It’s very moreish, and veryInto The Breach.

The dragon-like Dizzy, for example, is your wide-eyed science officer, specialising in shielding and shield manipulation.

Rather, Cobalt Core trades in the thrill of simply making it through to fight another day.

Two spaceships face off near a solar flare in Cobalt Core

The only point where Cobalt Core lets itself down slightly is its end of solar system bosses.

(I jest, of course, a little, maybe, not very much).

This review is based on a retail build of the game provided by publishers Brace Yourself Games.

A space ship fights a giant purple nautilus in Cobalt Core

A space ship fights a ship piloted by a frog named Soggins in Cobalt Core

A space ship fights a giant orange crab in Cobalt Core

A rat knight proposes an honourable duel in Cobalt Core

A map screen in Cobalt Core

A ship explodes in Cobalt Core

A spaceship prepares to dodge incoming cannon fire from an even larger ship in Cobalt Core.

Two spaceships face off against each other in Cobalt Core

Two spaceships face off against each other in Cobalt Core