Cogs
Fair · Short indie · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $5.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.15/hr
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 925
- Critics
- 73 players 15 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Short indie
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.78 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 5.2h
- To 100%
- 14.7h 2.8x the story
- Achievements
- 18
Price and sales
- Sales
- 15 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 January 2013
- Sale every
- 109d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Cheaper than
- 29% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
50% start to 3% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 15 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 16 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Toki Tori ($4.99, scores 69) beats it on value, while it beats Electrician Simulator ($17.99, scores 45).
More about Cogs
73 from critics against 88 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 104 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 34 percent of everything written about it.
5.2 hours to finish it, 15 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.8 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
A fantastic classic of the form, updated by the dev to work without issue on modern systems in a modern engine. Strongly recommended.
1 more review
I played Cogs probably around when it came out, when I was about 6. My dad showed me this game and I thought it was the coolest thing. Many years later, I rediscovered it for sale on Steam and had to play it again. Though simple and somewhat short, the mechanics are unique and make you think outside the box; the later levels become especially difficult. The challenge modes are also fun to test your brain. All these...
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About the game
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,...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 123 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Cogs scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/26500/cogsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 6, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.