Satellite Reign
Real-time cyberpunk tactics with four customizable agents and open-ended missions
5 Lives Studios · Released Aug 27, 2015
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 5,371
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 6
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 8 months ago
- Jan 19, 2026
Metacritic: 75/100 (critic reviews)
What is Satellite Reign?
Satellite Reign is a real-time, top-down strategy game set in an open cyberpunk city run by corporations. You direct four specialized agents through missions, using stealth, hacking, sabotage, or gunfire to challenge a corporate monopoly. You find objectives as you explore the continuous city; co-op works over LAN, with online friends needing a VPN.
For you if...
- +you like planning stealth routes through open-ended missions
- +you want to customize a specialized four-agent squad
- +you enjoy exploring a cyberpunk city at your own pace
Not for you if...
- −you dislike managing a squad in real time
- −you want missions that favor constant gunfire over stealth
- −you prefer separate, linear levels to open-world objectives
What players say
71% of 5,371 reviews are positive
Players praise its resemblance to the Syndicate games, the cyberpunk city, and the different ways to infiltrate locations. They complain about confusing controls and tutorials and frustrating stealth patrols. Recent players also report agents getting stuck and Linux keyboard commands failing during the tutorial.
Screenshots and trailer
Satellite Reign system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or newer
- Processor
- x86 Dual Core 2.4 GHz
- Graphics
- DirectX 9 GPU with 1GB of memory
- Memory
- 3 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
Recommended
- Processor
- x86 Quad Core 3.4GHz or greater
- Graphics
- DirectX 11 GPU with 2GB of memory
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 40
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- Cloud saves are not shared across platforms
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian.
Tags
- Cyberpunk
- Strategy
- Action
- Sci-fi
- Indie
- Tactical
- Real-Time
- Stealth
- Open World
- Co-op
- Isometric
- Top-Down
- Class-Based
- Singleplayer
- RPG
- RTS
Recent updates
- Jan 19, 2026 · Unity's UNET Service Shutdown and Online Play
- Aug 11, 2016 · Updated to V1.13.06
- Jul 29, 2016 · New build on the coop_beta channel
- Jul 13, 2016 · Co-op Now in Open Beta!
- Jun 28, 2016 · Co-op Beta Channel Updated to V1.12.01
3 DLC available.
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