Cortex Command is a two-dimensional side-scrolling action game developed by Swedish studio Data Realms since 2001.

Missions range from tasks such as retrieving a control chip in a cave filled with zombies to defending the brain from attack.

[3] On 28 September 2012 the game was finally released in version 1.0 for Windows and Mac OS X via Steam and for Linux on 7 October.

Sometime in the mid-to-far future after humanity suffered a war brought on by a religious group, Brain transplant and life support technology was developed to make space travel more feasible.

With contracting being open to the highest bidder, prospectors fight on earth-like planets with rich gold deposits, while being supplied by companies like Alchiral or Free Trade.