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Return From Core

顽核社 FuncoreClub · 2P Games · 2025-07-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.

Return From Core is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2025, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive (76% of 1818 reviews).

13
playing now
76%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (82 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

After surface civilization's destruction, you're an underground survivor exploring a world of unknowns and dangers. Wield your pickaxe, explore ruins, befriend Monster Girls, build automated production lines, construct your base, and return to the surface!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 130 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (393 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,821 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.98 at Fanatical (2026-08-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 45 of 62 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33833820232026Week of 2023-12-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2812026-09-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
65612Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 656 · peak 1,896Jan 2024 — avg 209 · peak 853Feb 2024 — avg 137 · peak 499Mar 2024 — avg 47 · peak 140Apr 2024 — avg 25 · peak 66May 2024 — avg 32 · peak 104Jun 2024 — avg 24 · peak 73Jul 2024 — avg 27 · peak 72Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Sep 2024 — avg 20 · peak 74Oct 2024 — avg 23 · peak 64Nov 2024 — avg 20 · peak 62Dec 2024 — avg 44 · peak 167Jan 2025 — avg 24 · peak 61Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 58Mar 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 76May 2025 — avg 76 · peak 294Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 89Jul 2025 — avg 279 · peak 1,352Aug 2025 — avg 142 · peak 520Sep 2025 — avg 56 · peak 160Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 120Nov 2025 — avg 27 · peak 89Dec 2025 — avg 51 · peak 119Jan 2026 — avg 41 · peak 113Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 75Mar 2026 — avg 22 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 55Jun 2026 — avg 15 · peak 52Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 47Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$7.982023-12-152026-08-212023-12-15 — best price $14.442024-02-03 — best price $14.442024-03-14 — best price $14.442024-04-08 — best price $11.892024-05-06 — best price $16.992024-05-31 — best price $13.492024-07-12 — best price $12.902024-07-20 — best price $13.492024-07-31 — best price $16.992024-08-24 — best price $13.492024-10-08 — best price $12.642024-11-11 — best price $12.742024-11-26 — best price $16.992024-12-05 — best price $13.492024-12-27 — best price $16.992025-01-20 — best price $10.782025-02-09 — best price $16.992025-03-03 — best price $10.192025-03-28 — best price $13.492025-05-10 — best price $12.482025-05-27 — best price $16.992025-06-29 — best price $16.992025-07-25 — best price $9.872025-08-14 — best price $11.892025-09-14 — best price $12.742025-10-01 — best price $9.512025-10-28 — best price $9.512025-11-21 — best price $9.252025-12-07 — best price $16.992026-01-06 — best price $10.192026-01-31 — best price $16.992026-02-16 — best price $11.892026-03-15 — best price $11.892026-03-29 — best price $16.992026-04-28 — best price $13.492026-05-23 — best price $16.992026-06-26 — best price $16.992026-07-17 — best price $10.192026-08-21 — best price $13.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
57%
earned "Steady Progress"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Player tags

RPGMiningSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureAutomationSimulationExploration

Census log

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

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