Cobalt
- 2+players
- PC
- Xbox
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Same-screen play on PC. Steam lists 4-player local. Xbox lists 8-player local play. Not confirmed on Xbox.
- Online on PC. How many can join is not confirmed. Xbox lists 8-player online play. Not confirmed on Xbox.
- Crossplay is not confirmed.
- One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
- XboxMicrosoft StoreGet it (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
Is it good
92%
Very positive on Steam
- 69MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 70Top criticsOpenCritic · Oct 2016 (OpenCritic top critic average, 18 reviews, as of Oct 2016; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 47%RecommendOpenCritic · Oct 2016 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 18 reviews, as of Oct 2016; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Verified
Every way to play together
Steam lists couch co-op and online co-op for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. Player counts and console play are not confirmed yet.
- 4+
- 2+
- 8+
- 8+
Quick facts
- Developer
- Oxeye Game Studio
- Publisher
- Mojang
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Released
- 2 Feb 2016 on PC
- Controllers
- Full controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 5 languages
In these lists
Answers
- Can you play Cobalt on one screen?
- Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen co-op and versus on PC. Not confirmed yet on Xbox.
- One of 1,279 couch co-op games
- Is Cobalt crossplay?
- Crossplay not yet confirmed.
- Do you need two copies of Cobalt?
- On one screen, one copy is enough. On PC the host can stream it to friends with Steam Remote Play Together.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Does Cobalt work on Steam Deck?
- Yes: Steam rates it Verified for Steam Deck.
- Is Cobalt free?
- No, it's a paid game.
