Return from Core
顽核社 Funcore Club · July 18, 2025 · Automation, Survival, Base Building, Dating Sim, Sandbox
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Return from Core price by region
Return from Core costs €4.20 in Europe (EUR), $4.77 in the United States, £4.92 in the United Kingdom, $16.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$17.46 in Canada, A$19.81 in Australia, NZ$24.99 in New Zealand, zł25.83 in Poland and R$35.11 in Brazil right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Europe (EUR) | €4.20 −68% | €13.09 | €4.20 | 9 |
 United Statesyour region | $4.77 −65% | $13.49 | $4.77 | 9 |
 United Kingdom | £4.92 −57% | £11.34 | £4.92 | 8 |
 Georgia (USD) | $16.99 | $16.99 | — | 3 |
 Canada | CA$17.46 −21% | CA$17.46 | — | 4 |
 Australia | A$19.81 −21% | A$19.81 | — | 4 |
 New Zealand | NZ$24.99 | NZ$24.99 | — | 3 |
 Poland | zł25.83 −64% | zł72.04 | zł25.83 | 5 |
 Brazil | R$35.11 −33% | R$52.49 | R$35.11 | 4 |
Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.
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About Return from Core
✦ AI summary
Return from Core is a mining adventure where you excavate endless resources, explore a mysterious underground world, befriend monster girl allies with unique abilities, and build an automated base to power your return to the surface. Blend satisfying destruction and resource gathering with RPG relationships, base-building, and uncovering the secrets of humanity's downfall.
Feature Summary
- Mine endlessly – Swing your pickaxe or blast entire mineral veins for resources
- Explore a vast underground world – Discover secrets of humanity’s downfall
- Befriend Monster Girls – Gain allies with unique abilities for battle and life
- Build your base – Craft, decorate, and create a home underground
- Automate production – Unlock machines and logistics to accelerate progress
- Fight powerful enemies – Explore dangerous ruins and forgotten technologies
Full Description
After surface civilization's destruction, you're an underground survivor exploring a world of unknowns and dangers. Wield your pickaxe, explore ruins, befriend Monster Girls, build automated production lines, construct your base, and return to the surface!Grip your pickaxe and extract abundant underground resources. Chip away at rock walls or use powerful explosives to blast entire mineral veins - enjoy the satisfying destruction. Collect ores and rare materials to fuel construction, production, and equipment upgrades.Meet Monster Girls with unique abilities during your underground adventures. Each has distinct personalities, but earn their trust and they become powerful combat allies with special exploration skills. They also help at your base with farming, cooking, gathering, and production - boosting your survival efficiency.The vast underground hides countless secrets and dangers. From deep caverns to forgotten human ruins, fight alongside Monster Girls against powerful creatures, discover scattered lost technologies, and uncover the truth behind humanity's downfall.Start with just a pickaxe, but master lost technologies to create powerful machinery. Construct automated production and logistics systems to power the super drill and accelerate your surface return.In this sunless world, a comfortable, functional base ensures survival. Build workbenches, craft furniture, plan production and living areas, defend against underground creatures, and transform a crude cave into a warm home with your Monster Girl companions.Take up your pickaxe, join your Monster Girl companions, explore underground secrets, and become the first human to return to the surface!Return from Core — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Partial controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I started playing it for the first time before 1.0 and thought it was an interesting game, but it had its flaws. There were a lot of bugs, and not everything had been properly translated yet, so I decided to wait for 1.0. When I saw that 1.0 had been released, I decided to give it another try. The translation has been fixed, but there are still a lot of bugs, which has been driving me insane. The only options when getting stuck are either using the unstuck feature, which can make you lose progression and even items, or restarting the game. After dealing with this several times, I decided to stop playing. For a 1.0 game, it really isn't okay to have this many bugs, especially when it doesn't seem like they've been properly fixed, since I encountered the same issues I had before 1.0. I do not recommend this game in its current state. The music is also very repetitive, and I got pretty tired of it and ended up turning it off after a while.11 found this helpful
Lots of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bug, first 10 second into the game im stuck in a rock, then i slept on the bed and my chracter slide across the floor, there is more but ion wanna waste time5 found this helpful
I find this game so much more fun than the core keeper that everyone is comparing it to. Where core keeper bored me in about 10 hours or so, this one has a purpose, and a sense of progression, with the new people you enlist and the getting closer to the surface. Plus a dedicated large space to make a nice base. And, i think better art, but that can be subjective. Edit: Just finished the main quest. Skipped a lot of the side quests for now, will come back to play them later. Very nice story, humane. Loved it!1 found this helpful
It's sort of like a core keeper lite; featuring monster girl companions, some lightweight automation, and a linear narrative driven story. Its relatively simple and straightforward by comparison, but it still scratches that same itch if you're looking for something different. It goes on sale frequently. I cant say it'll wow your socks off, but I certainly think it's worth trying out for the price.1 found this helpful
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