- August 10, 2023
- SomethingExtra
- 9h median play time
To The Core
Platforms
About
"To The Core" is an incremental drilling game set in a solar system with various planets. Gather resources from planets to buy upgrades and drill deeper, while managing fuel and mastering resources through repetitive mining. Each planet presents a new challenge, requiring upgrades to drill further. The game is still in early development and subject to change.





- Engaging game loop with satisfying progression and upgrades.
- Fun and addictive gameplay that keeps players hooked.
- Great music and visuals that enhance the overall experience.
- Game is relatively short, taking around 6-10 hours to complete.
- Last achievement requiring 10 million blocks broken feels excessively grindy.
- Performance issues and crashes occur, especially in late-game scenarios.
- gameplay566 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay of this game is characterized by a satisfying and addictive core loop that involves mining resources, upgrading tools, and progressing through various planets. While many players appreciate the fun mechanics and creative upgrades, some criticize the repetitive nature of the gameplay and the slow progression, particularly in the late game where it can feel grindy. Overall, the game offers around 6-12 hours of engaging content, though it could benefit from improved UI and clearer explanations of certain mechanics.
“Great gameplay, progression loop, and creative upgrades.”
“The core gameplay loop is addicting and fun and the price is perfectly ok for the amount of playtime.”
“Incredibly satisfying gameplay, banger soundtrack, chaos for days.”
“Progression can get very slow at times and the main 'drilling' mechanic (bashing your guy against the resources) seems to become useless very quickly and you have to rely solely on missiles, grenades, etc.”
“It has too many upgrades that do very little and the game got repetitive with the gameplay loop being go to a planet, stay afk for 30 sec, get resources, upgrade, repeat.”
“The final few hours of gameplay (about once you get to the diamond planet) was really boring - you just became so ridiculously powerful that gameplay became 'click a button once it comes up', which isn't my idea of a fun time.”