Core Keeper
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.
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:8/27/2024
- Franchise:Fireshine Games
- Developer:Pugstorm
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:4/14/2025
- Steam App Id:1621690
Core Keeper
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Core Keeper has 9,351 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 80% lower than its previous all-time peak of 46,465 players achieved on 9/1/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Core Keeper. It has received a total of 54,000 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 91 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Core Keeper. Right now, it costs $19.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Core Keeper and its growth over time. It currently has 154,882 followers on its community page.
About Core Keeper
Core Keeper is a RPG, Indie, Casual, Adventure, and Early Access game developed by Pugstorm. On 8/27/2024, it was released on the Steam Store by Fireshine Games, and bilibili.
Players have rated Core Keeper as "Very Positive" out of 54,000 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 50,159 positive reviews and 3,841 negative reviews — an overall 93% positive review rating. Additionally, Core Keeper has earned a metascore of 85 on Metacritic.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $19.99. It can also be purchased through Core Keeper + Soundtrack Bundle, Core Keeper + Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Steam Deck Stars, Smalland: Survive the Wilds + Core Keeper Bundle, Cozy Colonies Bundle, Core Keeper + Abiotic Factor, and Friends in Crafting Bundle which give a discount off its base price.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Linux systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 13 languanges in-game including English, Chinese (Simplified), Thai, German, and Japanese. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Core Keeper supports the following features:
- Co-op
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Multi-player
- Full controller support
- Single-player
- Online Co-op
From the Steam community, Core Keeper has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Crafting
- Procedural Generation
- Dungeon Crawler
- Atmospheric
- Sandbox
- Mining
- Pixel Graphics
- Open World Survival Craft
- Cooking
- Simulation
- Mystery
- Survival
- Farming Sim
- Casual
- Relaxing
- Online Co-Op
- Adventure
- 2D
- Building
- Exploration
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Core Keeper and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Core Keeper is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Core Keeper Soundtrack | Music | 1/9/2025 | View |
Related Bundles
Core Keeper is included in 7 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Core Keeper + Soundtrack Bundle | 2 | 2 | $24.90 | View |
| Core Keeper + Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor | 2 | 2 | $26.76 | View |
 | Steam Deck Stars | 4 | 4 | $38.09 | View |
 | Smalland: Survive the Wilds + Core Keeper Bundle | 2 | 2 | $45.88 | View |
 | Cozy Colonies Bundle | 2 | 2 | $25.90 | View |
 | Core Keeper + Abiotic Factor | 2 | 2 | $35.98 | View |
 | Friends in Crafting Bundle | 2 | 2 | $53.18 | View |
Related Packages
Core Keeper is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Core Keeper | $12.79 | View |
| Core Keeper | ??? | View |
Supported Languages
Core Keeper is available in 13 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | No |
| Thai | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| Italian | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Core Keeper data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 14). Core Keeper on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1621690
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 14). Core Keeper. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1621690
- Metacritic. (2025, April 14). Core Keeper for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/core-keeper