- 67/100
- Players6 ratings
- 85/100
- Critics2 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 88/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.75/5
- Player reviews
- 90% positive480 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$4.49
Where to get it
2017 · Indie · Puzzle
Cosmic Express
Nintendo console exclusive
All aboard the Cosmic Express, a delightfully brain-melting game where the puzzles are out of this world! Your job is to lay down the train tracks across a series of tiny space stations. Each alien has a home of their own, and there’s only room for one extraterrestrial at a time in the passenger car. It's cute, harder than it looks, and guaranteed to give you hours of challenging fun across hundreds of levels.
- Released
- 16 March 2017
- Platforms
- AndroidLinuxNintendo SwitchWindowsiOSmacOS
- Genres
- IndiePuzzleStrategy
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Country
- France
- Age ratings
- ESRB EPEGI 3GRAC ALL
- Languages
- English
- Time to beat
- 7.5hmain story14hcompletionist
About
Cosmic Express is a puzzle video game created by Alan Hazelden, Benjamin Davis and Tyu. The game was released in 2017 for personal computers, mobile devices, and Nintendo Switch.
›Story
Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!
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Gameplay
Cosmic Express is a puzzle video game that tasks players with constructing train tracks inside space domes to transports passengers to their destinations.
Development
Cosmic Express was created by independent developers Alan Hazelden, Benjamin Davis and Tyu. The game developed using the Unity game engine. The game was released for Linux, macOS, and Windows-based personal computers and Android and iOS mobile devices on 16 March 2017. A port for Nintendo Switch was released on 2 September 2021.
Draknek & Friends released multiple successors to Cosmic Express, including Sokobond Express (2024) and Spooky Express (2025).
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Draknek and Friends Puzzle Bundle
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