Steam app 2179850 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:46 UTC
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!
716 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
35 months, November 2023 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 434 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 282 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Cobalt Core was released on 8 Nov, 2023.
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15 achievements in total.
26 developer announcements, Oct 2023 to Feb 2026 · times in UTC
Fixed a missing character in the Traditional Chinese translation
Patch notesFixed a bug that was unlocking some achievements at the wrong time
Patch notesFixed 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 anyway).
Patch notesFixed 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.
Patch notesminor additional mod supportthat's it, it's small
Patch notesHello! After running a native linux branch for a few days we've decided to go back to using proton on the main game build for now. Future work on a linux native build will continue in a proper experimental branch.If you're interested in…
Patch notesmade the Daily achievement progress trigger when your Daily run ENDS, instead of when it startsfixed a bug that was making the Daily achievement progress pop up on launch, instead of just when you make progressfixed a few miscellaneous bugs…
Patch notesContentdaily artifacts you’ve seen are now listed at the bottom of the codexadded Polish and Ukrainian glyphs to our font to support fan translationsA whole bunch of bugfixes, listed belowquietly added a Mac version (let us know in the…
Patch notesWe're doing a vinyl soundtrack campaign!!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43508163/e4c34170f7ab3980735c68301242e4f6dea8f91b.png Also, we're 25% off right now for the Turn Based Carnival steam event!
JDAGNerfed Rail Cannon slightly. It no longer shoots a heavy missile on turn 1, and its Phase 1 attacks are now 2 damage, instead of 1x2 multihits Fixed a bug in which you could get the same Zone 2 elite fight twice in certain rare situations
Patch notesRe-added the Just One Character daily modifier to the daily pool A few small bug fixes (including the bugs associated with the Just One Character artifact that made us remove it to begin with!)
Patch notesTemporarily removed the "just one character" daily modifier, as a few bugs have been found with it that'll take a little bit to fix. We'll have it back in the rotation in a week or two. This does mean that today's daily seed has been…
Patch notesCONTENT: Added a daily mode! Everyone playing that day’s daily share a crew, a ship, and a run seed. They also share 1-3 weird modifiers that make daily runs feel pretty different from normal runs! Dailies are scored! Compete with your…
JDAGPLAYER SHIP CHANGES Ares starts with 1 less hull and 1 less max shield (now 8/4) Tiderunner starts with 1 less hull (now 7/3) Jupiter starts with 2 more hull and 1 more max shield (now 12/4) ENEMY CHANGES Wizbo / The Tower can no longer be…
Patch notes(Lumping the last two hotfixes into this update!) BALANCE CHANGES Solar Sail: one missile intent has been swapped from heavy missiles to normal missiles Rail Cannon: All phases now have 10hp instead of 11 Rail Cannon: All multi-hit attacks…
Patch notesCONTENT Six new enemies: 3 new normal enemies, one per zone! One new elite for zone 2 A new alternate Zone 1 boss A new alternate Zone 2 boss Duncan the skunk, pilot of the Mining Drill, has been upgraded from NORMAL to ELITE enemy. That’s…
JDAG1.0.7 changes Gameplay The card Escape Artist has been reworked and buffed a bit; it no longer discards any cards from your hand Art Tooth now has a talking animation Misc Fixed a longstanding bug that made the Soggins event incorrectly…
Patch notesCONTENT: New event! (It’s a very fun one.) ⚽ Duncan, the pilot of the Mining Drill, overcame his shyness and can now talk 5 new artifacts: Tiderunner’s starting artifact has been split into 2 artifacts, to be easier to parse Tiderunner now…
Patch notesGRAPHICAL CHANGES: Some Max cards got some cool new art! “Autopilot” icon art change “Clean Exhaust” icon art change BALANCE CHANGES: swapped the rarity of two Riggs cards: “Selective Memory” is now Uncommon “Second Opinions” is now Rare…
Patch notesGRAPHICAL CHANGES: Made “Reduced Background Motion” setting reduce more backgrounds’ motion BUG FIXES: Fixed a bad interaction between Mitosis and Prototype 22 that was created last patch (oops)! Mitosis now correctly triggers BEFORE…
Patch notesGRAPHICAL CHANGES: The logbook now marks each character combo with the hardest difficulty you’ve beat it at Selective Memory and Second Opinions both have unique background art Fixed a rare graphical error that would make Gemini’s artifact…
Patch notesBALANCE CHANGES: Table Flip and its upgrades are all 1 energy cheaper Quick Thinking B now draws +1 card, but exhausts Math.Max B no longer gives -1 energy next turn, but exhausts 00-A Mining Drill now caps at 9 shots per cannon GRAPHICAL…
Patch notesBug fixes and UI tweaks: Power Diversion now, correctly, does not nerf Strafe or Payback shots Nanofiber Hull + Heal Booster now correctly heals you for 2 at the end of every combat Salvage Arm no longer incorrectly triggers when shooting…
Patch notesToday's the day! Cobalt Core is finally here! We have been SO excited to share Cobalt Core with you all, and for launch week, you can pick it up with a 10% launch discount! If you wanted a chance to ask the devs any questions, you can also…
BYG MaddieJoin the developers as they play through the Cobalt Core demo and answer some questions!
BYG MaddieCheck out the official Cobalt Core launch trailer! The full game is coming to Steam on November 8th (PST), but if you want to give it a try now, there's a free demo up for Steam Next Fest! Let us know what you think. ːsteamhappyː
BYG MaddieEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Cobalt Core (Original Soundtrack) | WindowsmacOSLinux | 08 Nov 2023 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | CobaltCore.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | Cobalt Core.app/Contents/MacOS/CobaltCore | macos |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataRoaming | CobaltCore | * and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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