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COCOON

Geometric Interactive · Annapurna Interactive · 2023-09-29

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

50
playing now
95%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (150 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 5.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

50 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 50 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 9% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 179k–403k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,947 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.49-53%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.75 at GameBillet (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 54 of 84 observed days · $15.24 above the all-time low (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

7742026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 66 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 72 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$8.452022-08-152026-08-282022-08-15 — 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 $12.492026-08-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

166442026-05-30 — 101 pageviews2026-06-02 — 94 pageviews2026-06-05 — 107 pageviews2026-06-08 — 98 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-14 — 93 pageviews2026-06-17 — 72 pageviews2026-06-20 — 73 pageviews2026-06-23 — 63 pageviews2026-06-26 — 81 pageviews2026-06-29 — 77 pageviews2026-07-02 — 49 pageviews2026-07-05 — 76 pageviews2026-07-08 — 86 pageviews2026-07-11 — 78 pageviews2026-07-14 — 64 pageviews2026-07-17 — 87 pageviews2026-07-20 — 90 pageviews2026-07-23 — 79 pageviews2026-07-26 — 65 pageviews2026-07-29 — 76 pageviews2026-08-01 — 60 pageviews2026-08-04 — 82 pageviews2026-08-07 — 65 pageviews2026-08-10 — 81 pageviews2026-08-13 — 82 pageviews2026-08-16 — 107 pageviews2026-08-19 — 73 pageviews2026-08-22 — 84 pageviews2026-08-25 — 166 pageviews2026-08-27 — 112 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…

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.

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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