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Cosmic Sugar VR cover art

Cosmic Sugar VR

David Lobser · Object Normal · 2016-11-27

Steam

Free To PlaySimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 27, 2016 (SteamVR)

Cosmic Sugar is an elegant, GPU driven simulation space. Vive wands become attractors or repulsors which allow you to craft nebulas. The controls are very simple, but it takes some time to explore all of the possibilities. Thanks to East Forest for the trailer music.

Cosmic Sugar VR is a 2016 Free To Play, Simulation game estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 415 reviews) and is free-to-play.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 415 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (56 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 9,536 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-03-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520162026Week of 2016-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41Nov 2016Jun 2026Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 14Jan 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 93Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRSimulationFree to Play

Census log

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

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