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Core Keeper

Core Keeper

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Released Aug 27, 2024 Developer Pugstorm Publisher Fireshine Games, bilibili Platforms Windows · Linux Pixel GraphicsOpen World Survival CraftOnline Co-OpSandboxSurvival
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-10)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

92.9%positive66,229 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 101 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 38 found this helpful

“It's a fun game with a reasonable amount of content and mild grind, overall a 7/10, worth during sale and more enjoyable in multiplayer. Pros: 1. A moderately wide array of talents and equipment sets that creates different build options. 2. Talent system that is fun to come up…”

— a player, Steam review · 126 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Do it! I play solo daily. It is very terraria, and with soothe your soul...Buy it...You won't regret it 😊”

— a player, Steam review · 257 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Terraria but 2.5D and you kill lots of bosses like terraria and then you build a cozy home for yourself and an appartement for your npc's like terraria and its a really cool game but its not terraria. 10/10 but it's not terraria guys”

— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

46,355all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2023 2024 2025 2026 22.4k avg · Sep 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.

55achievements
9.7%median completion
1.7%rarest: The Credence of Ruin
64.2% of players 53.3% of players 52.0% of players 43.8% of players 43.7% of players 39.2% of players 37.3% of players 35.9% of players 34.6% of players 30.2% of players 28.9% of players 28.7% of players 26.6% of players 26.4% of players 25.1% of players 23.3% of players 18.3% of players 18.1% of players 17.3% of players 16.8% of players 15.2% of players 15.1% of players 14.7% of players 14.4% of players 12.7% of players 10.4% of players 10.3% of players 9.7% of players 9.4% of players 9.3% of players 9.1% of players 8.6% of players 8.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.4% of players 8.3% of players 8.1% of players 7.6% of players 6.7% of players 6.3% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 1.7% of players 64.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
64.2%A Slimey Encounter — Hidden achievement
53.3%Bugging Out — Hidden achievement
52.0%Your Very First — Hatched your first pet from an egg
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%The Credence of Ruin — Hidden achievement
2.1%Impersonator Syndrome — Hidden achievement
2.3%Explosion Mastery — Gained 100 skill points in explosions

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-10 20:53 UTC
$11.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-31
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK15.99 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-22 08-03 08-16 08-29 09-10

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 10, 2026
Riders of the Underground – Core Keeper’s 1.3 Update is Coming September 21st

Giddy up, Explorers 🤠 Core Keeper’s 1.3 Update, Riders of the Underground, is coming on September 21st! We’re so excited to be bringing you an update with a whole host of new features and content that

Aug 31, 2026
Community Update - August 2026

August has been a month of exciting announcements and teasers for Core Keeper, and we're so excited to recap all this fun activity for you, Explorers. Let's jump straight in with the big news... Road

Aug 27, 2026
Notes From the Underground #007

There's always something new to discover in the underground and it looks like our wayward Explorer found the perfect test subject for their latest creation! 👀 A transcript of this journal entry has be

Aug 13, 2026
Core Keeper 2026 Roadmap: Road to the Maw!

Introducing “Road to the Maw” – our next 3 major content updates for Core Keeper! We’re so very excited to share our plans with you in more detail below, and you’ll find an overview in the roadmap ima

Jul 31, 2026
Community Update - July 2026

Hey Explorers, we hope you're having an awesome summer. We don't know about you, but here in the Northern Hemisphere, it has been incredibly warm and bright. You might be aware that in Sweden, it's cu

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsPixel Graphics · Open World Survival Craft · Online Co-Op · Sandbox · Survival · Adventure · Crafting · Exploration · 2D · Building · Mining · Dungeon Crawler (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Simplified Chinese, Thai, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian
ControllerFull support
Achievements55
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 5850