- Steam Autumn Sale - 29 September 2025
10th anniversary of SynonymyOur award-winning word gameA highlight of IndieCade's 2015 E3 showcase and GDC's prestigious Experimental Gameplay Workshop, Synonymy is an educational word game in which players are challenged to find paths between random words through their network of synonyms. By taking the synonym of a word, and then a synonym of that synonym, and so on, you can ultimately arrive at any other word in the English language. Inspired by lexical and semantic research.See Synonymy and others on our Developer page:https://store.steampowered.com/developer/cmm
- Steam Summer Sale - 26 June 2025
Synonymy is an educational word game in which players are challenged to find a path between random words through their network of synonyms.Play a demo and then buy at a Summer Sale special price!Also try our newest math puzzle, Equate 8! All proceeds from game sales benefit the mission of Cinq-Mars Media non-profit in developing educational games, which are always provided free to teachers and students.
- Steam Winter Sale - 19 December 2024
Cinq-Mars Media games are 20-70% off till January 2! Happy Holidays! If you love word games, also try our newest, CrossAbout! Synonymy was featured in the GDC Experimental Gameplay Workshop:
- Synonymy discounted in the Steam Autumn Sale! - 27 November 2024
Have you played our award-winning word challenge, Synonymy? Try the game that launched our non-profit indie development. Our newest word game, CrossAbout, is also available on Steam! Synonymy trailer:
- Steam Summer Sale - 27 June 2024
Find a new favorite and save now! Synonymy Copy Editor Lazy Chess Trade Bots The Devil's Calculator
- Steam Spring Sale - 14 March 2024
Including Synonymy, Trade Bots, Copy Editor, Lazy Chess, and The Devil’s Calculator Play demos, find your new favorite, and buy it at a low price! Proceeds benefit the Cinq-Mars Media Nonprofit mission of developing educational games and technology. Our games are always free to students and educators. Cinq-Mars Media is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- Steam Winter Sale - 21 December 2023
Synonymy, Copy Editor, Trade Bots and other CMM games are on sale now! Try a demo and find a new favorite! https://store.steampowered.com/cmm
- Synonymy and other Cinq-Mars Media games discounted - 21 November 2023
Get Synonymy at a special price! Cinq-Mars Media games are always free to educators and students who contact us.
- Steam Summer Sale - 29 June 2023
All Cinq-Mars Media games 20-40% off during the Steam summer event! Try a demo and find a new favorite!
- Steam Spring Sale - 16 March 2023
Cinq-Mars Media games discounted 33-75% in the Steam Spring Sale! Copy Editor The Devil's Calculator Lazy Chess Synonymy While you're browsing, you can also download our new demo, Trade Bots!
- Steam Summer Sale - 23 June 2022
Synonymy, Lazy Chess, Copy Editor, and more are 30% off during the Steam Summer Sale! https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/cmm
- Steam Lunar New Year Sale - 26 January 2022
Find your new favorite Cinq-Mars Media game during the Steam Lunar New Year Sale! Welcome to the Year of the Tiger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cu0i-4gb8&t=99s
- GDC Speech | Iconic Passwords - 13 October 2015
Hi Everyone! I was finally able to post my GDC speech on Synonymy online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_F70nNyVoo I was too nervous to be very eloquent, but for those interested, it will be a good overview of how I came to make the game, - what inspired the idea and how I dealt with some of the development hurdles. I'd also like to announce my new project, Iconic Passwords - a password utility website and app. 100% Free, No Ads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zysez34SZDI Thanks for checking them both out and thanks, as always, for playing! My very best, - Chris
- GDC Speech | Iconic Passwords - 13 October 2015
Hi Everyone! I was finally able to post my GDC speech on Synonymy online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_F70nNyVoo I was too nervous to be very eloquent, but for those interested, it will be a good overview of how I came to make the game, - what inspired the idea and how I dealt with some of the development hurdles. I'd also like to announce my new project, Iconic Passwords - a password utility website and app. 100% Free, No Ads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zysez34SZDI Thanks for checking them both out and thanks, as always, for playing! My very best, - Chris
- Synonymy 3.0 Release - 21 September 2015
I would like to announce that I have released the second and biggest update of synonymy yet: Synonymy 3.0. Not much looks different, but behind the scenes, the engine has been totally reimagined. When showing the game at E3 and GDC, there were two consistent complaints: 1) The game is too difficult, even on the easiest setting 2) Getting close to your goal word and then having to scour for exact synonyms is far less enjoyable than manipulating meanings of words and exploring homonyms etc... To address these issues, I did the following: Before, the order of synonyms on pages were organized randomly. This made digging for the right word a lot more difficult and labor-intensive. Now there's a sophisticated algorithm that, depending on the difficulty level, organizes these synonyms for you to make the game clearer on lower difficulty settings. When you are two or three "levels" or moves awa…
- Synonymy 3.0 Release - 21 September 2015
I would like to announce that I have released the second and biggest update of synonymy yet: Synonymy 3.0. Not much looks different, but behind the scenes, the engine has been totally reimagined. When showing the game at E3 and GDC, there were two consistent complaints: 1) The game is too difficult, even on the easiest setting 2) Getting close to your goal word and then having to scour for exact synonyms is far less enjoyable than manipulating meanings of words and exploring homonyms etc... To address these issues, I did the following: Before, the order of synonyms on pages were organized randomly. This made digging for the right word a lot more difficult and labor-intensive. Now there's a sophisticated algorithm that, depending on the difficulty level, organizes these synonyms for you to make the game clearer on lower difficulty settings. When you are two or three "levels" or moves awa…
