Cortex Command (2012)
- Developer
- Data Realms
- Publisher
- Data Realms, LLC
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Action, Indie, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.6 of 5, 6,039 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 14 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A chaotic physics sandbox where every skirmish leaves permanent scars on the terrain and you feel the weight of your decisions in both real-time action and turn-based strategy.
physics-drivenchaoticstrategicdifficultemergentpersistent2d pixelsandbox
What players say
Players praise the unique physics-based sandbox that mixes side-scrolling shooting with real-time strategy, calling it highly replayable and one of a kind. However, the official developer stopped updating the game years ago, and players now point to the open-source Cortex Command Community Project for fixes and mods. Multiplayer is dead and the original runs poorly on modern PCs.
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