In Core Keeper, a mining sandbox adventure, players are drawn toward a mysterious relic.

You are an explorer who awakens in an ancient cavern of creatures, resources and trinkets. Mine relics and resources to build your base, craft new equipment, survive, and power up the Core.

Defeat giant monsters, discover hidden secrets, farm crops, cook new recipes and explore a procedurally generated underground world in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players.

Pugstorm and Fireshine Games announced the first details on Core Keeper’s next major Steam Early Access update ‘The Desert of Beginnings’ – scheduled to release this November – and reveal the full roadmap of content coming to the game throughout the remainder of 2022.

The Desert of Beginnings, which follows the launch of Core Keeper’s first major content update ‘The Sunken Sea’ earlier this year, will introduce a brand-new desert biome to the million-selling mining sandbox adventure, along with a scorching new ‘Molten Quarry’ sub-biome. As players explore the desert’s dunes and tombs, they’ll encounter a variety of new enemies, including the Bomb Scarab, Lava Butterfly and Caveling Assassin, on their journey to defeat a colossal new boss, Ra-Akar the Sand Titan.

Players will also be able to mine a brand-new ore, Galaxite, which can be used to craft new weapons and equipment, and upgrade and expand their bases even further. A new vehicle type will also be introduced, providing an exciting new way for players to traverse the desert sands.

The Desert of Beginnings also introduces Steam achievements to the game for the first time, along with additional localization support allowing players to add custom Latin languages. The Desert of Beginnings will be available to all Core Keeper players for free when it releases as a downloadable update on Steam this November.

Alongside revealing the first details on The Desert of Beginnings, Pugstorm also announced the line-up of additional free content and events coming to Core Keeper later this year. ‘Cozy Caverns’, a cosmetics-based content update built around community feedback, will introduce a range of new ways for players to decorate their base when it releases for free on Sept. 14, while seasonal in-game events themed around Halloween and Christmas will take place later this year. Core Keeper’s third major update, introducing a new Crystal Biome, will be available in 2023. For the full roadmap detailing the timeline of new content, visit Steam.

“Core Keeper’s incredible success has given us the opportunity to revisit our plans and significantly increase the amount of content we’re able to add to the game for free throughout Early Access,” said Sven Thole, COO & Lead Animator at Pugstorm. “We are thrilled to reveal our full 2022 roadmap and confirm the first details on The Desert of Beginnings, which we can’t wait for players to discover later this year. We’ve been listening to player feedback every step of the way, and hope that our revised roadmap and range of upcoming content will make the community very excited for the future of the game.”

Key Features:

• Mine resources - Explore a vast underground cave of endless resources. Mine resources, discover hidden crystals, fossils & trinkets and survive a procedurally generated underground world.
• Power up the Core - Build workbenches and generators to craft new equipment and technology, create your base, and power up your Core.
• Craft items & equipment - Customize your explorer and craft new items, armor and equipment to venture further into the cave.
• Grow crops - Plant seeds and nurture crops to grow food, or combine ingredients in the cooking pot to discover tasty new recipes with powerful buffs.
• Discover an ancient world - Explore living biomes and fight cavernous creatures in a simulated underground ecosystem.
• 1-8 player sandbox - Work together to fight, farm, craft and survive in a 1-8 player adventure.

Core Keeper is available now on PC via Steam Early Access.