Games like Core Keeper

4.0average player rating•5 games

Core Keeper's hook is the dig-craft-build loop: carve the world, raise a co-op base, and chase bosses for progression. These picks hit the same rhythm — mining into upgrades, bases that matter, and co-op or automation that snowballs.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic80

Avg. player rating4.0/5

Avg. playtime12h

Main genreIndie

Released2011–2021

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

Indie5 of 5
Action4 of 5
Adventure2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Deep Rock Galactic
ActionIndie
Four-player mining through fully destructible caves — extract ore, hold against swarms, bring upgrades back to base.
4.1/5Player ratingMC84View game
2
Terraria
ActionIndiePlatformer
Boss-driven 2D dig-craft-build, with sprawling gear ladders and biomes that open as you push deeper.
4.1/5Player ratingMC81View game
3
Valheim
ActionAdventureIndie
Survival building with real stakes — fortify a base against raids, hunt bosses to unlock new tiers.
4.0/5Player ratingView game
4
Starbound
ActionRPGCasual
Mining and base-building with wiring and crops, progression gated by boss hunts across sprawling biomes.
3.8/5Player ratingMC81View game
5
ASTRONEER
AdventureIndie
Co-op terrain-sculpting and crafting — reshape ground for resources, expand a base, chain machines into automation.
3.8/5Player ratingMC73View game