Is Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams on Steam?

No. Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

When did Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams release?

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams was first released on March 1, 1991.

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

Mar 1, 1991ShooterArcadeArcadeSharp X68000PlayStation 3 Neo Geo Pocket ColorPC (Microsoft Windows)

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams — frequently asked questions

Is Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams on Steam?: No. Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams on?: Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is available on Arcade, Sharp X68000, PlayStation 3, Neo Geo Pocket Color, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
When did Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams release?: Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams was first released on March 1, 1991.

About Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter arcade game, released on Sega's Sega System 16B Arcade system board in 1989. It is the first in the Cotton series of videogames. It was ported to both the Sharp X68000 and the NEC TurboGrafx-CD in 1993. The TurboGrafx-CD version was released on Super CD-ROM and features an enhanced redbook audio soundtrack and voice acting on the Japanese release. The game was later ported to Sony PlayStation under the title Cotton Original in 1999. The PlayStation release combines the enhanced digital CD-ROM soundtrack of TurboGrafx-CD release and the gameplay/graphics of the original Arcade version. A version was ported to the Neo Geo Pocket Color in 2000. Due to hardware limitations the Neo Geo Pocket Color features less detailed graphics and sound compared to previous versions, however it is still a faithful version of the original in terms of gameplay.

Summary via IGDB.

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams on Wikipedia

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Success and published by Sega for arcades. The first installment in the Cotton series, players assume the role of the young witch Cotton who, alongside her fairy companion Silk, sets out on her broomstick on a quest to defeat several monsters and get her Willow candy. Its gameplay mainly consists of shooting mixed with role-playing elements using a main two-button configuration. It ran on the Sega System 16 hardware.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Developer: Success Corporation
Publisher: SNK
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Comedy

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Neo Geo Pocket Color · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$895

Complete

$1,445

Sealed

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Region: EU+JP
Released: 2000
Authenticity: High

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playHigh counterfeit risk

Neo Geo Pocket Color prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The most expensive English cartridge on the platform, and one of the thinnest markets in retro collecting.

A handheld Cotton — the cute-em-up series with the witch and the fairy — released in Japan and in Europe, and never in North America. It is a decent conversion of a genuinely beloved shooter, but nobody is paying these prices for the gameplay; they are paying for a European print run that appears to have been very small indeed.

This is a cartridge to approach with real caution. The published European figures rest on a handful of sales a year, and the same game in the Japanese market trades for a fraction of the European price.

Before you buy

Before spending four figures, price the specific copy from recent completed sales rather than from any index, including ours — the sample behind the headline number is tiny. At this value reproduction is a given, and the European clamshell packaging is a check worth making.