- Cosmos for FREE? Demo Development - 27 August 2025
Why The Demo?While i continue to work on the developments of the main branch players can experience Cosmos in its current state for FREE with the Demo, If you like it - Buy it and support me, If not? no sweat! The only features that will not be available in the Demo is the following:Steam Achievements Development Updates from the Main BranchWhat about the paid game?Players who own the game will receive an additional 10,000 Star shards using the code: BuyCosmos (This is found in the developer codes sub menu in the settings menu) This feature will be implemented soon with a new patch to the main branch...
- Cosmos Update 2.3.6 - Weapon Augmentation - 17 June 2025
NEW TO COSMOS Updated the active Artifact "CATALYST" in world item to have better feedback when targeting enemies and also allowing the CATYLIST to target any nearby enemies if the current enemy target is killedIncreased base health of all Basic Enemies by at least 20%Added a Top Mounted Autocannon to the Starship that auto targets the last enemy you came into contact with. This weapon can be upgraded with some of the multiple Artifacts that have undergone changes in this patch.Updated the Compendium to include information on the Top Mounted AutoCanoon "TMAC"Updated the visuals on the Settings menu while on the Main MenuUpdated the Particles, Audio and Visuals of the "Projectile Mines" spawned by the Artifacts "Blink Mines", "Cluster Mines" and "Mine Injector"Rift Anomaly "Cosmic Storm" now spawns comets in a size range of x1.0 to x3.0 with a random rotation rate to match the visuals of…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.5.2 - HUGE CHANGES and Hotfixes - 26 May 2025
NEW TO COSMOS To encourage players to find cool and unique artifact builds and ensure you are always rewarded for killing a Cosmic Echo you now will ALWAYS get at least 1 Artifact when a Cosmic Echo is defeated. Added an Easter Egg puzzle on the main menu (You can start this journey in the Co-Pilot Menu) Updated NEW Hover and Clicked sound for all menu buttons and Augment selections Updated the "Super Computer Popup" UI and "Upgradinator" UI screens to have better visuals Added confirmations for the UI screens to "Quit to Main Menu" and "Quit to Desktop" when in the Pause Menu Added a visual indicator on the Rift Core showing the percent to complete the rift Added a visual indicator when the final cosmic echo has been killed and is ready to be closed. Updated the Minigun weapon damage multiplier from 16.6% to 33% as the weapon was preforming pretty poorly during the early game Updated t…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.5.1 - Hotfix Patch! - 17 May 2025
NEW TO COSMOS Added new Cosmic Echo Image Icons in the Compendium Menu BUGS FIXED Fixed an issue where exiting a Rift Pocket with the "Boon Of Observation" would remove the Increased field of view bonus from the boon Fixed an issue with the Rift Anomaly "Double Curse" failing to trigger Fixed an issue with the Shield Generator Augment granting bugged Artifacts with no reward Fixed an issue with the Weapon Upgrade "High Yield Explosives" dealing way too much damage Fixed a formatting error with the Firelord Icon Fixed an issue with the Cursed Skull spawning with 5,000 HP instead of 2,000 Fixed an issue with the Game Logo reverting to the Original UE4 Logo
- Cosmos Update 2.3.5 - Golden Echos Of The Rift - 14 May 2025
NEW TO COSMOS Updated the Augment Starfire Cannon to fire along with weapon shots instead of randomly while a rift event is active. Starfire cannon also has lowered starting shot range because of this but the Starfire Cannon shots now scale with weapon shot firing range upgrades. Alien starships spawned via the Rift Anomaly "Alien Invasion" now drop x5 more Gold Coins (as they are hard to defeat) Updated the Main Menu scene with new Audio and SFX to make use of the New Audio system added in the previous patch. Health Orbs spawned from Asteroids now provide 50 Health instead of 25 Health Weapon Upgrade "High Yield Explosives" was dealing way too much consistent damage as it scales with all damage types. The damage multiplier has been reduced to 10% of all damage instead of 30% of all damage. Added audio for buying and rerolling weapon upgrades at the Weapon Upgrade Station Added custom a…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.4.1 Hotfix - 11 May 2025
HOTFIX CHANGES Updated visual outline on the Starship in the Starship Hanger Added Audio when hovering the filters in the Augments Menu Added visual outline for the Augment in the Augments Menu Reduced the health on the Alien Spaceship encounters from 2500 > 1500 Added visual indication on all Shrines when the Rift Anomaly "Ancient Shrines" is Activated in Deactivated Updated the Compendium to remove information that is no longer relevant in the game BUGS FIXED Fixed an issue with the Rift Scanner picking up rifts you haven't unlocked yet with audio but no visuals Fixed an issue with the Ascension Icons Indicators not showing for specific Co-Pilots Fixed an issue with the Rift Anomaly "Ancient Shrines" failing to update the Shrine Popup UI elements
- Cosmos Update 2.3.4 - Rift Pockets - 11 May 2025
OPTIMISATION! I have done a full rework of the Audio system which was a serious pain point for Optimisation and the game should actual run at least 200%+ better that It did before! This work also took a very long time to get setup and optimised which has caused the delay on recent updates! NEW TO COSMOS Updated the UI Interaction prompts for Shrines, Rift Core and Intergalactic Merchant Items Removed Rift Modifier Choices and replaced with a more formatted Rift Event Updated the particles when you destroy a Large Asteriod and Small Asteriods Added SFX to the Firing and explosion of the Artifact spawned by "Auto-Turret" Updated the Visuals of the MLG Lighting Module to look visually more like a lightning bolt instead of a missile Asteroids have a 33% chance to spawn Health Orbs instead of items The Blink Ability now has a visual indication as a starship outline when its ready to be used…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.3 - Randomiser! - 22 January 2025
NEW TO COSMOS Removed the Artifact Selection Screen in place for Randomised Artifact pickups Intergalactic merchant now sells specific Artifacts that can be bought for Gold Updated 3D Meshes and power scaling of the Artifact "Auto-Turret" to make it more powerful in the early game Reduced shot range on the weapon "Space Shotgun" as it was preforming too well with Artifact and Augment upgrades Updated the Visuals of the Weapon Upgrade "High Yield Explosives" Updated Rift rewards from Unstable Rift Modifiers Was: 10% Chance to drop a Gold Coin per Rift Energy Consumed Now: 25% Chance to drop a Gold Coin per Rift Energy Consumed Was: 1% Chance to drop a Random Item/Artifact per Rift Energy Consumed Now: 10% Chance to drop a Random Item/Artifact per Rift Energy Consumed ARTIFACTS Updated Curse "Boon of Collecting" Now called "Boon of Curation" Was: Collecting legendary items increases maxim…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.2.1 - Small Hotfix - 21 December 2024
Hotfix Fixed a bug with Artifact "Ballistic Missiles" that didn't change the Hex Missile visuals correctly when equipped Fixed a bug with the Augment menu in which Text and Emissive elements remained after the UI rework Fixed visual errors with the Merchant Shop Item UI's
- Cosmos Update 2.3.2 - Rift Anomalies - 21 December 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Added New "Key" text shown on the Active Artifacts Icon on your HUD in game Current Gold is now always shown when a merchant is currently in the rift, even when the inventory is closed Updated the Main Menu and Co-Pilot Menus to better reflect the new content Updated the Black Market Menu Updated Items and Artifact Tooltips to be consistent with their maximum sizes and removed the Icon displayed on the tooltip Added multiple new SFX curtesy of JD Sherbert that you will notice with Enemy Death, Hex Missiles and most Explosion sequences The Ascension Entity can now no longer spawn if the player has already got all Ascension Artifacts Updated the Game Over Screen (to remove rift infusers and add some contextual UI) Updated the Artifact Selection menu to be more streamlined and visually show the choices coming from the artifact you picked up, shown below Rerolling an Artifact…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.1.4 - UI and Gameplay Update - 6 October 2024
NEW TO COSMOS - Enemies and Cosmic Echos are now shown on a radial indicator when not nearby the player, this helps identify enemies coming from locations - Updated the Sensor Drones Aritfact to fire in bursts, at a higher fire rate and angled to a specific point and not forward - Updated the Co-Pilot augment selection UI screen to fade Augment that are not selected - Updated the Level selection Sub menus in the Level Selection screen BUGFIXES - Fixed multiple UI screen padding issues between the Options and Collections screen - Fixed an issue with the Artifact "Nanite Blocker" spawning the visuals at an incorrect location
- Cosmos Update 2.3.1.3 - Progression Update - 3 October 2024
NEW TO COSMOS - Updated the Logo, Name and Store assets to match the updated visuals and direction of the game - Updated the Augmentation Menu to have multiple filters to help choose between Augment types - Updated the overall UI elements to match the new visuals and Logo - Updated the Tooltip alignment and size to match the other Tooltips - Updated the Co-Pilot menu to feature an easier selection process for the Augments and their unlocked requirements SAD NEWS - The Demo is temporarily disabled as this feature is no longer needed, it may return in the future
- Cosmos Update 2.3.1.2 - Nebulas and Bugfixes! - 7 July 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Reduce the Artifact drop change from 25% to 10% (Missed from the previous CL) Added visual indicator for the Weapon Icon showing how many Weapon Upgrades are equipped without having to hover the tooltip to check Added "Second Phases" for the Cosmic Echo - "Unknown" Added "Second Phases" for the Cosmic Echo - "Star Commander" Updated the visuals of the Missions menu (now uses a button on the top right) Updated the Main Menu screen to use Nebula Skyboxes AUGMENTS Updated Augment "Nano-Steel Protective Plates" now called "Electromagnetic Coils" Was: +100 Maximum Health, Taking damage releases a large pulse of ethereal energy, each enemy hit takes 100 damage Now: +100 Maximum Health, Taking damage releases a large pulse of electromagnetic Energy, stunning nearby enemies BUGS FIXED Fixed an issue with the Co-Pilot Dean using the wrong mesh when entering the Escape Pod Fixed an…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.1.1 - Hotfix for Cosmic Echos and Interfaces - 27 June 2024
NEW TO COSMOS On the Starship Hanger screen the buttons for All, Owned and Locked now have an equipped border to show which option is currently selected Removed the "NEW!" elements on the Collection/Compendium/Enemies tab when nothing new is added Increased the scaling rate of the Artifact "Stellar Flux Cannon"s Projectile and reduced the lifetime Updated the Muzzle Flash particle system when shooting your weapons to have some particles emit from the sides of each weapon Increased speed of the Galactic Artifact Projectile by 200% BUGS FIXED Fixed an issue with "The Singularity" and "The Prism" death confirmations in the compendium not triggering correctly Fixed an issue with purchasing items from the Intergalactic merchant failed to update your Gold until it was updated from another source Fixed a bug with the "Blocked" UI popup showing as "Dodged" Fixed an issue with a misaligned colli…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.1 - Ascension - 26 June 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Moved the Augment selection menu to have its own place on the UI in the "Augments" menu, along with a new set of custom repairing laser drill animations, Augment Equip animations and a host of new Particale effects Updated the Co-Pilot menu with a new lit scene and some serious quality of life updates with the UI elements and navigation Updated the Particle and Animations of the Photon Wave Blaster projectile ASCENSION Ascension has always had a bit of a horrible feel to it, paying 5000 Star Shards to change the ascension to another co-pilot was just not worth it, Along with the Augments only being available for that specific Co-Pilot and only being able to equip 1 of the ascension augments. With this in mind, there has been some significant changes to the Ascension System; You can Ascend with ANY and ALL Co-pilots at the same time, each time you do it adds a 2% chance per…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.0.3 - Hotfixes and Visual Gameplay Improvements - 6 June 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Updated the Artifact "Weapon Array" - Now called "Barrage" Updated the MainMenu screen with some Particle, Lighting and Mesh changes Updated Cosmic Echo "M3CH" to have some visual changes to the "M3CH CORE" connecting beam and death animation Small Optimisation adjustments for Particales and Artifacts BUGS FIXED Fixed text errors in the compendium History screen referencing the wrong information Fixed a tooltip issue with the Artifact "Static Thrusters" using the name "Electroshock" Fixed an Issue with the Weapon Array (Barrage) artifact failing to trigger on selection Fixed an issue with item drops and Gold Coins from the Rift core to spawn at z level 0, preventing the player from picking them up Fixed an issue with the Artifact "Supply Crate" in which it spawns at x level 0 preventing breaking with some weapons/abilities Fixed an issue that caused the last 5 Black market…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.0.2 - Major Bugfixes and Enemy Balancing - 4 June 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Intergalactic Merchant now has a cyan outline dictating its a allied entity Added a new particle effects for charging and firing the Gauss-Railgun Increase the base health of all enemies and slightly increased the rate in which enemies spawn Increased the Flight speed on the enemy "Fighter" and projectiles fired from the Fighter are twice as fast, This should help give some tension in the early game Increased flight speed and Dash speed on the enemy "Dasher" BUGS FIXED Fixed an issue with the visuals for the Custom Rifts showing up after completing the tutorial, these should only unlock after completing the Small rift for the first time Fixed a rendering issue with the DPS UI screen Fixed an issue with the Starship tooltip showing the image over the text on the Nebulasync Starship Fixed a bug with the Scattered Weapon upgrade not working with the Duplicated Weapon Upgrade…
- Cosmos Update 2.3.0.1 - Hotfix and Tutorialisation - 1 June 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Added a Demo for people who want to try Cosmos before buying! (this demo has limited features that are only available in the main game) Increased the possible random speed bonus gained from the Cruiser, Mine Layer and Bomber enemies Added a section in the Tutorial that explains how Rift Modifiers work and what they do when selected BUGS FIXED Fixed a UI rendering issue with the tutorial completion screen showing the "Co-Pilot Experience gained" UI Fixed UI rendering issues with the Level Selection screen Perks and Starship selection bar Fixed an issue with the Mechanic Ascension Augment not working Fixed text rendering issue with the Rift Infuser "Comet Storm" Fixed text rendering issues with Rift Infusers on the tooltip
- Cosmos Update 2.3.0 - Weaponisation - 27 May 2024
NEW TO COSMOS Welcome Back Co-Pilots! The Intergalactic Merchant has contacted us about their new Weapon upgrade salvaged from a nearby freight ship, worth taking a look... Cosmic Echo "Asterix" Heal from asteroid contact damage now scales with difficulty Updated the Starship Buying skin UI text to be more readable and match the other UI's Added a SpawnSpeed multiplayer to the Cosmic Core in which it will spawn enemies faster the more waves and cosmic echos that have been completed Fire Souls and Souls are now collected the same way Gold Coins are after each Rift Event is completed Added Fire UI animations to the Boss Health UI which now checks if the Cosmic Echo is Burning or Poisoned Added custom images for all Enemies in the compendium along with a UI animation WEAPON UPGRADES You can now buy Weapon Upgrades from the Intergalactic Merchant, These upgrades Weapon can change the way yo…
- Cosmos Update 2.2.9.3 - Bugfixes and QOL! - 9 May 2024
New to Cosmos Added SFX to the Wishing Star Artifact projectiles Bugs Fixed Fixed a bug with the Shield Generator Augment failing to give the 10% block chance Fixed a Blocking bug with the M3CH pillar failing to destroy when reaching 0 Health Fixed a text wrapping bug with combat logs and dialogue Fixed a wording error with the Syncronised Loading Artifact Fixed a wording error with the Tooltip text of the Data Transfer mod "Death Prevention"
