What is Within the Cosmos?
A single-player first-person sci-fi RPG set in the Adallio star system, where a cryogenic sleeper wakes to divided human factions and attacks by androids. You customize your character, explore celestial bodies, fight enemies, hack electronics, and make choices that affect faction relations and the story.
For you if...
- +you enjoy exploring sci-fi locations and navigating faction politics
- +you like using dialogue or hacking to approach problems
Not for you if...
- −you prefer RPGs without first-person shooting
- −you dislike distributing points among attributes and skills
What players say
44% of 54 reviews are positive
Players praise the sci-fi atmosphere, faction choices, and multiple ways to handle situations. Their most common complaints concern broken quests, crashes, and other bugs.
Screenshots and trailer
Within the Cosmos system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
- Memory
- 12 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / RX Vega 56
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- RPG
- Sci-fi
- Exploration
- FPS
- Shooter
- Action RPG
- Action-Adventure
- Character Customization
- First-Person
- Choices Matter
- Story Rich
- Action
- Space
- Atmospheric
- Robots
- Artificial Intelligence
Recent updates
- Jul 3, 2026 · Update: v2.3.2
- Jun 30, 2026 · Update: v2.3.1
- Jun 26, 2026 · Update: v2.3
- Mar 20, 2026 · Hotfix: v2.2.2a
- Mar 19, 2026 · Anniversary Update: v2.2.2
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