BORE to the CORE, the co-op game about Naked Mole Rats on a Tunnel Bore, announced for Steam

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Independent developer and publisher Wikkl Works – the creators behind the realistic climbing simulator New Heights: Realistic Climbing and Bouldering – today officially announced BORE to the CORE, a chaotic co-op moving base defense and factory automation game coming to Steam in Q4 2026. The Announcement Trailer and Steam Page are live now, and players can wishlist the game ahead of its release.

BORE to the CORE is a 1-4 player co-op moving base defense & automation game, in which you constantly balance between surviving dangers, fixing problems and building up your base with physics based automation.

You are a crew of Naked Mole Rats sent on a “Golden Quest” by the unreasonable mole rat Queen to drill straight to the core of the world. Piloting a massive tunnel bore, this crew must journey through a dangerous underground world filled with hazards, gases, and monsters. Survival depends on automating the factory, scavenging the tunnel, and fighting off monsters to keep the moving base running.

Key features

• Pilot the BORE: The Mole Rat Queen has ordered you to bore to the core of the world. Pilot your tunnel bore, keep it running, and try not to think too hard about what’s waiting below.
• Process those rocks, minerals and natural treasures: Your bore is drilling through a world of treasures. A perfect opportunity to put those rocks and minerals to good use! Automate your bore fuel and item production and turn it into a true factory. Smelt those ores into precious metals and scavenge for rare gems & treasures in the tunnel.
• 8 Biomes, Many more ways to fail: The earth is not friendly. Drill through the gaseous Vapor Veins, the crowded Noisy Nests, the barren Bedrock Belt, the burning Hell’s Haze, and more. Each biome trying to end your expedition in a new way, be it with monsters, gases or hazards.
• Play and survive Together: One does not simply bore to the core. Fight and build together, plan and fix your base, control the bore, scavenge the tunnel and save a mole rat in need. You are in this together!
• Upgrade, create weapons and defend yourself: The queen did not have enough budget to equip you with good tools or weapons. You’ll have to make them yourself. Physics based automation lets you tier up to make the tools and weapons that you need to survive.