Games like Cobalt Core
If Cobalt Core is your kind of game, the closest matches are StarVaders, Wildfrost and Shogun Showdown — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its crew synergies feel limitless, atmospheric and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About 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 too late!
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StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Top pick for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Second-strongest match for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Shogun Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Third-strongest match for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Fights in Tight Spaces
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Cobalt Core.
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Toads of the Bayou
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Ranked #5 for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Lead a group of toads as they fight against Baron Samedi’s evil forces in a challenging mix of turn-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding. Synergise card effects, gain the aid of powerful allies and engage in strategic combat to thrive in the cursed bayou.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Cobalt Core.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Alina of the Arena
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Ranked #8 for Cobalt Core fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
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Noita
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
One Step From Eden
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Cobalt Core.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Shogun Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Monster Hunter: World
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Cobalt Core.
Reviewers of Cobalt Core cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cobalt Core at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Cobalt Core on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Wildfrost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Shogun Showdown
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Fights in Tight Spaces
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Cobalt Core.
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Alina of the Arena
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Cobalt Core.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Frequently asked about Cobalt Core
- Is Cobalt Core verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cobalt Core is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Cobalt Core cost?
- Cobalt Core is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cobalt Core?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cobalt Core are StarVaders, Wildfrost, Shogun Showdown.
- Who developed Cobalt Core?
- Cobalt Core was developed by Rocket Rat Games and published by Brace Yourself Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Cobalt Core.
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