Cozy Space Survivors
Released May 2024
A cozy time survival roguelite in space. You steer the shippy while the shooting happens automatically. Meet cute NPCs, solve small quests, and fight quirky enemies with satisfying weapons. A shorter experience for people who don't have much time but love playing (and finishing) games.
96% positive · 416 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $2.09 $2.99 −30%
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Evaluation
Cozy Space Survivors was released on May 3, 2024 by solo developer Simon. Following launch, he shipped several feature patches adding new weapons, ships, NPCs, performance improvements, and quality-of-life changes. On July 3, 2024, alongside the Patchy 1.5 update (which added a new AI-controlled ship mode), Simon explicitly stated: "This will be most likely my last content update." He noted he needed to move on to other projects after spending 11 months on this game, and indicated only bug fixes and localization updates might follow. On May 3, 2025 — the game's one-year anniversary — Simon published a post-mortem discussing sales figures and reflecting on the project's outcome, with no mention of any planned future content. This anniversary post is consistent with the game being a completed, finite experience. The store description also frames the game as a deliberate short experience ("Short (2-4h). No Filler-Content."), reinforcing that it was designed and delivered as a complete package. The developer's own statement on July 3, 2024 marking the end of content development is the clearest signal that the game is done.
Evidence
Developer explicitly stated: 'This will be most likely my last content update,' citing the need to move to other projects after 11 months of development. Only bug fixes and localization updates were noted as possible future work.
Game launched on May 3, 2024.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
simonschreibt
Achievements
36
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Explore a colorful, tiny universe. Help its cute inhabitants solve their problems. Use satisfying weapons to defend you and your new friends against hordes of quirky enemies. You can focus on controlling your shipy while shooting happens automatically. There are unique landmarks to discover, and enemies leave experience points for level-ups to gain new skills. In addition, you can mine chocolate asteroids to unlock permanent upgrades.
- Short (2-4h). No Filler-Content. Made with Love.
- Unlock permanent upgrades with chocolate (so that losing a run does not feel like wasted time).
- Cute characters with small quests.
- Satisfying combat thanks to "BOoM", "PFRZZzz" and other cool effects.
I drew a lot of inspiration from other games, and here are the most important ones:
- Vampire Survivors for the general simple (but awesome!) gameplay
- Binding of Isaac for physicality of bullets
- Halls of Torment for adding Quests to a Vampire Survivors-Like
- Fallout for the story summary at the end of the game
- Into the Breach for the little NPC dialog texts which add so much atmosphere
Hey, I'm Simon and I made this game because I love cute graphics, "Survivors"-Likes and Sci-Fi. Unfortunately, many space games are too complex and too time-consuming for me, so I wanted to make something lighter. I also like, when games respect the player's time and are rather short than stuffed with filler-quests. I hope you like my little project, let me know! :)
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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