地心归途 Return From Core News

Return from Core, the subterranean sandbox survival RPG from developer Tanxun Studio and publisher 2P Games, excavates new beginnings on PC via Steam Early Access.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2171630/_/

Tragedy befell the Earth’s surface, forcing civilization to withdraw deep underground near the planet’s core. Scavenge the world below, mine for natural resources, take down monsters, and learn to survive as the last remnants of humanity. Discover a powerful ancient technology and harness its energy to restore mankind and return to the surface.


Dig deeper through the inner core with a trusty pickaxe in one hand and a lantern in the other. Detonate explosives to carve a new path or to defend against tunneling terrors, including slithering sand worms, white wolf spiders, and robotic rodents. Take those hard-won resources to craft new tools, gear, and weapons. Create a customizable base to store essential supplies, build a garden for food and ingredients that can be automated for passive harvesting, and take naps to recover from expeditions.


Cultivate friendships with adorable monster girl companions, humanoid hybrids with powerful abilities and supernatural traits. Gain their favor by learning their distinct personalities and make use of their skills on the quest to the surface. Lilith acts as guide providing useful hints and tips, Cartier is an enigmatic wolf girl with a temper, and Mona is wary of humans with the innate ability of self-healing. Activate their gifts in the form of buffs to help in combat and other endeavors.


“We’ve chiseled what started out as a small idea into a beautifully fun reality with Return From Core,” said Yezhi Huangquan, Producer and Developer, Tanxun Studio. “We look forward to watching players around the world ignite their imaginations with possibilities in the dangerous depths!”

Return from Core is available today on PC via Steam Early Access for $16.99 USD, €16.49 EUR alongside a 15% launch discount until Friday, Jan. 5. Language support includes English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese.

Hello, everyone.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Due to issues with the Steam platform, we are unable to launch the game with the intended discount simultaneously with its release. We have decided to postpone the release of Return From Core. We are actively communicating with Steam's support to resolve the issue promptly and get the game launch and running.

We extend our heartfelt apologies to all the players who have been supporting and looking forward to Return From Core.

Catastrophe has caused humanity to fall back to the depths below, and seek refuge near the Earth’s core. Pick up a pickaxe and dig deeper into the underground, searching for ancient technology capable of restoring civilization and returning to the surface.



Play Return from Core:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2171630/_/

Collect and harvest resources to craft weapons, tools, upgrade equipment, and more. Build a base of operations to rest, store gear and materials, and plant a garden for food and other useful ingredients.



Explore the underground while fending off cave critters including rogue rodents, wriggling worms, and slipper slime balls. Hunt them down and use their remains as nourishment, or collect the treasures they drop.



Befriend the hybrid monsters, humanoid creatures with supernatural abilities and unique personalities. Learn their quirks and gain their favor to provide aid on this journey to return to the world above.



Return from Core will be available on PC via Steam Early Access on Friday, Dec. 14, for $16.99 USD, €16.49 EUR alongside a 15% launch discount until Friday, Jan. 5.



Dive down through the underground of Return from Core and craft your own adventure!

Save humanity and make some friends along the way.

Hello Inner Earth’s creatures!

We have recently uploaded a new patch to the demo to solve some problems with starting a new game, as well as some optimizations and adjustments. The good news is that we solved it, so those of you struggling to try the demo out for the first time can now descend to the Core. Be prepared!

About the Save Files
With the new update, you might not be able to continue with your old saved game- this is not a bug. With the latest patch, we have made some changes to game items and processes, which unfortunately made them incompatible with old save files.
Please, keep in mind that while this game is still in development, the saved files from old demo versions might lose support in the newer ones.

About Translations
Currently, the English and Japanese translations for the demo version are not yet complete. You may encounter some parts in the game that are not translated, and we sincerely ask for your understanding. We will promptly update and fix these issues once the translations are completed. We assure you that the official release of the game will have full English and Japanese support, and these issues will not occur.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience that this might cause you and hope that you are as excited as us for what’s to come next!

Thank you for your continuous support and excitement!

[h2]Here is the content of the latest demo version update:[/h2]

• Added automatic save function, the game will autosave at midnight every day.
  
• Improved performance when there are too many torches, preventing frame rate drops.
  
• Enhanced the user interface for the Hyperdrill Co-op Machine.
  
• Improved tips display in the companion interface.
  
• Enhanced recipe matching logic for cooking, now prioritizing top-level recipes.
  
• Adjusted the frequency of background music (BGM) playback.
  
• Fixed an issue where connecting the slider with the Hyperdrill Co-op Machine could corrupt save files.
  
• Resolved the problem of extra empty treasure chests appearing on the map.
  
• Fixed the issue of Manganese Steel Impact Pickaxe incorrectly dropping inside nests and improved its damage calculation.
  
• Fixed the issue where ladders inside nests wouldn't display interactive buttons and occasionally caused the game to freeze.
  
• Fixed the problem of certain wild plants being indestructible.
  
• Resolved the issue where learning the blueprint for the double sofa didn't take effect.