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Around The Core

85% positive of 107 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam

Made by draftentropy.

About the game

A space-themed incremental shooter where destruction fuels growth. Annihilate asteroids, harvest wealth, and climb a massive upgrade tree.

Tagged by players

  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Mining
  • Incremental
  • Automation
  • Space
  • Idler
  • Resource Management
  • Shooter
  • Destruction
  • Arcade
  • Top-Down
  • Sci-fi

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What players say

  • Recommended
    6 hours of great fun. Maybe the best incremental I have played so far. I think of it as a better version of Nodebuster.

    6.1 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I have never been compeeled to write a review straight after playing a game. I had so much fun playing Core. Being a child of the 70s, 80s, this game brought me right back to the arcade. Add in a skill tree. Yeah man, I just really enoyed playing this

    4.5 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I like these style of games and I think I am going to try and get all 8/8 achievements but for the last 4 hours of game play this game has been beyond boring. This will be a true slog. If you like this style of game I would suggest a different one. This just doesn't hit the spot at all.

    8.4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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