Cobalt Core (2023) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Cobalt Core

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…

87 8 November 2023

What Cobalt Core is

Cobalt Core is a card & board game game developed by Rocket Rat Games and released in 2023. It was published by Brace Yourself Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on MonoGame.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Cobalt Core holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Anything, really, 2 GB RAM and yeah we got those. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Cobalt Core launched on 8 November 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and The Talos Principle II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, The Talos Principle II.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Cobalt Core yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Cobalt Core — frequently asked questions

When did Cobalt Core come out?

Cobalt Core was released on 8 November 2023 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Cobalt Core?

At minimum, Cobalt Core needs Anything, really, 2 GB RAM, yeah we got those graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Cobalt Core?

The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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