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Cogs cover art

Cogs

Lazy 8 Studios · 2009-04-14

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 19, 2012 (Android), Apr 14, 2009 (Linux), Apr 14, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 14, 2009 (iOS), Apr 14, 2009 (Mac), Nov 03, 2011 (PlayStation 3)

Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines — gears, pipes,...

Cogs is a 2009 Casual and Indie game priced at $5.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 921 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
88%
positive of 923 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
16h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Cogs is a puzzle video game released in 2009 by Lazy 8 Studios, originally released as a Microsoft Windows title, but receiving subsequent ports to other operating systems, mobile platforms, and game consoles. The game requires the player to manipulate a three-dimensional object's sides as sliding block puzzles as to complete specific goals, such as meshing gears to complete a clockwork mechanism or routing gas flow through pipes to a balloon.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 923 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2012-11-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $6.992015-01-02 — best price $9.992015-07-10 — best price $9.952016-01-04 — best price $9.952016-01-15 — best price $2.492016-01-29 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $2.492016-09-22 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992016-11-25 — best price $2.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-01-12 — best price $2.492017-01-26 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $4.992018-01-24 — best price $9.992018-11-20 — best price $5.992019-05-10 — best price $2.492019-05-23 — best price $9.992024-12-21 — best price $3.982025-01-01 — best price $9.952025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992026-01-16 — best price $2.992026-01-30 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $3.592026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1112026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1 pageviews2026-08-10 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-30 — 2 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 4 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 5 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
49.8%
earned "Aptitude"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,5794%18

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

Player tags

3DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleDifficultSteampunkSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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