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Core Keeper

Pugstorm · Fireshine Games · 2024-08-27

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ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 27, 2024 (Linux), Aug 27, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 27, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 17, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 28, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

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.

3,189
playing now
93%
positive of 66k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
136
twitch viewers (latest)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
35h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3,189 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Core Keeper is a survival game and sandbox game developed by Pugstorm and published by Fireshine Games. Set in a procedurally generated underground world, the game combines mining, crafting, farming, automation, and combat while supporting single-player and cooperative multiplayer for up to eight players. Critics have compared its mechanics and tone to Minecraft, Terraria, and Stardew Valley for blending exploration, base-building and survival systems within a darker, atmospheric cave setting.

Trailer

Core Keeper trailer thumbnail

Core Keeper - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

≈455,673 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,189 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,141 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~643/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 66,073 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.12 at GameBillet (2025-11-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 128 of 178 observed days · $4.87 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.3k6.3k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 6,266 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 692 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,809 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 863 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,030 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,231 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,492 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,125 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,419 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,026 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 875 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.9k1.9k2026-08-06 21:00 — 2,132 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,930 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 3,857 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,374 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,849 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 4,485 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,745 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,188 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 4,891 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,870 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,223 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 4,042 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2,261 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2,478 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4,352 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2,152 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2,396 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4,639 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3,556 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,263 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3,327 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 3,070 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 2,992 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 4,219 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,299 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,290 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,248 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 3,703 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,189 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.192022-03-042026-08-302022-03-04 — best price $12.992022-04-14 — best price $12.992022-06-20 — best price $8.702022-08-08 — best price $12.992022-10-08 — best price $11.412022-11-20 — best price $12.992023-01-10 — best price $11.192023-03-19 — best price $12.992023-05-05 — best price $8.312023-06-26 — best price $12.792023-08-20 — best price $10.392023-10-21 — best price $7.892023-12-24 — best price $7.192024-02-11 — best price $11.692024-04-02 — best price $15.992024-05-27 — best price $7.192024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-08-21 — best price $17.532024-09-23 — best price $18.892024-11-25 — best price $12.592024-12-22 — best price $12.522025-01-26 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-17 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $10.592025-06-27 — best price $10.642025-08-01 — best price $13.392025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-10-04 — best price $10.442025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-15 — best price $11.992026-02-03 — best price $17.392026-03-25 — best price $11.992026-05-02 — best price $17.702026-06-07 — best price $16.572026-07-10 — best price $16.862026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1.6k102026-08-21 09:12 — 1,586 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 212 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 59 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 141 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 216 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 183 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 136 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
64.1%
earned "A Slimey Encounter"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Thai, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,2941%55
PS5 (PlayStation)6,1144%56
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3,1491%55
Windows (Xbox)1,6581%55
PS4 (PlayStation)9426%56
Switch (Nintendo)2180%0
PS4 (PlayStation)0—56

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DMiningSandboxBuildingCraftingRelaxingSurvivalAdventureExplorationFarming Sim

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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