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V71 - Reign of Terror - Available Now
Steam post image 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 fe…
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V71 - Reign of Terror - Coming June 15
Steam post image 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…
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Songs of Syx in 2026
V71 ‘Name pending’ - EARLY SUMMER We 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 (hope…
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V70 - Riders of Doom Available Now
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 al…
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V69 - final showdown
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…
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V68 - All in good time
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 a…
Event46 changes1 numericFix - Songs of Syx
About windows defender warnings
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 offe…
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V67 beta - many small things
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 tra…
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V66 stable release
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…
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V66 - Endgame
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 clien…
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V66 sneak peak and news
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 las…
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V65 The way of water
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 overhau…
Event67 changes1 numericFix - Songs of Syx
Road to 1.0
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…
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V64 What is best in life?
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 basical…
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Version 64 progress
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…
Announcement - Songs of Syx
V63 - Tourism
V63 is now stable and on the default branch of steam. To continue V62 saves, you must check out the EA62 branch as a beta in the steam client. Hello! I'm finally done with the new patch. The patch is currently in the be…
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