To The Core

You travel through a solar system of planets with different resources, drilling through each one in pursuit of its core. Each planet is tougher than the last.

On a planet, mine as much as you can before your fuel runs out. Gathered resources can be used to improve your drill’s durability, fuel, and damage, along with other upgrades.

Reach a planet’s core to earn core currency and move on to tougher planets. Resources also gain automatic mastery bonuses as you mine them, improving their effects over time.

Players who enjoy the game often describe its mining-and-upgrade loop as satisfying, especially as upgrades turn slow early drilling into rapid planet-breaking. Several also praise the soundtrack and find the relatively short, focused experience appealing. Criticism commonly points to repetitive or slow stretches, particularly the extra grind for the 10-million-block achievement, as well as confusing menus and late-game performance problems.