Cognition Method: Initiation on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.

Cognition Method: Initiation is a sci-fi, physics and puzzle game developed and published by Team Cognition.
Released on April 22nd 2021 is available only on Windows.

It has received 460 reviews of which 384 were positive and 76 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: i3 4130 / amd fx 4300
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: nVidia GeForce 480 GTX / AMD Radeon HD 5870
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

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Cognition Method: Initiation is free to play on Steam.

Cognition Method: Initiation is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Cognition Method: Initiation received 384 positive votes out of a total of 460 achieving a rating of 7.82.
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Cognition Method: Initiation was developed and published by Team Cognition.

Cognition Method: Initiation is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Cognition Method: Initiation is not playable on MacOS.

Cognition Method: Initiation is not playable on Linux.

Cognition Method: Initiation is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Cognition Method: Initiation. Explore additional content available for Cognition Method: Initiation on Steam.

Cognition Method: Initiation does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Cognition Method: Initiation does not support Steam Remote Play.

Cognition Method: Initiation does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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Cognition Method: Initiation
Rating
7.8
384
76
Game modes
Online players
0
Developer
Team Cognition
Publisher
Team Cognition
Release 22 Apr 2021
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