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Core Keeper
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 64% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 67,884
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (25%); after 35h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 64% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 68,237 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 224 reviews: 21.8h for positive, 18.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (64.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- A Slimey Encounter Defeated Glurch the Abominous Mass 100%
- Bugging Out Defeated Ghorm the Devourer 82%
- Your Very First Hatched your first pet from an egg 81%
- You're a Wizard Defeated Malugaz the Corrupted 68%
- Watch Your Step Defeated The Hive Mother 67%
- Rock and Stone! Equipped the Ring of Rock and Ring of Stone 61%
- Beam Me Up Used a waypoint 59%
- From the Skies! Defeated Azeos the Sky Titan 57%
- Slippery Shinobi Defeated King Slime 53%
- A Good Life Fed cattle 47%
- Toxic Personality Defeated Ivy the Poisonous Mass 45%
- From the Depths! Defeated Omoroth the Sea Titan 44%
- Farmer Midas Harvested a golden plant 43%
- Pet Prodigy Reached max level on a pet 41%
- Just Deserts Defeated Ra-Akar the Sand Titan 39%
- Slippery When Wet Defeated Morpha the Aquatic Mass 36%
- Song of the Woods Defeated Druidra the Wild Titan 28%
- Burning Through Defeated Igneous the Molten Mass 28%
- Howl of the Sea Defeated Crydra the Ice Titan 27%
- Roar of the Flames Defeated Pyrdra the Fire Titan 26%
- Visitor From A Dying World Defeated the Core Commander 24%
- Nature Nurturer Gained 100 skill points in gardening 23%
- The Rune Song Obtained Rune Song 23%
- Thalassophobia Defeated an Atlantean Worm 22%
- The Phantom Spark Obtained Phantom Spark 20%
- Legendary Fossil Caught a Starlight Nautilus 16%
- Cambrian Behemoth Defeated Urschleim 16%
- Wielder of Legends Obtained Stormbringer 15%
- Completely Hooked Gained 100 skill points in fishing 14%
- The Soul Seeker Obtained Soul Seeker 14%
- Float like a butterfly... Gained 100 skill points in running 14%
- Crafty Explorer Gained 100 skill points in crafting 13%
- Silence the Symphony Defeated Nimruza, Queen of the Burrowed Sands 13%
- ...Sting like a bee Gained 100 skill points in melee 13%
- Robin Hood Gained 100 skill points in range 13%
- Cheese it! Gained 100 skill points in cooking 13%
- Health Conscious Gained 100 skill points in vitality 12%
- Diggy Diggy Hole Gained 100 skill points in mining 12%
- Certified Chef Discovered 100 recipes in the cook book 10%
- In a Rush Gained over 200% movement speed 9.8%
- I want ’em all! Stored all color variations of one pet type in a chest 7.8%
- The Heart of the Cards Obtain the Oracle Card deck 7.6%
- A Throne Fit for a King Sat on a Caveling Toilet while wearing a crown 7.2%
- Legion Commander Had 8 or more active minions 7.2%
- Calculated Prophecy Defeated S.A.H.A.B.A.R. 6.2%
- A Strange Song Play the Tune of Tempest 6.2%
- A Wizard Is Never Late Gained 100 skill points in magic 5.6%
- Stay Away From The Summoner! Gained 100 skill points in summoning 5.6%
- Whisper of the Void Defeated Oblidra the Void Lord 5.3%
- Gossip Group Talked to a Big Larva 5.3%
- 5 Centimeters Per Second Planted 10 Cherry Trees 5.0%
- The Titan Breath Obtained Titan Breath 4.8%
- Explosion Mastery Gained 100 skill points in explosions 3.6%
- Impersonator Syndrome Dress like a character from the official illustrations 3.3%
- The Credence of Ruin Obtained Credence of Ruin 2.8%
- Giddy Up Saddle-straddle-skedaddled cattle 2.2%
- The Veil Crux Obtained Veil Crux 0.6%
- Racer's Garage Stored 3 different kinds of Go-Karts in a chest 0.3%
- Fortune and Glory Equipped a Hookshot and the Explorer's vanity set 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.