Synergism
Guide your realm through prestige, transcendence, and reincarnation while orchestrating buffs, rituals, and cosmic challenges.
Gameplay overview
Core loop
Synergism is a long-form idle experience centered on layered resets. Start with generators that produce resources, invest in upgrades to unlock new tabs, then prestige to multiply income. Beyond prestige lies transcendence, reincarnation, singularity mechanics, and late-game corruption systems. Each layer adds modifiers, runes, and rituals that feed back into previous layers, creating the namesake synergy. Numbers climb into astronomical ranges, but automation tools, presets, and hotkeys keep management approachable.
Control guide
Inputs at a glance
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Buy accelerators / generators | A / B |
| Trigger prestige / transcend / reincarnate | S, T, R |
| Cycle preset blessing cards | Arrow keys or Shift + directional combos |
| Toggle Auto Challenge | C |
| Use potions (offering, ant serum, challenge) | Shift + O, Shift + P, Shift + S |
All major actions have keyboard bindings—hold keys to repeat purchases, or automate via the Settings tab when you unlock advanced scripts.
Strategy tips
Ways to improve
Keep an eye on challenge rewards—completing them early unlocks multipliers that supercharge later resets. Balance resource generators so neither energy nor particles bottleneck progress. Once corruption unlocks, experiment with different corruption loadouts to stack rune gains and crystal production. The community GitHub hosts changelogs and issues; checking them helps you stay ahead of balance tweaks and new features.
- Save card presets for different activities (farming helium, pushing corruption, farming offerings) and swap with arrow shortcuts.
- Automate prestige layers gradually—manual toggles remain useful when chasing specific challenge goals.
- Visit the options menu to enable hotkey hints and outline key timers—small QoL upgrades dramatically improve long sessions.
Frequently asked questions
Need a quick answer?
Q: How do I save or sync progress?
A: Synergism stores data locally but includes an export/import system under Settings. Copy the export string to keep safe backups.
Q: What should I do when progress stalls?
A: Check challenges and corruption settings, then perform a higher-layer reset (transcend or reincarnate). Each reset grants resources that accelerate future runs.
Q: Where can I follow updates?
A: The developers maintain an active GitHub repository and community Discord; patch notes are mirrored in-game.
Our take
Why Synergism is a landmark idle
Synergism sits in the “big, messy, beautiful spreadsheet” corner of idle design, but it earns that complexity with genuinely interesting interactions between layers. Prestige, transcendence, reincarnation, corruption, and singularity mechanics all feed into one another in ways that create real build diversity. You can feel the difference between a run tuned for offerings, a corruption push, or rune farming, and the card preset system makes swapping between those modes frictionless once you learn the basics.
It is also one of the more community-driven projects in the space. Balance changes, quality-of-life upgrades, and new systems are heavily informed by player feedback, so the game has gradually morphed into a dense but surprisingly approachable playground for long-term optimisation. The UI won’t win minimalist design awards, yet the steady drip of unlocks and “Aha, that’s how these bonuses stack” moments keeps people coming back long after most idle games would have run out of steam.
Who will enjoy it?
Synergism is best suited to players who relish deep systems, don’t mind reading tooltips, and enjoy the idea of following a live service–style idle game as it evolves. If you like experimenting with corruption loadouts, squeezing percent gains out of obscure bonuses, and chatting with other players about builds, you’ll find a lot here. If you prefer something you can fully understand in a single evening, this might feel overwhelming.