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Cobalt Core

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!

Released Nov 8, 2023 Developer Rocket Rat Games Publisher Brace Yourself Games Platforms Windows · Mac Roguelike DeckbuilderCard GameStrategyRogue-likeTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.6%positive3,512 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:24 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

49playing at last check
10624-hour peak
1,649all-time peak
0 500 1k 2024 2025 2026 707 avg · Nov 2023

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.

15achievements
25.3%median completion
1.7%rarest: Looping Legend
79.5% of players 64.4% of players 56.1% of players 55.5% of players 54.1% of players 52.5% of players 42.6% of players 25.3% of players 15.4% of players 15.4% of players 13.3% of players 11.7% of players 6.6% of players 2.9% of players 1.7% of players 79.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.5%The New Kid — Unlock Isaac.
64.4%Now We're Cooking — Unlock Drake.
56.1%We're In — Unlock Max.
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Looping Legend — Play 30 dailies.
2.9%Entropic Explorer — Play 7 dailies.
6.6%Daily Dabbler — Play 1 daily.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 10, 2026
1.2.9

Fixed a missing character in the Traditional Chinese translation

Jan 18, 2026
1.2.8

Fixed a bug that was unlocking some achievements at the wrong time

Jan 12, 2026
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

Jan 04, 2026
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.

Sep 24, 2025
small patch

minor additional mod supportthat's it, it's small

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsRoguelike Deckbuilder · Card Game · Strategy · Rogue-like · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Pixel Graphics · Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical RPG · Funny · Space · Logic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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