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DeadCore

DeadCore

Released: 10/17/2014

DeadCore is a First-person Platformer blending exploration, speedrunning, and puzzles. After falling endlessly through powerful magnetic storms you wake up in a desolate world. Your memory erased, you start exploring this place surrounded by void as cryptic messages appear around you. Suddenly, you spot a gigantic Tower emerging from the mists. You soon understand that in order to find the answers you need, you must climb all the way to the top. Equipped with a 'SwitchGun', a special weapon allowing you to activate or deactivate the Tower elements, you set off on a perilous journey full of traps, complex mechanisms, gaps to cross, and lethal foes, a journey that will eventually allow you to solve the mystery surrounding this strange and abstract world... DeadCore is strongly focused on speedrunning: every level has at least 2 main paths and several secret passages you have to find to optimize your time. It also features a special Speedrun mode with dedicated maps you can unlock by finding ‘Sparks’ hidden in the main levels. As you progress through the stages, you find power-ups that grant you new abilities and allow you to reach new locations. There are also many types of collectibles to find that unlock new content such as narrative logs, new maps, new music tracks, and much more! Can you uncover the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

DeadCore is a First-person Platformer blending exploration, speedrunning, and puzzles. After falling endlessly through powerful magnetic storms you wake up in a desolate world. Your memory erased, you start exploring this place surrounded by void as cryptic messages appear around you. Suddenly, you spot a gigantic Tower emerging from the mists. You soon understand that in order to find the answers you need, you must climb all the way to the top. Equipped with a 'SwitchGun', a special weapon allowing you to activate or deactivate the Tower elements, you set off on a perilous journey full of traps, complex mechanisms, gaps to cross, and lethal foes, a journey that will eventually allow you to solve the mystery surrounding this strange and abstract world... DeadCore is strongly focused on speedrunning: every level has at least 2 main paths and several secret passages you have to find to optimize your time. It also features a special Speedrun mode with dedicated maps you can unlock by finding ‘Sparks’ hidden in the main levels. As you progress through the stages, you find power-ups that grant you new abilities and allow you to reach new locations. There are also many types of collectibles to find that unlock new content such as narrative logs, new maps, new music tracks, and much more! Can you uncover the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

DeadCore is a First-person Platformer blending exploration, speedrunning, and puzzles. After falling endlessly through powerful magnetic storms you wake up in a desolate world. Your memory erased, you start exploring this place surrounded by void as cryptic messages appear around you. Suddenly, you spot a gigantic Tower emerging from the mists. You soon understand that in order to find the answers you need, you must climb all the way to the top. Equipped with a 'SwitchGun', a special weapon allowing you to activate or deactivate the Tower elements, you set off on a perilous journey full of traps, complex mechanisms, gaps to cross, and lethal foes, a journey that will eventually allow you to solve the mystery surrounding this strange and abstract world... DeadCore is strongly focused on speedrunning: every level has at least 2 main paths and several secret passages you have to find to optimize your time. It also features a special Speedrun mode with dedicated maps you can unlock by finding ‘Sparks’ hidden in the main levels. As you progress through the stages, you find power-ups that grant you new abilities and allow you to reach new locations. There are also many types of collectibles to find that unlock new content such as narrative logs, new maps, new music tracks, and much more! Can you uncover the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

Critics
63
Steam
85
Metacritic
67

Score Breakdown

63.0

Critic Average

19 reviews

85

Steam User Score

2,039 reviews

67

Metacritic User Score

50 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-21.9
Metacritic Disparity
-4.0
Combined Disparity
-12.9

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 launch window (5%)18 late (95%)