DrillKeep
Drill Core meets Kingdom Two Crowns — bore for resources while defending your surface kingdom.
DrillKeep blends downward drilling exploration with surface kingdom defense. Dig deep for resources, build defenses topside, and survive raids that scale with your greed.
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About This Game
DrillKeep blends downward drilling exploration with surface kingdom defense. Dig deep for resources, build defenses topside, and survive raids that scale with your greed.
DrillKeep splits your attention between two interconnected systems. Below ground, you pilot a drill through procedural rock layers, mining ores, discovering caverns, and avoiding underground hazards. Above ground, your kingdom needs walls, towers, and troops funded by what you extract. The twist: raid difficulty scales with how deep you've drilled. Push too deep too fast and your surface defenses crumble. The strategic tension between greed and preparedness is the core of every session.
Key Features
- Dual-layer gameplay — drill underground for resources, defend the surface.
- Procedural underground with ore veins, caverns, and drilling hazards.
- Kingdom defense system with walls, towers, troops, and upgrade trees.
- Raid scaling tied to drill depth — deeper means richer but more dangerous.
- Resource management loop connecting underground extraction to surface spending.
The Hook
“The deeper you drill, the better the loot — but the surface gets more dangerous the longer you're underground.”
References
Similar games and reference walkthroughs live in the Wiki below — Similar Games (4) · Reference Walkthroughs (4).
DrillKeep — Game Wiki
Step 1 draft (aspirational master): finished-game play-by-play walkthrough is live under Dev Pipeline → Walkthrough. Operator accept still required before Step 2 carve.
Status: Starter wiki scaffold (GameJam SSOT bootstrap) One-liner: Drill Core meets Kingdom Two Crowns — bore into the earth for resources while defending your surface kingdom from escalating threats. Wiki Standard: Follow chained-descent golden template — expand Walkthrough / Mechanics / Similar Games next
What Is This Wiki?
Minimal starter wiki so GameJam can host the on-page Wiki section from MVP-first pipeline SSOT. Expand with agent-generated design docs before treating this as shipped design truth.
Pages
| Page | What's In It |
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| Bootstrap / decision history | |
| Walkthrough | Needs agent-generated content |
| Mechanics | Needs agent-generated content |
| Art Direction | Needs agent-generated content |
| Similar Games | Needs agent-generated content |
| Reference Walkthroughs | Needs agent-generated content |
The Pitch (30 seconds)
The deeper you drill, the better the loot — but the surface gets more dangerous the longer you are underground.
Core loop: Drill downward through procedural underground layers to gather resources and rare materials, return to the surface to spend resources on kingdom defenses and upgrades, then survive nightly raids.
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System Requirements
Minimum:
- OS *:
- Windows 10 or newer
- Processor:
- Dual-core equivalent
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- Integrated or low-end dedicated GPU
- Storage:
- 500 MB available space
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DrillKeep is developed by Metal Games.
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| English | ✓ |
- Title:
- DrillKeep
- Genre:
- Strategy, Simulation, Indie
- Developer:
- Metal Games
- Publisher:
- Metal Games
- Release Date:
- To be announced
Submission Stats
- Votes
- 2
- QA Score
- 86%
- Fairness
- 89%
- Rank Score
- 0.96
Target Audience
Players who enjoy base defense and resource management loops with exploration risk-reward — fans of Kingdom, Dome Keeper, Drill Core, Terraria, and Castlevania.
