
Release
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Critic score
55/100
Platform families
2
Editorial overview
What it is
Shoot, roll, punch and jump your way to slow-motion victory in Cobalt – a couch multiplayer and action platformer from Oxeye Game Studio.
Dominate in local or online multiplayer campaigns, or co-op your way through Cobalt’s platform game mode as a cyborg who is sent to uncover the mysterious disappearance of a human colony on an alien planet.
Created by Jens Bergensten, Daniel Brynolf and Pontus Hammarberg of Oxeye Game Studio, Cobalt is published by Mojang AB and Microsoft Studios, and developed for Xbox by FatShark. Cobalt features six different multiplayer modes including death match, capture the flag and team strike for up to eight local and eight online players, as well as a co-op story mode.
With over 30 multiplayer maps, three dozen types of weapons, customizable robot avatars and unique gameplay elements such as auto-slow-motion, rolling and ride-able mobs, Cobalt offers endless discovery and entertainment.
The premise
After the missing human colony "Trunkopia" suddenly sends out a distress signal after 50 years, Agent Cobalt, a type of cyborg called a metalface, is sent to investigate.
More like this
Oxeye Game Studio · Mojang Studios
Connected releases
Core game only
Game data from IGDB
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action · Science fiction
Languages
5 supported
Cinematic archive
Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.
Gameplay video
Production dossier
Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Xbox 360
Gen 7

Xbox One
Gen 8