Deep Core Protocol

Deep Core Protocol

Released Sep 2026

Deep Core Protocol is a mining incremental game where you mine ores, upgrade powerful pickaxes and skills, automate your operation with Mining AI, defeat bosses, and push deeper underground through Rebirth and New Game+.

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Developer
Publisher
Shinum
Achievements
35
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

DESCEND. MINE. EVOLVE.

Deep Core Protocol is a mining incremental game about diving deeper, building powerful synergies, and turning simple mining into a storm of automated attacks and explosive skills.

Start with nothing but a pickaxe.

Break ore. Earn gold. Upgrade your equipment. Build your Core Matrix.

Then go deeper.

FROM A PICKAXE TO A MINING MACHINE

Early on, every ore vein is broken by hand.

As you progress, you unlock Mining AI, powerful skills, relics, advanced pickaxes, and Core Matrix upgrades that completely change the pace of each dive.

What begins as simple mining gradually becomes a screen-filling chain reaction of attacks, explosions, lasers, and automated mining.

BUILD YOUR OWN CORE MATRIX

Choose how your build grows through 7 distinct paths:

  • POWER — heavy hits, burst damage, and overkill

  • PRECISION — critical hits and timing

  • SKILLS — ability chains and frequent skill activations

  • AUTOMATION — stronger Mining AI and target control

  • ECONOMY — more valuable mining and faster growth

  • PRESSURE — greater rewards for surviving dangerous depths

  • RESONANCE — combine multiple systems into powerful synergies

Your build should change how you play — not just make numbers bigger.

PUSH DEEPER UNDER PRESSURE

The deeper you descend, the more unstable the mine becomes.

Deeper layers drain stability faster, but contain more valuable resources and greater rewards.

Push your luck for one more vein — or extract before everything collapses.

UNLEASH FIVE POWERFUL SKILLS

Build around five distinct abilities:

  • Quantum Drill — devastating single-target damage

  • Core Explosion — massive area destruction

  • Arc Storm — chain attacks across multiple targets

  • Mining Pulse — repeated attacks that grow stronger through triggers

  • Orbital Laser — enormous attacks that sweep across the mining field

Upgrade them, combine them, and turn the entire mine into a chain reaction.

FACE THE GUARDIANS OF THE DEEP

Bosses await at key depths.

Each encounter tests a different part of your build — damage, pressure management, automation, skill timing, and synergy.

A build that destroys ore may not always survive what waits below.

DIVE. UPGRADE. GO DEEPER.

Every dive makes the next one stronger.

Discover new ores, environments, relic combinations, Matrix paths, and increasingly destructive ways to mine.

How deep can your build survive?

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