Drill Core

Drill Core

Steam Deck Verified

Hungry Couch Games · Strategy · Jul 17, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $12.99.

85%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Steam Deck: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
43% of themes are praise57% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Then you switch to unlocking more options - technologies (that you randomly find during the run) and permanent progression abilities.
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Both games have a pixel graphics style that lend themselves well to both games, but I think I prefer the more interesting looks of Drill Core.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I mainly played this on my SteamDeck and after 1.0 they filled out all the smaller QOL things I knew and didn't knew I wanted!
10 of 300 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 love3 themes
Gameplay86 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Steam Deck10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty40 reviews
83%
Story and characters16 reviews
94%
Combat14 reviews
79%
Performance8 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $12.99 (−35%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $12.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
83
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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