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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 ()
😏 70.12%
6k reviews
5
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
  •  
  • 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_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    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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Assets
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page_background_pathapp/209670
timestamp29 October 2019 – 03:43:38 UTC
Trailers
82071 ↴
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timestamp1447356748

User File System

Key Value
quota 953.67 MiB (1000000000)
maxnumfiles 1000
hidecloudui 1
ignoreexternalfiles 1
savefiles
0 ↴
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platforms/1all
1 ↴
rootgameinstall
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patternLoadouts*.ini
platforms/1all

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Cortex Command/Base.rte Settings.ini
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Cortex Command/Base.rte Loadouts*.ini
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