Explore an endless 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.
- Early Access (713)
- Pixel Graphics (648)
- Online Co-Op (647)
- Sandbox (641)
- Open World Survival Craft (630)
- Adventure (551)
- Survival (514)
- 2D (513)
- Crafting (506)
- Dungeon Crawler (478)
- Exploration (476)
- Farming Sim (470)
- Procedural Generation (465)
- Building (459)
- Mining (450)
- Relaxing (436)
- Cooking (432)
- Simulation (426)
- Atmospheric (406)
- Mystery (406)
Early Access | 8 Mar, 2022 |
Release Date | Mar 8, 2022 |
Price | $ 15.99 Top 15% |
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 91.4% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.7% Top 20% |
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All) | 89.4% Top 4% / 89.8% Top 3% |
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All) | 23.1K Top 2% / 29.4K Top 2% |
Curators | 194 reviews Top 3% |
Median Play Time | 35.1 hours Top 4% |
Play Time per Dollar | 2.7 hours Top 5% |
Followers | 113.8K Top 1% |
Owners | ± 2.2M Top 2% |
Copies Sold | ± 1.8M Top 1% |
Gross Revenue ($) | ± 17.4M Top 2% |
Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
This chart shows Core Keeper's Steam rating and reviews from March 2022 to December 2023. Steam's rating is very stable, varying from 90.7% (April 2022) to 92.1% (November 2022).
With its 29.4K reviews Top 1%, Core Keeper is indisputably a major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.
Review Languages
This donut graph displays the languages of Core Keeper's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (48%), followed by Simplified Chinese (18%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.
Time Played
This chart displays the time played in Core Keeper, comparing positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. The time played is great, reaching 91 hours in the 80th percentile.
The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (58 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Core Keeper's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.
Players' Feedback
Game's Strengths | Game's Weaknesses |
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It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 91.4% rating Top 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.
Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Core Keeper's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.