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Drillbound

Drillbound

Drillbound is a short incremental game about mining your way to the planet’s core. Crush layers of rock, gather resources, upgrade your drill, and unlock powerful machines as you descend into the depths.

Released Oct 8, 2026 Developer TimeSeeker Publisher Troglobytes Games, Gamersky Games Platforms Windows IncrementalEconomyMiningUndergroundArcade
View on Steam ↗ $3.59 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-20 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

87.6%positive241 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“If you are a fan of the Incremental genre, there is much to love here! You will find a pretty big skill tree with meaningful upgrades, lots of different systems integrated within the skill tree, quite the explosive progression and, most importantly, a different gameplay than…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Haven't finished the game yet, but I am amazed by this game. When you think you've gotten used to the gameplay, a game-changing upgrade appears that makes you see the game from another complete perspective, discovering new ways to optimize your excavations. And all of this…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Fun experience as a short ~3-4 hour game. The gameplay loop isn't the most inspired, it's another pseudo-incremental so it plays like every other short incremental games where you do a specific action for a few hours and then it's over. It's a shame all these games are so short…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-17.

25achievements
64.3%median completion
42.0%rarest: Neo-Mining
92.5% of players 81.7% of players 81.0% of players 80.0% of players 74.1% of players 69.8% of players 69.6% of players 66.4% of players 66.2% of players 66.0% of players 65.3% of players 65.3% of players 64.3% of players 62.7% of players 62.7% of players 62.5% of players 62.4% of players 61.9% of players 61.9% of players 61.8% of players 61.0% of players 60.5% of players 43.6% of players 42.7% of players 42.0% of players 92.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.5%Excavation enthusiast — Complete 5 excavations
81.7%Scratching the surface — Conquer Depth 0
81.0%Iron hoarder — Collect 500 Iron ingots
Rarest badges of honor
42.0%Neo-Mining — Acquire all possible upgrades
42.7%In-depth knowledge — Complete all Scanner Profiles
43.6%Overprotective — Start an excavation where the shield covers the entire mine

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-10-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.59−10% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$3.99base price
$3.59lowest since tracking began2026-10-12
US3.59 USD−10%
EU3.59 EUR−10%
UK3.14 GBP−10%
Australia5.17 AUD−10%
Canada4.13 CAD−10%
Japan589 JPY−10%
Brazil14.17 BRL−10%
China19.80 CNY−10%

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

Brazil≈$2.8 Canada China US Australia Japan EU UK≈$4.2

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 10-12 10-13 10-15 10-16 10-18 10-20

Latest official news

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

Oct 20, 2026
10.000 Copies sold, thank you! Update v1.0.2.0 Patch Notes

We reached 10.000 copies sold with over 200 reviews and an 87% positive, thank you for your support! This is the first time a commercial game of mine does this well, and I am excited to make Drillboun

Oct 09, 2026
First Update! v1.0.1.0 Patch Notes

First of all I wanted to thank you all for the feedack and support . These past 48h have been incredibly stressful, but seeing so many people enjoy and care about the game makes it all worth it. You'v

Oct 08, 2026
Drillbound is OUT NOW!

After rounds and rounds of drilling, upgrading, and testing, we are finally making our ultimate dash to the center of the planet! Today, we are incredibly excited to announce that Drillbound is offici

Aug 13, 2026
Drillbound Launches on Steam October 8th

Calling all roughnecks and future master miners, The date is locked in: Drillbound officially launches on PC on October 8th, 2026! After plenty of drilling, upgrading, testing, and pushing deeper unde

Jun 16, 2026
6 New Langauges, a better Depth -1... Demo v0.4.3 is here!

Hello everyone! This past hours I've been working non-stop to bring you a new version of the demo, here are some of the most relevant changes: Added 6 languages : German French Turkish Ukranian Portug

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-10-10.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsIncremental · Economy · Mining · Underground · Arcade · Strategy · 2D · Relaxing · Casual · Simulation · Pixel Graphics · Destruction (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Catalan * , French * , Italian * , German * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Turkish * , Ukrainian…
Achievements25
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 700 series or similar