Action · August 27, 2024
Core Keeper (2024)
Awaken as an explorer in a long-forgotten cavern teeming with untold secrets. In this award-winning, 1-8 player mining sandbox adventure, your choices shape an epic journey. Harvest relics and resources, craft advanced tools, build your base, and explore a dynamically evolving world waiting to be unearthed. Level up your skills, defeat legendary Titans, and unveil the power of the Core. Grow your garden, fish in mysterious waters, master a vast array of recipes, raise and care for animals, encounter the Cavelings, and carve out your own unique world in an enchanting underground adventure. MINE RESOURCES Delve deep to harvest precious resources and unearth hidden gems. Craft tools to help you survive, from pickaxes, fishing rods, and shovels to traps, bombs, and mortars. Upgrade your arsenal and equipment with advanced tools like the mighty Obliteration Ray, and automated machinery to streamline mining, smelting, storage, and more. Level up your skills and unlock powerful weapons to conquer the depths. DISCOVER AN ANCIENT WORLD Explore diverse biomes with unique ecosystems and long-forgotten lore. From the living walls of the Clay Caves to the crystal caverns of the Shimmering Frontier, discover more about this mysterious world as you uncover the secrets of the Cavelings. Build a boat to set sail across the Sunken Sea, race across the Desert of Beginnings, and encounter the remnants of ancient civilizations. BUILD, CRAFT & GET CREATIVE Create a totally unique base using a variety of different materials and customisations. From the ultimate adventurer’s lair to a cozy underground cottage, shape the underground your way. Customize your character’s appearance and choose from an array of powerful armor and unique outfits to suit the moment. BATTLE TITANS Face legendary Titans that hold the secret to this long-forgotten world. Sharpen your combat skills against a variety of monsters and mini-bosses, spend talent points to level up your abilities, and plan your strategy to conquer these colossal creatures of the underground. Discover rare and powerful loot to help you on your journey and power up the Core. EXPLORE WITH FRIENDS Enjoy the adventure solo or team up in 2-8 player drop-in/drop-out online co-op. Play your way and explore at your own pace — celebrate the seasons, trade with merchants, hatch your new best friends, design the ultimate base, automate resource gathering, host your own dedicated server, create music on playable instruments and discover an unforgettable sandbox adventure.
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 55.0k Steam reviews | Top 12% in Action |
| Positive rating | 93% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 24% |
| Metacritic | 85/100 | Genre average 77 — top 19% of Action titles |
| Concurrent peak | 3.7k players | Top 5% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 36 h average | Top 12% for session depth among Action |
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Pixel Graphics · 959
- Open World Survival Craft · 948
- Online Co-Op · 947
- Sandbox · 896
- Survival · 805
- Adventure · 735
- Crafting · 695
- Exploration · 665
- 2D · 652
- Building · 612
- Mining · 591
- Dungeon Crawler · 590
- Procedural Generation · 547
- Farming Sim · 531
- Relaxing · 520
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English
- Simplified Chinese
- Thai
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Spanish - Spain
- French
- Italian
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Traditional Chinese
- Russian
Reception Metrics
Steam community
93%Very Positive · 55.0k reviews
51.1k positive · 3.8k negative
Metacritic
85/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
45.5k
Peak concurrent players
3.7k
Press Quotes
“Clever, challenging, and immensely enjoyable... An ore-mining, boss-beating delight” 9/10 – TheSixthAxis “Worth every penny” 9/10 – TechRaptor “The ultimate game of exploration and discovery” 9/10 – GameSpew
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
36h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
16h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
8h
Current engagement
Achievements
51
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
Community
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Aug 27, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Pugstorm |
| Publisher | Fireshine Games, bilibili |
| Base price | $11.99 -40% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Metacritic page · Support · https://fireshinegames.co.uk/customer_support/core-keeper/ |
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