Drill Core
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:7/17/2025
- Franchise:tinyBuild
- Developers:
- Publisher:tinyBuild
- Last Updated:5/11/2026
- Steam App Id:2821800
Drill Core
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Drill Core has 161 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 94% lower than its previous all-time peak of 2,549 players achieved on 9/15/2024.
Drill Core Review
Drill Core has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 85 / 100. This score is calculated from 2,348 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Very Positive rating. These are split between 2,001 positive reviews, 347 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback.
Track historical reviews and overall rating trends for Drill Core using the chart below.
Drill Core Price
Drill Core costs $9.99 in the Steam store as of 5/11/2026 which is a 50% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standalone game or through a bundle like Professional Diggers, Diplomacy is Not an Option + Drill Core, Planetary Builders Bundle, Hungry Couch Games Collection, Sci-fi Roguelikes, Drill Core Deluxe Edition, Mining Mastery 2, The King is Watching + Drill Core, Towers, Turrets & Tactics Bundle, Drill Core X ITER-8, or Mining Mastery which offers a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Drill Core.
Drill Core DLC
Drill Core has 2 downloadable add-ons available for purchase on Steam which are Drill Core - The Machine World or Drill Core Supporter Pack.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Drill Core - The Machine World | DLC | 4/28/2026 | View |
 | Drill Core Supporter Pack | DLC | 9/12/2024 | View |
Drill Core has 1 related app available for download from the Steam store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Drill Core Soundtrack | Music | 9/14/2024 | View |
About Drill Core
Drill Core is an Indie, Strategy, and Early Access game developed by Hungry Couch, and Hungry Couch Games. On 7/17/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by tinyBuild.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), and Portuguese-Brazil. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Drill Core supports the following features:
- Steam Leaderboards
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Partial Controller Support
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Drill Core has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Action
- 2D
- Space
- Exploration
- Building
- Colony Sim
- City Builder
- Roguelike
- Management
- Side Scroller
- Atmospheric
- Roguelite
- Sandbox
- Aliens
- Stylized
- Tower Defense
- Base Building
- Resource Management
- Sci-fi
- Strategy
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Drill Core and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Related Bundles
Drill Core is included in 11 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Professional Diggers | 2 | 2 | $35.98 | View |
 | Diplomacy is Not an Option + Drill Core | 2 | 2 | $35.98 | View |
 | Planetary Builders Bundle | 2 | 2 | $38.23 | View |
 | Hungry Couch Games Collection | 2 | 3 | $17.98 | View |
 | Sci-fi Roguelikes | 2 | 2 | $33.73 | View |
 | Drill Core Deluxe Edition | 3 | 3 | $15.57 | View |
 | Mining Mastery 2 | 2 | 2 | $19.78 | View |
 | The King is Watching + Drill Core | 2 | 2 | $22.48 | View |
 | Towers, Turrets & Tactics Bundle | 2 | 2 | $25.48 | View |
 | Drill Core X ITER-8 | 2 | 2 | $29.68 | View |
Related Packages
Drill Core is referenced by 2 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Drill Core | $15.99 | View |
| Drill Core | $15.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Drill Core is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | Yes | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | No |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Ukrainian | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Drill Core data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2026, May 11). Drill Core on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821800
- Valve Corporation. (2026, May 11). Drill Core. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2821800
- Hungry Couch. (2024, May 21). Drill Core. Drill Core. https://hungrycouchgames.com/