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COCOON

Geometric Interactive · Annapurna Interactive · 2023-09-29

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 29, 2023 (Xbox One), Sep 29, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

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 and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.

COCOON is a 2023 Adventure, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 9,073 reviews).

25
playing now
95%
positive of 9.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (150 ratings)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (7,862 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 5.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Cocoon is a 2023 puzzle adventure game developed by Geometric Interactive and published by Annapurna Interactive. The player controls a beetle that can hop between worlds, solving puzzles to unravel the universe's mysteries. The game was released on September 29, 2023 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Trailer

COCOON trailer thumbnail

Cocoon | #TBT Trailer | 20th Century FOX

≈531,168 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 669 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 181k–408k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,073 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.88 at GameBillet (2026-09-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 56 of 86 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20232026Week of 2023-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,274 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4622026-09-15 13:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 26 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 26 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13512Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 135 · peak 371Nov 2023 — avg 69 · peak 196Dec 2023 — avg 101 · peak 251Jan 2024 — avg 113 · peak 392Feb 2024 — avg 51 · peak 142Mar 2024 — avg 41 · peak 103Apr 2024 — avg 37 · peak 101May 2024 — avg 35 · peak 142Jun 2024 — avg 39 · peak 130Jul 2024 — avg 50 · peak 124Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 97Dec 2024 — avg 46 · peak 113Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 80Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Mar 2025 — avg 20 · peak 55Apr 2025 — avg 33 · peak 120May 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Jun 2025 — avg 16 · peak 47Jul 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 35Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 32Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 45Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 56Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 41Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32Mar 2026 — avg 16 · peak 40Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 43May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 46Jun 2026 — avg 15 · peak 34Jul 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 109
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$7.882022-08-152026-10-092022-08-15 — best price $99.992023-10-07 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992023-12-15 — best price $19.752024-01-18 — best price $17.492024-02-19 — best price $14.602024-03-18 — best price $16.542024-04-11 — best price $17.492024-04-29 — best price $17.432024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-06-09 — best price $24.992024-07-18 — best price $24.992024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-11-05 — best price $21.762025-01-18 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $10.222025-04-13 — best price $14.742025-05-29 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-23 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $9.562025-11-20 — best price $12.492026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-21 — best price $12.502026-04-10 — best price $8.452026-05-08 — best price $21.762026-06-01 — best price $12.492026-06-26 — best price $9.752026-07-23 — best price $8.452026-08-13 — best price $12.492026-09-04 — best price $24.992026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

134442026-05-30 — 101 pageviews2026-06-03 — 114 pageviews2026-06-07 — 95 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-15 — 66 pageviews2026-06-19 — 62 pageviews2026-06-23 — 63 pageviews2026-06-27 — 61 pageviews2026-07-01 — 61 pageviews2026-07-05 — 76 pageviews2026-07-09 — 66 pageviews2026-07-13 — 59 pageviews2026-07-17 — 87 pageviews2026-07-21 — 81 pageviews2026-07-25 — 80 pageviews2026-07-29 — 76 pageviews2026-08-02 — 85 pageviews2026-08-06 — 80 pageviews2026-08-10 — 81 pageviews2026-08-14 — 78 pageviews2026-08-18 — 89 pageviews2026-08-22 — 84 pageviews2026-08-26 — 122 pageviews2026-08-30 — 81 pageviews2026-09-03 — 103 pageviews2026-09-07 — 86 pageviews2026-09-11 — 75 pageviews2026-09-15 — 101 pageviews2026-09-19 — 87 pageviews2026-09-23 — 111 pageviews2026-09-27 — 134 pageviews2026-10-01 — 78 pageviews2026-10-05 — 89 pageviews2026-10-08 — 101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
84.5%
earned "Pathfinder"
48.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)18,14130%17
PS5 (PlayStation)10,31762%18
Steam (Steam)4,31334%17
PS4 (PlayStation)2,51471%18
Switch (Nintendo)2410%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DIndieSpaceLinearPuzzleStylizedAdventureBeautifulControllerFuturistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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