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Cortex Command

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App ID 209670
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Data Realms, LLC
Franchise Cortex Command, Planetoid Pioneers
Supported Systems macOS Windows
Last Changenumber 28970158
Last Record Update 13 May 2025 – 23:37:41 UTC ()
Release Date 28 September 2012 – 17:11:00 UTC ()
😏 70.14%
6k reviews
8
In-Game

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

Additional Information

Developer Data Realms
gamedir Cortex Command
metacritic_name Cortex Command
icon empty string
controller_support full
metacritic_score 44
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cortex-command?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateAvailable
ValidOSList macOS Windows
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
workshop_visible Yes
Publisher Data Realms, LLC
Store Release Date 28 September 2012 – 17:11:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2019 – 03:42:15 UTC () (1572320535)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 71
Detected Technologies (?) FMOD SDK, Lua SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 10 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1635149
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:43:20 UTC (), in changelist #196282
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🏽 2D 🔋 Physics 🧱 Sandbox 👾 Pixel Graphics 🛠️ Moddable 👥 Local Co-Op 🚀 Sci-fi 👤 Singleplayer 📺 Local Multiplayer 😓 Difficult 😖 Gore 🏗️ Platformer 🕹️ Multiplayer 📺 Split Screen 🌐 RTS 👊 Violent 🔄 Replay Value

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Shared/Split Screen Multi-player

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp29 October 2019 – 03:43:38 UTC
Trailers
82071 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228985 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2013 Redist No size
209671 Windows WIN32 94.80 MiB 52.71 MiB
209672 macOS OSX 103.46 MiB 54.49 MiB
209673 Linux Cortex Command Linux No size

Total size on disk is 198.26 MiB and total download size is 107.20 MiB.

Total size on disk is 94.80 MiB and total download size is 52.71 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 1635149 16 February 2017 – 08:32:01 UTC
ccoss Open Source build 4013670 15 July 2019 – 21:02:33 UTC
local (local server) Local Content Server 4004369 11 July 2019 – 23:35:54 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1
privatebranches 1
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