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Around The Core
A space-themed incremental shooter where destruction fuels growth. Annihilate asteroids, harvest wealth, and climb a massive upgrade tree.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Satisfying upgrades, feeling of becoming stronger and huge skill tree. Addictive game. Strongly recommended.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Around The Core takes a straightforward arcade concept and turns it into an addictive progression-driven experience where destruction is constantly rewarded with greater destructive potential. Rather than overwhelming the player with complicated mechanics immediately, it begins…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Meh. It's fun but honestly the browser demo is more fun and free. seems about the same amount of content in the demo and the full game, you just slowed progression to where its boring. Put me off buying indie games now lol”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Controller Support Update
Hello Spaceshooters! Controller support is now available in Around The Core ! You can now play the game using a controller, including navigating menus, choosing upgrades, and playing through runs with
Post-Launch Update - Combat Improvements, Visual Polish and Audio Updates
Since launch, I've been going through your feedback and keeping an eye on a few areas that could use some improvement. This update focuses mostly on balancing, small quality-of-life changes, and some
V1.12 - Visual Polish, Capsule Art and Build Optimization
Hi Guys! This isn't a massive content update, but after receiving feedback and spending more time with the demo, I noticed several areas that could use some attention. As a result, I've made a variety
V1.10 - Game Balances and Improvements
Hi Everyone! I’ve been reading everything and working on improvements every single day! This update focused mostly on polishing the demo experience, improving game feel, visual feedback, balancing, an
Updates – Visual Improvements & Feedback Changes
First of all, thank you to everyone who has played the demo, shared feedback, and supported Around The Core so far. I have been continuing development on Around The Core and improving the experience b
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Incremental · Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade · Shooter · Space · Top-Down · Resource Management · Casual · Sci-fi · Automation · Idler · Relaxing (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Bulgarian, Danish, Indonesian, Dutch, Finnish, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, … |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 8 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Dual Core 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10 compatible graphics card DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Optional