Core Keeper
Mine through a procedurally generated underground world, turn resources into equipment and a base, and prepare for giant creatures by building routes, growing ingredients and experimenting with cooking.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.6 / 10
About this game
Core Keeper begins underground, where exploration also supplies the materials for your next expedition. Craft a pickaxe to break through cave walls, gather resources for equipment and build a base. Bridges carry you across subterranean lakes, while placed torches illuminate the ground ahead. Extending a route and improving your surroundings are part of the same mining sandbox. Beyond digging, you can grow crops, catch fish and combine ingredients in a cooking pot to discover recipes with different effects. The caves also contain giant creatures whose spoils help unravel the ancient Core's mystery. Progress brings together practical preparation, construction and combat within a procedurally generated world.
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AI review
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An expedition-building sandbox for players who enjoy preparing the ground they explore.
Crafting equipment and constructing routes may make discovery feel like the result of your own preparation. Cooking and creature battles offer reasons to alternate between developing a base and pushing farther underground.
Strengths
- Bridges and torches can make construction feel directly relevant to exploration.
- Cooking gives farming and fishing a practical connection to expedition preparation.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy choosing between gathering, building and preparing for combat.
Play notes: Co-op is online for up to eight players; a single system supports one player.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The combination of base work, cooking and giant-creature battles allows players to alternate practical projects with combat goals. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Making gear and constructing crossings may appeal to players who want to solve exploration problems through preparation. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Placing light in dark caves may give an expedition a tangible sense of extending into unfamiliar ground. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The online party limit accommodates up to eight explorers, but single-system play cannot serve a couch co-op group. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Pugstorm
- Publisher
- Fireshine Games
- Release date
- Jan 28, 2026
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- 1
- Online maximum players
- 8
- Categories
- Survival · Primary genreSandbox Creation
- Tags
- ConstructionEquipment-driven ProgressionReplayableMain Story 20–50 HoursFast-paced3D GraphicsStory-drivenSolo-friendlySurvivalReal-time CombatResource ManagementThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: Everyone
- Play modes
- Not providedSingle playerMultiplayerCo-op
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideAug 27, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideOct 17, 2024
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideJan 28, 2026
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com