Adventure · September 29, 2023

COCOON (2023)

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From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics to unravel a cosmic mystery. Worlds within Worlds COCOON is a unique take on the puzzle adventure genre, where each world exists within an orb that you can carry on your back. Wrap your head around the core mechanic of leaping between worlds—and combine, manipulate, and rearrange them to solve intricate puzzles. Alien Machinery Interact with alien environments and biomechanical devices left behind by an ancient civilization. Journey through unique and diverse biomes, from industrial structures to massive organic caverns, and discover how they are connected to one another. Orb Abilities Each orb has an ability that can be unlocked, thereby turning the orb into a unique tool for you to utilize within other worlds. Use these abilities to uncover hidden pathways and objects, fire projectiles to trigger switches, and more. Monstrous Guardians Mighty guardians protect every world, and you must face them in fierce battles. Each fight is unique and requires you to master new and satisfying mechanics.

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Peer Adventure titles

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Adventure · 104
  • Puzzle · 98
  • Exploration · 68
  • Indie · 63
  • 3D · 56
  • Puzzle-Platformer · 56
  • Atmospheric · 55
  • Stylized · 55
  • Singleplayer · 52
  • Futuristic · 37
  • Space · 34
  • Controller · 26
  • Beautiful · 24
  • Linear · 22
  • Great Soundtrack · 18

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume7.5k Steam reviewsTop 31% in Adventure
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 29%
Metacritic88/100Genre average 77 — top 7% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 66% for session depth among Adventure

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 7.5k reviews

7.2k positive · 377 negative

Metacritic

88/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

7.2k

Press Quotes

“...prepare to be astonished” 5/5 – Eurogamer “...a breathtaking puzzle-platformer that borders on psychedelic.” 9/10 – IGN “...impossibly good” Recommended – Polygon

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

17

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 29, 2023
DeveloperGeometric Interactive
PublisherAnnapurna Interactive
Base price$12.49 -50%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy COCOON