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Cogmind
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Probably the best roguelike on the market. Easily hundreds of hours worth of content, meticulously polished balance and design, incredibly satisfying to learn and play, what's not to love? I think my brain has become cog-shaped at this point.”
— a player, Steam review · 750 hrs played“played 49.7 hrs in 3 days then won on easy mode (dont shun me i dont play alot of RLs recently) good game but its smart to spread playtime out”
— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played“I really want to like Cogmind, and I've been trying to for years but the first hour or two of a run just don't have much to offer. I know it has some complex branching paths and story, but that intrigue is completely absent in the early game. you have so little choice in…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:53 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
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Beta 17 "X0-1V1"
Have you played DCSS? (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup) If not, then you should definitely consider trying it, a major roguelike in constant development for even longer than Cogmind, and a great game among t
Beta 16.1 "Unchained More"
Ironically for a release dubbed "Unchained More," and one that includes an even wider variety of Unchained personalities and tech, folks are generally going to be seeing them "less" overall xD. This i
Annual Review: Year 12 of the Cogmind
Cogmind's 12th annual review is available over on the dev blog, summarizing a year featuring two major releases that finished off one expansion while kick-starting another. 2025 added a significant ne
Beta 16 "The Unchained"
A new expansion begins! Our Beta 16 eponymous opponents are upon us... With them comes upgraded Scanalyzer functionality for all, and a batch of over 200 more achievements to catch us up with the last
Beta 15 "0bPrime"
https://i.imgur.com/epnHgYa.png The epic conclusion to the UFD expansion is here, bringing with it a major new map, 100 new items, and Cogmind's 10th unique ending! Within you'll also find a huge rang
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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 | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Traditional Roguelike · Atmospheric · Rogue-like · Turn-Based · Dungeon Crawler · Robots · Strategy · Story Rich · Difficult · Sci-fi · Perma Death (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 474 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.gridsagegames.com/cogmind/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: 1.8Ghz or faster Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Anything Storage: 80 MB available space