Cosmic DJ

Cosmic DJ

Worth it · Short indie · 2014

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Worth it at $2.99. Typically $0.59 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hour▼
$2.72/hr
Reviews▼
88% of 1,055
Genre rank
Top 5% Short indie

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
1.1h
To 100%
2h 1.8x the story

Price and sales

Sales
75 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$0.44 August 2015
Sale every
49d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $0.29 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
55% of its genre
Better reviewed
92% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

75 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 5 percent. It is better reviewed than 92 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Trombone Champ ($14.99, scores 66) and Incredibox ($4.99, scores 64) both come in lower.

More about Cosmic DJ

Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 557 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 73 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

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

Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.72/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 87% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 55 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

What a gem of a game. I played it about 10 years ago and was enamored. This is my recommendation: *take your substance of choice *wear headphones *play the music *don't take it seriously *submit the jam *enjoy
SnagglepuffRecommendedafter 1.1hDec 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Someone saw the little music "maker" Google page and made it into a $3 game. 's alright but don't expect more than that.
Big SneezeRecommendedafter 3.3hNov 2024Read on Steam
I played this a while ago and absolutely adored it. It's a simple music/rhythm game with a few awesome beats (some of which you can create of your own!).
Mine TurtleRecommendedafter 1.6hJul 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Cosmic DJ is a quick, "pick-up and play" musical experience about the joy of music creation for budding intergalactic musicians of all skill levels. Set among the stars, you will strive to become the legendary Cosmic DJ through six musical adventures as you’re tasked with repairing the all-important “Jamtennas” and bring...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Cosmic DJ scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/297110/cosmic-dj
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Reviews 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 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperGl33k
PublisherDevolver Digital
GenreShort indie
Released2014
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate