FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEATTLE — May. 27, 2025 — Drill Core, the platform miner simulator from developer Hungry Couch and publisher tinyBuild, explodes off of Early Access into 1.0 on PC via Steam on Thursday, July 17, 2025, and Nintendo Switch later this year, as seen at tinyBuild Connect.
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Drill Core Inc. needs you! Assume the role of Platform Manager and lead a crew to intergalactic success. Take pride in protecting the future of the galaxy by mining for resources across the universe to ward off threats. Dig using state-of-the-art technology, strategically execute operations, and bring home the prof— uh, stave off the looming climate disaster!
Recruit a team of miners, carriers, guards, or just about anyone needed to get the job done. Activate the drill platform and extract precious minerals located deep within the planets’ cores. As Platform Manager, monitor resource management and plan effective routes to secure fruitful excavations.
Stay alert, minding the local biodiversity found on every planet. Not all flora and fauna are friendly! Deploy cutting-edge defensive turrets to turn the planet’s fauna into sorry piles of debris. Keeping the team alive sometimes means doing what's necessary, but hey, it’s not a crime if it’s self-defense… right?
Differing planet ecosystems means no two challenges are the same. Keep those wits about you and toes centered, adapting to ever-evolving scenarios with unpredictable wildlife encounters. Devise fresh strategies and overcome unexpected odds, turning new obstacles into new opportunities. Sure, set an example as the Platform Manager and maintain team morale... but let’s not forget to save room in those pockets for the big bucks.
“We’re grateful to the Drill Core community and their continued feedback throughout Early Access,” said Konstantin Burov, Head of Hungry Couch Games. “The journey to 1.0 has been a fruitful one, and we looking forward to introducing new challenges and possibilities that shake up the way players approach mining and carve out a winning strategy”
Drill Core launches in 1.0 on Windows PC via Steam, Thursday, July 17, 2025, for $19.99 USD, with the Nintendo Switch version arriving later this year. The game offers English, French, Ukrainian, Serbian, German, Spanish (Spain), Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese language support.
For more information, visit developer Hungry Couch’s official website, wishlist Drill Core on Steam, and follow @tinyBuild and @HungryCouchGame on X (formerly Twitter)!
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About Hungry Couch
Hungry Couch was founded in April 2019 by CEO Konstantin Burov. In 2021, the studio joined the tinyBuild family before the launch of their debut title, the open-world skypunk sandbox game Black Skylands, in 2023. The studio is now hard at work on its second title, Drill Core, a strategy mining game launching in Early Access in 2024.
About tinyBuild
tinyBuild is a Seattle-based indie label behind the Hello Neighbor franchise and over 30 renowned titles, including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, Happy Humble’s Burger Farm, and Party Hard. With additional development offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Belgrade, Serbia, and Riga, Latvia, tinyBuild is rapidly building a portfolio of fun, high-quality games across multiple platforms.