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Cobalt Core
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“now that i have completed this game's story and near 100% it (There's an achievement to complete [not win] 30 daily challenges, the point is that I have played more than enough to confidently say that... Cobalt Core has become one of my, if not my #1 favorite roguelike of all…”
— a player, Steam review · 89 hrs played“Where do I begin here? A neat little roguelite deckbuilder with a gimmick to differentiate from the others. This is not the first nor will it be the last in a literal swarm of games covering this genre. But there's something different, something special about this little title.…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“This has been my favourite roguelike deckbuilder since Slay the Spire. The mechanics are very satisfying, the combos can make you feel like a god, and I really love the storyline/characters with it (something that Slay the Spire and other roguelike deckbuilders haven't done…”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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1.2.7
Fixed a bug that made Ricochet Paddle and Payback not interact correctly (Payback was turning the missile around visually, but those missiles were REALLY bloodthirsty and still fired at the player any
1.2.6
Fixed a bug that prevented daily runs from ever seeing a few ? events.Fixed a really niche softlock that prevented you from leaving the "view card" screen in certain scenarios.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Strategy · Rogue-like · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics · Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical RPG · Funny · Space · Logic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://braceyourselfgames.com/cobalt-core/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Anything, really Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: yeah we got those Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: ideally