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Dig into the core

Dig deeper in a run-based mining clicker. Break rocks, collect resources, upgrade skills, artifacts and pickaxes, and uncover 33 mysterious zones on your way to the core.

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Karsten Eckert
Publisher
Karsten Eckert
Release
June 8, 2026
55 days ago
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Mostly Positive13 reviews76.9%

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About the Game

Dig into the Core is a run-based mining clicker about progression, resources and the long journey into the depths.

Start each run with limited time, break rocks, collect XP, gold, resources and rare shards, then return to your base camp to grow stronger. Upgrade your skills, buy new pickaxes, activate powerful artifacts and prepare for the next descent.

Each zone introduces new rocks, new resources and new challenges. The deeper you dig, the stronger your tools become, the more your progression expands — and the closer you get to the mysterious core.

Features:

• Run-based mining gameplay with permanent progression

• 33 unlockable zones

• A skill tree with many upgrades and specializations

• Artifacts with powerful passive effects

• Unlockable and upgradeable pickaxes

• Resource trading, backpack items and mystical conversion

• Quests, archive systems and many Steam achievements

• Support for 13 languages

Dig into the Core combines clicker, idle and incremental mechanics with a clear mining focus. Every run takes you further. Every rock matters. And somewhere deep below the surface, the core is waiting.

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