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Games like To The Core

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To The Core is a 2D sci-fi incremental arcade adventure: drilling, mining and upgrading. Idle Deepcore and You Know The Drill play most like To The Core. Of the 12 closest games below, most share its incremental and mining.

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Idle Deepcore
Apr 14 · Bluehood Games
Both: Incremental · Mining · Retro
Top-down 2D incremental mining automation, pixel graphics. Mining, smelting and upgrading.
IncrementalIdlerAutomationSimulationMiningPixel GraphicsGrand Strategy2DRetroIndie👍 381
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You Know The Drill
Jun 4 · ludokai
Both: Incremental · Mining · Retro
Top-down 2D sci-fi incremental mining roguelike, pixel art. Mining ores, harvesting resources and upgrading equipment.
IncrementalMiningCasualRoguelikeIdlerRelaxingRetroSimulationRobotsArcade👍 1,029
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A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
Dec 15, 2025 · Aarimous, Thornity
Both: Incremental
Top-down 2D sci-fi incremental idler, minimalist and colorful. Feeding a black hole, destroying asteroids and destroying planets.
IncrementalCasualRelaxingStrategyIndieIdler2DSimulationSingleplayerColorful👍 3,485
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FragMiner
Jul 21 · starea
Both: Incremental · Mining · Arcade
2D incremental clicker, 8x8 pixel art. Launching bombs, collecting loot and navigating skill tree.
IncrementalCasualRelaxingMiningPvEArcade2DLinearManagementIndie
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Galactic Mining Corp
May 18, 2021 · Windybeard
Both: Mining · Incremental
Isometric 2D sci-fi incremental roguelite space sim, hand-drawn, colourful. Mining, building headquarters and collecting items.
MiningIncrementalRogueliteCapitalismEconomyExplorationSpaceIdlerBuildingSpace Sim👍 869
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Orebits
Sep 10 · Upgraded Studio
Both: Incremental · Mining
Top-down 2D sci-fi incremental mining roguelite, pixel art. Mining asteroids, upgrading gear and delivering resources.
IncrementalMiningPhysicsIdlerSimulationStrategyEconomyManagementCapitalismSci-fi
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Dome Keeper
Sep 27, 2022 · Bippinbits
Side-view 2D sci-fi roguelike action mining, pixel graphics. Mining resources, defending the dome and upgrading equipment.
SingleplayerPost-apocalypticRoguelikeActionSci-fiCombatResource ManagementTower DefensePixel GraphicsAtmospheric👍 19,020
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Diggin
Jul 16 · Longshot Studio
Both: Incremental · Mining
Side-view 2D fantasy incremental mining adventure, pixel art. Mining, upgrading gear and exploring.
IncrementalExplorationManagementMiningIdlerCasualStrategyPoint & ClickAdventureAutomation👍 641
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Space Mine Raider
Sep 28 · Siphren
Both: Incremental · Arcade · Mining
Top-down 2D sci-fi bullet hell incremental roguelite, pixel art. Mining resources, fighting enemies and upgrading ship.
IncrementalCasualRogueliteArcadeBullet HellSpaceActionMiningShooterIdler
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Space Rock Breaker
Dec 19, 2025 · WAKA WAKA
Both: Incremental · Arcade · Mining
Top-down 2D sci-fi incremental arcade idler, pixel art. Mine asteroids, process ore and upgrade ship.
IncrementalCasualArcadeTop-DownIdlerMiningSpaceSingleplayerShort2D👍 4,694
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Deep Space Cache
Nov 15, 2024 · Monu
Both: Incremental · Arcade
2D sci-fi incremental top-down shooter, minimalist colorful vector. Shooting asteroids, collecting resources and upgrading generators.
CasualIndieIncrementalStrategyIdlerSingleplayer2DTop-Down ShooterArcadeDestruction👍 883
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Astronomics
Feb 10, 2025 · Numizmatic
Both: Procedural Generation
Top-down 3D sci-fi asteroid mining automation, low poly. Mining resources, automating logistics and exploring asteroids.
SpaceProcedural GenerationExplorationTop-DownPhysicsTime Management3DSci-fiSandboxCollectathon👍 708
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