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Cosmic Express

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2017

Should you play it?

Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

What works

  • Challenging and well-designed puzzles
  • Non-linear level progression
  • Charming art and sound design
  • High value for price
  • Smooth and intuitive controls

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty spikes
  • Some puzzles rely on trial and error
  • Lack of hint system frustrates some players
  • Repetitive mechanics over many levels
  • Minimal narrative and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Snakebird

  • Recursed

  • Patrick's Parabox

  • Gateways

  • Chronoquartz

  • Can of Wormholes

More story-driven

Games that feels like Cosmic Express but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Filament

  • Slider

  • Girls Like Robots

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • She Remembered Caterpillars

  • Isles of Sea and Sky

More survival-focused

Games that feels like Cosmic Express but with a stronger survival pressure

  • MouseCraft

  • Timelie

  • Poke ALL Toads

  • Bat to the Heavens

  • Gravity Cat

  • See No Evil

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Cosmic Express. These titles are not in What to play next.

Cosmic Express: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026