Deep Core Protocol

Smash ore, chain explosive skills and turn your Mining AI loose until the whole mine becomes one big chain reaction. Socket 65 gems, take down bosses that move and fight back all the way to D80, and climb the global leaderboard in the endless CORE RUSH mode.

Developer

Shinum

Released

2 Sep 2026

This year

UPDATE 2.0 — GEMS · CORE RUSH · LIVING BOSSES · D80

CORE RUSH — endless mode. One pickaxe, no floor. Pick 1 of 3 cards every time the gauge fills, beat a boss every 10 depths and climb the global Steam leaderboard.
65 Gems, 24 sockets. Change how your attacks work, when they trigger and how hard they hit.
Living bosses. Every boss now moves and fights back — splitting, summoning guards, casting mirror images and spinning webs.
Down to D80. A new D70 boss, the Abyss Weaver, and a final boss waiting at D80.
10 Damage Skins, each with its own normal and critical numbers.

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 gear. Build your Core Matrix.

Then go deeper.

FROM A PICKAXE TO A MINING MACHINE

Early on, every vein is broken by hand.

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

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

SOCKET YOUR BUILD WITH GEMS

Your pickaxe, Mining Drone and skill slots hold 24 sockets that open as you go deeper. Every gem has a shape and a job:

◆ Method — changes how an attack works
● Modulation — changes when it triggers
⬡ Amplify — raises the numbers

Fuse five gems into the next grade — Chip, Fragment, Core, Singularity — and choose exactly which gem you get.

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 activations
AUTOMATION — stronger Mining AI and target control
ECONOMY — more valuable mining and faster growth
PRESSURE — bigger rewards for surviving dangerous depths
RESONANCE — combine systems into powerful synergies

Your build changes how you play — not just how big the numbers get.

PUSH DEEPER UNDER PRESSURE

The deeper you go, the more unstable the mine becomes. Deep layers drain stability faster, but hold more valuable ore and bigger rewards.

Push your luck for one more vein — or get out before it all collapses.

UNLEASH FIVE SKILLS

Quantum Drill — devastating single-target damage
Core Explosion — massive area destruction
Arc Storm — chain attacks across multiple targets
Mining Pulse — repeated strikes that grow stronger with every trigger
Orbital Laser — enormous attacks that sweep the whole field

Slot four of them, socket them with gems and turn the entire mine into one chain reaction.

FACE THE LIVING GUARDIANS OF THE DEEP

Eight bosses wait between D10 and D80 — and none of them stand still. They charge, blink, orbit and skitter across the arena, split into fragments, summon guards, hide among mirror images and spin webs that slow your attacks.

Each fight tests a different part of your build. A build that shreds ore may not survive what waits below.

CORE RUSH — HOW DEEP CAN YOU GO?

An endless mode with its own progress, separate from your main save. Every run starts with a single pickaxe: fill the gauge, pick 1 of 3 cards, unlock drones and skills mid-run, crack armored, volatile and elite ores, and beat a boss every 10 depths. Past D70, Overdrive kicks in.

Everyone starts on equal terms, and your score goes straight to the global Steam leaderboard.