Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS

Genres

• graphic adventure game

• LGBT-themed video game

• adventure game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Captions available^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*
• German^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• German^*

Community tags · historical

• Point & Click^*

  Votes · historical

  191^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  185^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  184^*

• Mystery^*

  Votes · historical

  177^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  172^*

• Detective^*

  Votes · historical

  168^*

• Episodic^*

  Votes · historical

  160^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  153^*

• Supernatural^*

  Votes · historical

  151^*

• Thriller^*

  Votes · historical

  143^*

• Crime^*

  Votes · historical

  142^*

• Kickstarter^*

  Votes · historical

  134^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  129^*

• Comic Book^*

  Votes · historical

  122^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  114^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  106^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  101^*

• Touch-Friendly^*

  Votes · historical

  95^*

• Conspiracy^*

  Votes · historical

  90^*

• 2.5D^*

  Votes · historical

  79^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Snow Leopard (10.6.X)^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.0 GHz*^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI or NVidia with 512 MB RAM**^*

  Storage

  7 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  * - For Mac systems, an Intel-based processor is required., ** - Not recommended for play on Intel systems with integrated/shared video memory^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  XP/Vista/7^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.0 GHz^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI or NVidia with 512 MB RAM**^*

  Storage

  7 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  ** - Not recommended for play on Intel systems with integrated/shared video memory^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  ATI or NVidia with 1 GB RAM**^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.0 GHz^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  6^*

  Community confidence

  low^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

Developers

• Phoenix Online Studios

Publishers

• Phoenix Online Publishing^*

• 2012-10-30

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-10-30 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2012-10-30^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 19, 2013^*

Detailed specifications