Games like Core Keeper
For digging, crafting and bosses: Terraria
The loop of beating bosses and upgrading your gear is similar (differences from Terraria).
For building: Minecraft
Mining for materials and building freely feels similar.
For life sim: Stardew Valley
The farming, fishing and cooking are similar. Which games feel similar is this site’s opinion.
Games similar to Core Keeper, and what they share
| Game | What’s similar |
|---|---|
| Terraria | A sandbox about digging, crafting and beating bosses to progress. Side-view 2D. (details) |
| Minecraft | A sandbox about mining and building with blocks. 3D. |
| Stardew Valley | Focused on everyday life such as farming, fishing and cooking. Top-down pixel art. |
What sets Core Keeper apart is that you can dig, craft, build, farm and fight all in one top-down underground world (what is Core Keeper? · ways to play).
For other games we only list basic facts. Which games feel similar is this site’s opinion.
Unless a note on the page says otherwise, numbers are read from the game files of Core Keeper 1.3.0.6 (prefabs, configuration files, drop tables and the game's program) and calculated by this site, including upgraded (per-level) values, sell prices and mana costs. Names and descriptions are the game's official English text. Only reinforcing materials, minion and pet attacks and some food values are based on the Core Keeper Wiki (Fandom) data (CC BY-SA 3.0). Core Keeper and its images are © Pugstorm. This is an unofficial fan site.