Return from Core

Return from Core

Steam Deck Playable

顽核社 Funcore Club · Automation · Jul 18, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

At $16.99. It has been as low as $9.34.

77%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 231 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
20% of themes are praise50% are divided30% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I used to have a sprawling network of trains transporting ore back to a main factory, which would convert them to ingots, then funnel them to production machines, eventually producing a complex part, which then would go to a storage I could open and dump into the super drill for progression.
31 of 231 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
-Cute graphics,
14 of 231 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Gameplay31 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters77 reviews
70%
Combat24 reviews
88%
Controls18 reviews
33%
Interface13 reviews
54%
Difficulty5 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs26 reviews
54%
Performance6 reviews
50%
Crashes5 reviews
40%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 5 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $16.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.34.

3 points recordedtoday · $16.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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