Drill Core

Side-scrolling roguelite strategy with daytime mining and nighttime defenses

Hungry Couch Games · Published by tinyBuild · Released Jul 17, 2025

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 2,469
Recent reviews: Mixed; 64% of 14 in 30 days
Playing now: 55; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 16, 2026

What is Drill Core?

This side-scrolling roguelite strategy game puts you in charge of a corporate drilling platform amid climate collapse. Across missions, you direct miners, carriers, and guards to extract minerals and fuel the drill, then build turrets to defend against local wildlife at night.

For you if...

+you enjoy managing workers and planning defensive positions
+you like adapting your strategy across repeated missions

Not for you if...

−you prefer controlling one character over managing a crew
−you want a relaxed pace without nightly attacks

What players say

85% of 2,469 reviews are positive · 64% of 14 in the last 30 days

Players praise the mining-and-defense loop, varied platforms, and choices in turrets and upgrades. Critics say missions grow repetitive, progression can be slow, and tower balance is uneven; some also report performance problems after updates.

Screenshots and trailer

Drill Core system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD FX-8350
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 710, 1 GB or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1 GB
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 83
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese. Text only: French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean, Serbian.