Cocoon

Nintendo Life

Michelle See-Tho·Oct 5, 2023

Critic80/100

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Cocoon is a fun and addictive puzzler. Its unique mechanics and gameplay had us glued to our screens, and it’s gorgeous to boot. Its lack of story is a minor disappointment, but if you love puzzles and aren't bugged by fast-paced combat, this game will be an easy favourite — even if it flies by all too quickly.

PC Gamer

Jon Bailes·Oct 2, 2023

Critic90/100

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Cocoon makes incredible meals of puzzles within worlds that could have adorned prog rock album covers.

GameSpot

Jess Howard·Sep 29, 2023

Critic90/100

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From its puzzles to its visuals, Cocoon is a beautiful and superbly designed game that delivers a meaningful message in a subtle way.

Kotaku

Ethan Gach·Sep 28, 2023

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Two of the devs behind Limbo and Inside deliver another masterful puzzle game

Game Informer

Kyle Hilliard·Sep 28, 2023

Critic88/100

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I don’t know that I will ever fully understand what transpired during my molecular journey on Cocoon’s alien world, but its imagery and puzzles will stay with me for some time.

GamesRadar+

Rachel Watts·Sep 28, 2023

Critic100/100

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Cocoon's world-hopping puzzle design is smart, compelling, and effortlessly seamless. Together with a strange biomechanical world of rich environments and soundscapes, Geometric Interactive's mind-bending adventure may very well be the best puzzle game of 2023.

Push Square

Stephen Tailby·Sep 28, 2023

Critic90/100

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In a year packed with brilliant games, Cocoon manages to stand out thanks to its unique mechanics and some of the best level and puzzle design we've seen in years. It holds your attention with an intriguing sci-fi world, challenges you with puzzles spanning multiple worlds, and keeps you hooked with accessible controls and minimalist presentation. With only the most minor grievances holding it back, we're confident in saying this is up there with 2023's best.

IGN

Hana Kim·Sep 28, 2023

Critic90/100

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This puzzle adventure builds on ideas from Limbo and Inside and creates a mind-bending, world-warping adventure unlike either of them.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Ed Thorn·Sep 28, 2023

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Masterful geography makes this world-hopping puzzler not only a series of clever problems, but a grand exploration of a wonderfully realised cosmic universe.

Polygon

Grayson Morley·Sep 28, 2023

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It’s difficult to describe what makes Cocoon so good, but here goes

Eurogamer

Christian Donlan·Sep 28, 2023

Critic100/100

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Our review of Cocoon, a brilliant puzzle game.