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To The Core
To The Core is an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
59 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Very fun with great progression. I wish it was longer and had more replay value. I played through it twice like half a year a part, and I think I'm probably done with it now.”
“Great game can be addicting but sometimes gets boring but i love it :) Also ░░░░░█▐▓▓░████▄▄▄█▀▄▓▓▓▌█Help ░░░░░▄█▌▀▄▓▓▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▄▓▓▓▓▓▌█ Doge ░░░▄█▀▀▄▓█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▀░▓▌█ Take ░░█▀▄▓▓▓███▓▓▓███▓▓▓▄░░▄▓▐█▌ Over…”
7 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“The music has no reason to slap this hard but it does”
“A very nice game, could do it realisticaly in like 6 hours or so. The music and graphics design are minimalistic but very nice, the gameplay loop, although repetitive, is still enjoyable and has some nice variety to it.…”
“One of the best incrementals out there. Progression, resource management, soundtrack, mechanics, lag-inducing abilities, s k i n s, its all there. Absolute shame that the dev abandoned it without fixing couple of…”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Very fun with great progression. I wish it was longer and had more replay value. I played through it twice like half a year a part, and I think I'm probably done with it now.”
“A fun little game with a rewarding gameplay loop. It's a bit grindy, but it picks up the pace later. I Would recommend.”
“starts slow but when grind complete everything go boom”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Took total 7 hours to complete. Yet, enjoued the journey all the way, nice!”
“Such a fun game to relax to, has a good 12 hours of playtime to beat the game :3 Thanks to the dev for making this great game :3”
“Want a contained experience where you get all the joy of the upgrade mania of cookie clicker, but without it consuming your next three years? This game scratches that itch! Perfect for when I want something mindless and…”
3 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“TL;DR: Better than many other "short incremental" games: actually good core mechanics, nice variability in progression and content, feels like a brilliant tech demo that could use some fleshing out. Worth the price. I…”
“Charming little game. Good graphics, satisfying action. I don't know if it's due to how I was playing it, maybe missing obvious upgrades for too long and then buying them all at once? But the pacing of progression in my…”
15 of the 88 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“The balance is pretty bad and the last achievement is stupid long, would be way better if it was 4 hours shorter”
“One of the best incrementals out there. Progression, resource management, soundtrack, mechanics, lag-inducing abilities, s k i n s, its all there. Absolute shame that the dev abandoned it without fixing couple of…”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“last way to short wish longer”
“Very fun with great progression. I wish it was longer and had more replay value. I played through it twice like half a year a part, and I think I'm probably done with it now.”
“Its pretty short for the price”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I should like this game, but I do not, primarily for the following reasons: 1. The pacing is atrocious. You will grind, and grind, and grind, and grind, and you are never given any hint on the skill tree to see if…”
“Does not save keybinds on game exit... UI stops responding randomly...”
“A fun little game with a rewarding gameplay loop! Some of the UI elements can be confusing at first, especially with how to access the end game (tip: the Sun has three phases, click on it to see a dropdown to change…”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Cool game, sad its not geting updates :(”
“One of the best incrementals out there. Progression, resource management, soundtrack, mechanics, lag-inducing abilities, s k i n s, its all there. Absolute shame that the dev abandoned it without fixing couple of…”
“its a fun game however it lacks long term content and it has some fps issues it also has no updates so take that with a grain of salt”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I should like this game, but I do not, primarily for the following reasons: 1. The pacing is atrocious. You will grind, and grind, and grind, and grind, and you are never given any hint on the skill tree to see if…”
“Great game can be addicting but sometimes gets boring but i love it :) Also ░░░░░█▐▓▓░████▄▄▄█▀▄▓▓▓▌█Help ░░░░░▄█▌▀▄▓▓▄▄▄▄▀▀▀▄▓▓▓▓▓▌█ Doge ░░░▄█▀▀▄▓█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▀░▓▌█ Take ░░█▀▄▓▓▓███▓▓▓███▓▓▓▄░░▄▓▐█▌ Over…”
“A very nice game, could do it realisticaly in like 6 hours or so. The music and graphics design are minimalistic but very nice, the gameplay loop, although repetitive, is still enjoyable and has some nice variety to it.…”
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Addictive for a couple of hours, with the potential to be even greater (more worlds, bigger skill tree, balance some stuff, fix memory leaks, etc). Unfortunately I've waited for 2 years and the developer has not updated. I've also seen a mobile version being advertised and I'm…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Shortish game, but fun, get if on discount, no more content after you beat it the first time 9/10”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“It's a bit grindy, but it picks up the pace later. Would recommend.”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
FPS antivirus issues resolved
Finally fixed the issue with the antivirus flagging. If you are still experiencing lag on startup please let me know, hope you all enjoy. This fix has taken up all of my day but ill be back with more
FPS Issues addressed
Right now the game is being flagged by certain antivirus (mainly Avast and Bitdefender) I am currently working on getting the game code signed which will fix this issue, but in the meantime if you are
Steam Page Released!!!
Steam page released!!! this is pretty litty here is some gameplay I guess. https://giphy.com/gifs/u4RpDHcRBS1tcOl402
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Casual · Clicker · 2D · Arcade · Procedural Generation · Adventure · Indie · Mining · Singleplayer · Retro · Stylized · Destruction (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 19 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support (Intel Core i5 or better) Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DX10, DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs (NVidia or AMD)