Around The Core

Shooter· Incremental· Shoot 'Em Up· Arcade

Released Aug 2026

A space-themed incremental shooter where destruction fuels growth. Annihilate asteroids, harvest wealth, and climb a massive upgrade tree.

84% positive · 109 reviews

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Recently released, post-launch plans unclear

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Steam Updated 7 Oct 2026 $3.19 $3.99 −20%

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Evaluation

Around The Core launched on August 21, 2026 as a space-themed incremental shooter. The developer has been active post-launch, shipping a combat and audio polish update on August 23, 2026 and a controller support update on August 27, 2026. Both posts describe quality-of-life improvements, balancing changes, and bug fixes responding to player feedback — there is no announcement of upcoming DLC, expansions, or additional content phases. The two DLC entries on the store are a pre-release playtest and a cosmetic Supporter Pack (released August 26, 2026), neither of which signals unshipped content. The game launched only 28 days ago, which is too short a window to determine whether the developer intends to ship further content beyond polish updates.

Evidence

Controller support update shipped one week after launch. Described as something the developer wanted to add earlier but was delayed by launch issues. No future content announcements.

news post · Aug 27, 2026 source development ongoing

medium

Post-launch update focused on enemy balancing, UI/audio polish, and bug fixes. Developer thanks players and says 'See you in the next one' but announces no specific future content.