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Cortex Command
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Cortex Command

skip · shooter · 2012

Light on value at this price: about 1.7h, $19.99 (~$11.76/hr), 72% positive.

Better value than 11% of shooter games

Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!

BANGER threshold
No price makes this a value pick.
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Real value
$11.76/hr over the 1.7h main story, $1.55/hr if you 100% it (12.9h).
Advertised
1.7h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
12.9h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$11.76/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$19.99
Reviews
72%
6,037 reviews
Metacritic
44
critic score
Players
1.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2012
What drives the score
Value$11.76/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews72% positive
gates the score — weak reviews cap it, strong reviews unlock a banger

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DeveloperData Realms
PublisherData Realms, LLC
Genreshooter
Achievements11

Trailer & screenshots

View on Steam · $19.99

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