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Drill Core

Drill Core

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Released Jul 17, 2025 Developer Hungry Couch Games Publisher tinyBuild Platforms Windows Early AccessStrategyColony SimRogue-liteExploration
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

85.2%positive1,329 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I was struggling to settle on something to play when I picked this up on sale and after unlocking the final achievement and over 100hrs playtime I'm happy to recommend. Drill core was a brilliant experience for me. It's simple enough to grasp and can be really unforgiving on the…”

— a player, Steam review · 114 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Don't understand Mixed reviews, as charming and fun as any other Tiny Build game, nice idea and well executed. Kinda reminiscent of Steam World dig with a (very) simple Dwarf Fortress style mechanism. I got it on 50% special, definitely a good special buy”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 99 found this helpful

“I liked the game a lot when it launched. But the more new things they implement, they take a turn away from what I liked about the game. I like strategy, planning and making choices. But the changes just gave stress elements and semi-hidden difficulties. I want more (much more)…”

— a player, Steam review · 88 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:30 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

40playing at last check
7024-hour peak
2,523all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2025 2026 985 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 2026-07-25.

83achievements
20.6%median completion
1.0%rarest: Drill Core Museum Director
95.8% of players 93.4% of players 91.1% of players 89.2% of players 88.2% of players 84.0% of players 81.0% of players 80.7% of players 79.4% of players 72.4% of players 71.4% of players 67.8% of players 67.6% of players 65.9% of players 64.0% of players 63.0% of players 57.4% of players 56.4% of players 50.4% of players 49.1% of players 47.6% of players 47.4% of players 45.6% of players 44.8% of players 44.5% of players 44.5% of players 43.1% of players 41.6% of players 40.2% of players 38.0% of players 35.3% of players 34.9% of players 34.1% of players 31.7% of players 29.2% of players 28.9% of players 28.7% of players 27.9% of players 25.5% of players 24.5% of players 22.4% of players 20.6% of players 20.3% of players 19.9% of players 18.1% of players 16.7% of players 16.5% of players 14.8% of players 14.6% of players 13.5% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 11.6% of players 11.6% of players 11.6% of players 11.5% of players 8.6% of players 8.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.4% of players 95.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
95.8%Bug-Buster — Survive the first night
93.4%Pest Control — Kill 100 Aliens (cumulative)
91.1%Small-Sized Business — Have a team of 8 or more
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Drill Core Museum Director — Find all collectible items.
1.5%Keeper of Corporate Relics — Find 70 collectible items.
1.9%Perfectionist — Complete 40 qualifications

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,000 JPY
Brazil54.99 BRL
China69.00 CNY

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

China≈$10 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

May 26, 2026
V1.254 PATCH IS LIVE

Fixed a bug where, in rare cases, two identical negative events could occur on the same day. Fixed a bug where the double damage chance turret upgrade had a 100 percent chance always. Fixed various is

May 11, 2026
V1.253 PATCH IS LIVE

Fixed a bug where a flying guard could fly out of the mine after a teleport-retreat. Potentially fixed a bug that could not start drilling on the morning when drilling was supposed to start. The spawn

May 07, 2026
Today, Hungry Couch turns 7 years old!

We’ve been through a lot over the years, and we’re truly happy that you’ve been with us. Playing our games, supporting us and being part of this journey. To mark the occasion, we’ve prepared a small u

May 06, 2026
V1.251 PATCH IS LIVE

Potentially fixed a performance issue where the game could launch without using the GPU. Fixed a longer initial video skip. Fixed a bug that could crash the game when loading a the Dwarves Platform sa

May 05, 2026
V1.250 PATCH IS LIVE (A potential solution to the performance problem)

Potentially fixed a performance issue where the game could launch without using the GPU. Fixed a bug that crashed the game if the Projector Block had to be moved.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsEarly Access · Strategy · Colony Sim · Rogue-lite · Exploration · Tower Defense · Side Scroller · Rogue-like · City Builder · 2D · Base-Building · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German * , Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Serbian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements83
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://hungrycouchgames.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD FX-8350 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 710, 1 GB or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1 GB Storage: 1 GB available space