will be running a Midweek Deal at 25%. We may or may not be working on a new trailer for that one, and a certain someone may or may not make a downtrodden comeback… What is this? Ouch... SPRING SALE AND MEDIEVAL FESTSongs of Syx will also be participating in the Steam Spring Sale at 25% off starting today, and again in Medieval Fest in April, also at 25%. We intend to keep discounts at this level for a…
- Fantasy city-builder with huge battles Songs of Syx gets a major upgrade with a focus on war - 11 December 2025
Rated Overwhelmingly Positive from users on Steam, war is the focus of a major upgrade that just arrived for fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fantasy-city-builder-with-huge-battles-songs-of-syx-gets-a-major-upgrade-with-a-focus-on-war/
- V70 - Riders of Doom Available Now - 4 December 2025
Greetings, mortals! The time has finally come. Version 70 of Songs of Syx is now available and will bring a host of changes and additions to the game. The brunt is focusing on war, and the battles that are fought. It also includes a few changes/fixes I believe you will enjoy, including a much requested Lab/Library fix. And to mark the beginning of an even greater era for Songs of Syx, we have created a new trailer about a silly peasant called Bob. You should feel sorry for him: MAIN FEATURESRIDERS OF DOOMWith the additions of spearmen and cavalry, war in Songs of Syx has changed forever. Watch banners flutter in the wind as you flank the enemy with fast and powerful heavy cavalry, or shore up your buckling center with experienced spearmen. A new and enhanced AI awaits you on the field, who will make short work of an unworthy adversary. Battles are inspired from antiquity with emphasis o…
- V69 - final showdown - 29 May 2025
Update, 25th of June I'm now setting V69 on the main branch on steam and other stores. The older builds are still available as betas on all stores, use them to continue old saves. I will now take it easy for a bit, then work on V70, which will be even smaller changes, and polish heavy. It will focus on battles. After that I will work on 1.0. At least that's the current plan. Have a good summer! /Jake Old event: Hello! This patch has mainly been about polish, very little juicy new things. Both previous version 67 & 68 has not been fully released. This is because they've been my attempt to balance the game, and make it more of a challenge. Problem is, this generally creates more frustration, and if the game itself is frustrating in other ways, there's simply too much frustration, and people calling for my head. But now, V69 has had a lot of that functional frustration fixed. I've also bal…
- Impressive colony building sim Songs of Syx is getting ready to leave Early Access with a big new Beta - 15 January 2025
Songs of Syx is a deep and engrossing colony-building sim from Gamatron AB that has steadily improved with new updates since the 2020 release into Early Access but the 1.0 release is finally approaching. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/impressive-colony-building-sim-songs-of-syx-is-getting-ready-to-leave-early-access-with-a-big-new-beta/
- V68 - All in good time - 15 January 2025
Rejoice! Jake brings thee new hours to waste! Note that initially, this patch will be in beta, meaning you need to manually check it out in the steam thing, "properties / betas" something. It will remain in beta until all fires are put out. I spend some extra time on this video, probably 2, and the editing makes me appear surprisingly coherent. I hope you like it, because the ordeal was very frustrating. Like usual, I don't really know what I've been doing. I should see a doctor about that, as some reviewers have insinuated. But you'll find the patchnotes I've scribbled down during the journey at the bottom. What I do know is that this is the last batch of the Early Access period. Let me explain a bit what that means here as well, so that there's little confusion. To me EA is a label that means: "Some things are missing, or are a bit broken. Features will be added and removed and experi…
- About windows defender warnings - 25 November 2024
Hello. Just want to quickly address a new issue that has popped up. The windows defender warning. This is a peculiar thing. It started happening long after I had patched V67 for the last time. I managed to find the offensive files in the game .jar, and remove those, and I thought the problem was solved. But now it seems to have found something else to complain about. The particular files it's nagging about is the framework "lwjgl", which is all about rendering things to the screen. This exact copy of it is also in V66, which to my knowledge passes the defender tests. With the files being identical, I can only surmise that this must be something about dates and modification dates. My own personal theory, which is probably not correct, is that there are variations of SoS floating about on the internet, and some of them contains a virus/malware. The defender then sees all SoS copies of thi…
- V67 beta - many small things - 5 September 2024
Greetings friends! Finally some progress from your beloved developer (now with some company). This patch is special in that it's save-game compatible with V66. However, it will not move to stable, and it will not be translated, as I want to make more of these patches. Note that you can't load a V67 save in V66 though, so keep backups. It revolves around what is already in the game and making it better and live up to its potential. Some highlights are maintenance, raiders and events. You can access the game by selecting it as a beta in the steam-thing (V67). I will now go back to coding V68. This patch should be relatively bug and issue free, although I've probably made a few oopsies here and there that I will fix in the coming days. Here are the patchnotes. It's not all of my work though, and it might not make sense or have correct spelling. I've remade the priorities (priorities visibl…
- V66 stable release - 20 May 2024
Esteemed Despots, What a ride, and what a toll on my delicate nerves. A beta release + the influx of a huge number of new players, a poor logistics implementation, etc. That was a bad combination. But now it's over, the bugs have been squashed, strange choices remedied, oddities swept in under the carpet. Stable V66 is now released, praise be the Astari. that means that the default branch on steam will be updated to V66, and your V65 saves will not work. To continue playing those, you must manually check out V65 as a beta in the steam client. As always, I planned for V66 to be perfect, however under scrutiny, many issues has been revealed. That means that I will continue to patch the game with a few more mini-versions. The gamechanger here is that I will not break saves, I will just rebalance things. And the patches will be smaller, more frequent and narrower in scope. The rough plan is…
- Fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx is approaching the end-game - 25 April 2024
Songs of Syx is approaching the end-game now with a new Beta release out for version 66, which as usual has tons of changes for this massive city-building strategy game. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/fantasy-city-builder-songs-of-syx-is-approaching-the-end-game
- V66 - Endgame - 22 April 2024
The time has come. It is time for a new of my world-renowned dev-log videos. I've got so much to say, yet so little time, and so much confusion. Beta is now released. You check out the beta manually from the steam client, or your other store's clients. This beta is in a good state, but there might still be bugs I need to fix, and rebalancing, so it might be a bumpy ride. It will also be updated, sometimes several times per day. So if you're not into that, wait for the official stable release, else, I am very grateful to you who give it a shot. You got the patch notes in the previous announcements, so instead I'll talk a bit about this nice little marketing push I've received. As you know there was a 20% sale, and a huge video by Seeth - the youtuber. SoS made it to the top 20 worldwide on Steam, and #4 on another store who's name shall not be mentioned. This increased sales indeed. I ba…
- V66 sneak peak and news - 16 April 2024
Greetings earthlings. It's about time I divert my attention from my codebase, and try and explain myself as best I can. First of all, I want to inform you that the game will be on sale the first time ever (and maybe last), from today to April 29th. Personally, I would have loved to skip sales all together, but SoS strangely isn't the top seller of the decade, so I want to try this once and see what it brings. The reason I chose to do so now, is that I have some good things happening all at once. Firstly, the renowned youtuber Sseth is releasing a SoS video today, and the digital stores promised to give me some extra exposure. We will see what it brings, I'll keep you posted. Secondly, I'm not very active in the steam forums, as you might have noticed. This is simply because it eats a lot of my time, and I need to focus when I'm making new patches. I will be back when V66 is done, if you…
- Huge fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx latest massive update is out - 15 January 2024
After being in Beta since mid-December, the latest big content update to the fantasy city-builder Songs of Syx is out now bringing some sweeping changes. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/huge-fantasy-city-builder-songs-of-syx-latest-massive-update-is-out
- V65 The way of water - 17 December 2023
It is here! This version can now be checked out as beta in the steam client. Right click the game and there should be something like "betas" or "properties -> betas". Patchnotes: WORLD Overall the world has been overhauled to 1.0 status. Lots of smaller adjustments. Armies are now reinforced by garrisons and other armies nearby in an intelligent way. Better auto resolve based on damage types. Better army composition for the AI. Most UI reworked. Made sure it fits on a 1200x720 screen. Improvements to FOW and minimap FOW and highlighting. Lots of new functionality around trade. Improved world buildings on the map. Each race have specific ones. Improved neighbour factions spawning Mineral deposits rework. All deposits available in any region and in any city. The amount of deposits dictate the efficiency of the mines. Settlement will be generated with the same quantity of ores. The ore nod…
- Road to 1.0 - 26 September 2023
My dear despots. Apologies for the radio silence. I have not checked the steam boards for a month, because I've been spending all my time on programming, and while doing so I've become more and more anxious about coming here. Of course I've been available on email and on the discord. I'm now half-way through the next update V65, code name “water”. In reality it is more about polish, getting as many mechanics into a 1.0 state as possible. So far each update has been about adding some new mechanics, while trying to maintain the game in some kind of playable state, but spending as little time as possible on balance and polish. Now, focus has shifted to refinement and making the mechanics that are in, good as a whole. I am happy with the raw potential the game now has. I have now finished up the overworld mechanics into a state that I wished would have been in V64. But there was no time, (a…
- V64 What is best in life? - 27 June 2023
A new era dawns. The greatest gaming event of 1999 is here. Song of Syx has a new patch. Oh, where to begin, it's been so long, and I've forgotten what I've done, and lost the patch-notes in a game of poker. But basically, it's been all about the world map, and adding a sort of 4X experience to go along with the city builder. We now have proper generation, proper factions that are alive, proper everything world related on steroids! No video this time, my mic broke. But here's the thumbnail: Here's a neighbouring king, and his heirs. He will like you differently depending on his characteristics, and your history together. You can interact with him through diplomacy. You can also send emissaries to keep him and his heirs happy. If he makes a fuss, assassination is an option. You now have much greater control over your realm, with proper buildings, shamelessly ripped from the total war fra…
- Version 64 progress - 11 April 2023
Hi everybody! I just want to say, that you never have to worry about the state of the game. It's going to be finished, I've got enough funds to keep at it now for another decade, and I've already been at it for about a decade, so it would be a bit silly for me to stop now. I'm working on the game every day, sacrificing PR and community management for the sake of coding, that's why I'm not super active on the forum ATM. Work on V64 has been a bit frustrating and slow, and it's going to be the longest wait you've ever had to endure, so I made a little video on the current state of it. Excuse the quality and the cohesion of my scattered thoughts.
