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Frozen Cortex

Frozen Cortex

A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.

Released Feb 19, 2015 Developer Mode 7 Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SportsStrategyTacticalIndieTurn-Based
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

70.7%positive273 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Not sure why this only shows as 0.1 hours on record when I definitely played for more than that but I can't recommend this. It's a downgrade in almost every way from Frozen Synapse while also feeling less polished. It was rough in 2015 and there's no way I could recommend it in…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Infuriating game, that's the summary, it really is the best way to describe it. So the premise of the game is basically turn based football, I went into it thinking it was fairly strategy heavy, well it is not. Its RNG heavy, the amount of times the CPU was making the craziest…”

— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

13achievements
6.0%median completion
0.9%rarest: Emergency Turbot
59.6% of players 35.8% of players 28.8% of players 19.6% of players 15.3% of players 10.6% of players 6.0% of players 4.8% of players 3.8% of players 2.4% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 59.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.6%Rite of PASSage — Pass the ball for the first time
35.8%This Game Has Blocks Too — Get over 8 blocks in a match
28.8%Big Player — Get more than 7 points on a play
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Emergency Turbot — Hidden achievement
0.9%Beat Bin — Defeat Bin in an online match
1.0%Benchwarmers — Win a League without ever buying a player

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US24.99 USD
EU22.99 EUR
UK18.99 GBP
Australia35.95 AUD
Canada27.99 CAD
Japan2,480 JPY
Brazil45.99 BRL
China78.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$8.8 China Japan Canada US UK Australia EU≈$26

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). 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.

May 14, 2015
Controller Update

This is a small update to the game which adds support for game controllers. Currently the game only supports the Xbox 360 controller (and 3rd party compatible controllers) on Windows but on OS X and L

May 14, 2015
Controller Update

This is a small update to the game which adds support for game controllers. Currently the game only supports the Xbox 360 controller (and 3rd party compatible controllers) on Windows but on OS X and L

May 01, 2015
Easy Mode and Older League Modes

Two important things to point out from the Manager Update: - There's now an Easy Mode which lets you see the AI's plans before they are committed. This is a great way to help new players learn the gam

May 01, 2015
Easy Mode and Older League Modes

Two important things to point out from the Manager Update: - There's now an Easy Mode which lets you see the AI's plans before they are committed. This is a great way to help new players learn the gam

Apr 30, 2015
Frozen Cortex Manager Mode

Hello, We’re happy to announce that Frozen Cortex Manager is launching today: it’s a free update to the game. It’s effectively a new league mode which has a much more in-depth simulation to the other

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresIndie, Sports, Strategy
Player tagsSports · Strategy · Tactical · Indie · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Multiplayer · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Robots · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Tactics (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements13
Official sitehttp://www.frozencortex.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: 1.2GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Shader Model 3.0 & at least 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Soundtrack Tier requires extra 1GB disk space, Mega & Ultimate Tiers require extra 4GB disk space.