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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!
Cobalt Core is a roguelike deckbuilder, card game and strategy game
developed by Rocket Rat Games
and published by Brace Yourself Games.
Released on November 08th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 3,512 reviews of which 3,394 were positive and 118 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 12.67€ on Steam with a 35% discount.
The Steam community has classified Cobalt Core into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- 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
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Me when playing this: "Delicious. Finally, some good f*cking food." No, really. I've come to the conclusion that furries must be somehow superior to non-furries, because their art is often just so well crafted. And here not only the basic gameplay is fun, it's also very fresh - and pretty much everything else is top-notch. The writing, the music, the design, the look (obviously); hell, the game even is very pleasant to play both on a controller and with a kbm - and no scheme feels more valid than the other. That's an achievement in of itself. There is just one issue - but it can be prevented. Basically, the game is like [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/?curator_clanid=42922988]Hades ; the characters talk to each other, also during battle, and often these conversations form a storyline of sorts (depending on which characters are present on your ship). And, like Hades, you're expected to beat the game multiple times to reach the true ending. That's all good, but the game's flow (and the amount of dialogue) is designed with you winning more often than losing in mind. It's actually very refreshing - who decided that deckbuilders must be balls-to-the-wall difficult and requiring a refined build to beat? Slay the Spire did. And Cobalt Core instead says "just chill. Grab a boba or something. Just don't spill it too much.". In fact, if you've played the developer's previous game - Sunshine Heavy Industries - this is similar in the tone, but it actually fights back. And it's much more refined. I got my first win on the first try. Admittedly, I stumbled upon a pretty broken build, but that's not difficult with the starting characters. You unlock new characters as you go, and the crew (you have 3) determine what sort of cards and artifacts you'll be getting. And you can either prioritise one crew member and get their cards almost exclusively, or switch things around. Up to you. Anyway, the issue. Since the game is easy, your natural instinct will be to set the difficulty to a higher one. But if you do that, you'll actually end up losing often enough that you'll run out of dialogue, and the final stretch will be annoying. So I recommend playing the entire game on Normal - and don't worry, latter characters/ships add in enough complexity to have a natural difficulty curve anyway. Just not the way you expect. I'd almost say you should just go in blind, there are a lot of systems in the game that are fun to discover on their own. I mean, obviously - that's what every good deckbuilder does, show you a multitude of tools and expects you to use them effectively - but here the tools themselves are different that elsewhere. Ever played [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734320/Brutal_Orchestra/?curator_clanid=42922988]Brutal Orchestra , and how that game completely challenges turn-based combat's status quo? This is almost like this. Almost. And to be honest, that might be a good thing, considering how outlandish Brutal Orchestra is... anyway. I want to give a special mention to the writing. The characters at first just seem like a bunch of smoothbrain dorks who are too oblivious to understand the horrifying situation they're in (the game starts with loop 517 or something) - but as you keep playing and unlock new story bits, it becomes clear that this really isn't the case. The time loop does make them forgetful and scatterbrained, but ultimately, they're actually competent professionals who even might have some dark history. Or hidden romances, depending on your interpretation. But they're still adorkable dweebs - and they OWN it. "I'm wearing fingerless gloves? So I must be the cool hacker dude." "Fiddledee-doop! Who dares enter my Cool Wizard Zone?" "I take eight portions of Hydration Potion every day! The only ingredient is water!" ... "How long do you think we... sleep, in between loops?" It's nerdy, but it's earnest and mature. I absolutely love it for that. To wrap things up, let me just say that the game's true final boss got me pretty emotional. You have some games in which the final boss is truly the most potent moment of the game, and this is one of them. It's less about who the boss is or whatever, it's a mixture of excellent mechanical storytelling, writing, and musical progression - mixed with some... eh, you know what, just play it. You'll see. It's probably way better than you think. I know I was very impressed. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42922988]And I'm not easy to impress.
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this game is special! i love it so much... the writing is wholesome and funny and the characters are so genuinely lovable. i swear every time i play a run, some new little piece of dialogue has me cackling out loud. thank you so much to the devs of this game for channeling so much heart and love into this game -- it really shows in every detail. the gameplay is very inspired by slay the spire -- standard deckbuilder stuff. the twist is that combat is position-based, with movement being a key resource in addition to blocking and attacking. the devs did an excellent job of exploring this mechanic in detail and constantly challenging you to think of fights in interesting ways. difficulty wise even the hardest difficulty is MUCH easier than slay the spire. for context, keep in mind that i have like 800 hours in slay the spire and only play on A20. this game gives the player many, many resources to deal with challenges, and, unlike slay the spire, you are very rarely forced to compromise and take damage -- as long as you make good choices. that's not to say it's too easy and boring. personally i find that it provides enough challenge to remain engaging, because one bad decision CAN kill you. it's just A LOT more straightforward to understand what is and isn't a bad decision than it is in StS. so rather than through mind-bending difficulty, the game provides replayability in the form of variety -- through mixing and matching your starting 3 crewmembers and your ship. each crewmember brings certain types of cards to the run (smash-up style), and each ship plays very differently. i'm 15 hours in and still unlocking things and finding new synergies. this probably isn't a game to sink 800 hours into, but that's not a bad thing. anyway this game is awesome and i love Riggs she is my spirit animal and watch out for the big crystal. it's big. so big. OH I FORGOT TO SAY I LOVE THE MUSIC TOO IT'S SO GOOD
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This game has been great, as others have aptly put it is a combination of FTL and Slay the Spire. For those familiar to the card building genre it is apparently not as tough as some of its peers (I personally still found it hard enough, but i am also dumb). Its well put together enough to stick around for the fun gameplay loop (a bit over an hour average per run) but what makes it shine is the lovely art, soundtrack, and whimsical story (not too big of one but nice enough to keep going).
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It has it. It's got that spark. It's got that magic in it. It has that itch you love to keep scratching. It's got characters you love to see. Deck building roguelite shenanigans that you love to partake. It's not too hard, it's not too easy. And you can change that if you want. And after going at it run after run, just having a good time doing it, piecing everything together, you are finished extremely satisfied. It's not too over the top, it's not making promises it can't keep. It's a wonderful lil experience with some wonderful lil guys. This game did not steal my time, but it did steal my heart. And like a bowl of macaroni, it can be cheesy, but it's filling and I'm happy I had it.
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It's alright, just not at full price. The overall structure of the game is lifted almost directly from Slay the Spire, which is a good starting point, but Cobalt Core misses what makes StS great: lots of content and the potential for crazy, varied builds. The core mechanics are novel and interesting, but there's not enough support for them. As other reviews have mentioned, there's very little variety in runs due to a small card pool and artifacts having minor effects. The ships available to the player don't feel different enough to encourage alternate playstyles, and so you're left with pretty much just the cards to impact your run. That all said, the first few runs feel great and interesting and the graphics and writing are both solid. If you're a roguelite diehard, I'd say check it out.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cobalt Core is currently priced at 12.67€ on Steam.
Cobalt Core is currently available at a 35% discount. You can purchase it for 12.67€ on Steam.
Cobalt Core received 3,394 positive votes out of a total of 3,512 achieving an impressive rating of 9.26.
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Cobalt Core was developed by Rocket Rat Games and published by Brace Yourself Games.
Cobalt Core is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Cobalt Core is not playable on MacOS.
Cobalt Core is not playable on Linux.
Cobalt Core is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Cobalt Core. Explore additional content available for Cobalt Core on Steam.
Cobalt Core does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Cobalt Core does not support Steam Remote Play.
Cobalt Core is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Rocket Rat Games
Publisher
Brace Yourself Games
Release
08 Nov 2023
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