Return from Core

Item: Return from Core
Rating: 48
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-19

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Summary

Enjoyable sandbox adventure with monster girls
Dedicated and responsive developers
Numerous game-breaking bugs reported
Poor translation quality is a major issue
Underdeveloped monster girl system
Clunky inventory management needs improvement

Emotions

Frustration30%Disappointment22%Satisfaction18%Hope5%Enjoyment4%

Reviews (sample size): 403
Helpful reviews: 78%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 0%

48%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
52%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 563
Negative points: 1162
Gameplay points: 498
Perf. points: 21
Rec. points: 155
Misc points: 122

Point	Description	Importance
Enjoyable and Fun Gameplay Description Players generally find the game enjoyable, fun, and engaging, especially considering its affordable price point. Many highlight its potential and addictive gameplay, suggesting it offers a solid experience for its genre. Importance 52%	Players generally find the game enjoyable, fun, and engaging, especially considering its affordable price point. Many highlight its potential and addictive gameplay, suggesting it offers a solid experience for its genre.	52%
Appealing Monster Girl Integration Description The monster girl element is a significant draw for players, who appreciate their cute designs, interactive roles (helping with tasks, combat), and the unique appeal they add to the game's core mechanics. This feature is often cited as a primary reason for playing. Importance 38%	The monster girl element is a significant draw for players, who appreciate their cute designs, interactive roles (helping with tasks, combat), and the unique appeal they add to the game's core mechanics. This feature is often cited as a primary reason for playing.	38%
Dedicated and Responsive Developers Description The development team is highly praised for their consistent and frequent updates, quick bug fixes, and responsiveness to player feedback. This dedication fosters a positive impression and builds anticipation for future content. Importance 19%	The development team is highly praised for their consistent and frequent updates, quick bug fixes, and responsiveness to player feedback. This dedication fosters a positive impression and builds anticipation for future content.	19%
Manageable Bugs and Fixes Description While bugs were present, many have been fixed through updates, and the remaining ones are generally not game-breaking or significantly detrimental to the overall experience. Players find the game playable despite minor flaws. Importance 16%	While bugs were present, many have been fixed through updates, and the remaining ones are generally not game-breaking or significantly detrimental to the overall experience. Players find the game playable despite minor flaws.	16%
Pleasing Art Style and Graphics Description The game's art style is consistently praised for being pleasant, appealing, and visually distinct. Players appreciate the simple yet effective graphics, including animated faces and overall aesthetic. Importance 13%	The game's art style is consistently praised for being pleasant, appealing, and visually distinct. Players appreciate the simple yet effective graphics, including animated faces and overall aesthetic.	13%
Strong Sandbox Adventure Core Description The game is well-received as a sandbox adventure game, often compared to titles like Terraria. Players enjoy its calming nature, building aspects, and the combination of various genre elements. Importance 9%	The game is well-received as a sandbox adventure game, often compared to titles like Terraria. Players enjoy its calming nature, building aspects, and the combination of various genre elements.	9%
Rich and Substantial Content Description Players note that the game offers a substantial amount of content, describing it as rich and comprehensive across various aspects, which contributes to its replayability. Importance 7%	Players note that the game offers a substantial amount of content, describing it as rich and comprehensive across various aspects, which contributes to its replayability.	7%
Expansive and Engaging World Description The game offers a large and interesting world with many places to explore, combining exploration, combat, and character development effectively. Major updates have significantly enhanced the experience. Importance 7%	The game offers a large and interesting world with many places to explore, combining exploration, combat, and character development effectively. Major updates have significantly enhanced the experience.	7%
Unique Pickaxe Mechanics Description The unique pickaxe mechanics, including throwing and various playstyles, are highlighted as a creative and enjoyable aspect of the combat system, adding depth similar to weapon builds in other games. Importance 7%	The unique pickaxe mechanics, including throwing and various playstyles, are highlighted as a creative and enjoyable aspect of the combat system, adding depth similar to weapon builds in other games.	7%
Acceptable Game Translation Description Despite some acknowledged awkwardness or lack of polish, the game's translations are generally comprehensible and do not hinder the overall gameplay experience, especially considering the price. Importance 7%	Despite some acknowledged awkwardness or lack of polish, the game's translations are generally comprehensible and do not hinder the overall gameplay experience, especially considering the price.	7%
Rewarding Exploration Experience Description The exploration aspect is highly praised, with players enjoying the sense of discovery, finding new surprises in different layers, and uncovering secrets within the game world. Importance 6%	The exploration aspect is highly praised, with players enjoying the sense of discovery, finding new surprises in different layers, and uncovering secrets within the game world.	6%
Improved Ultra Drill System Description Updates to the Ultra Drill have made its enhancement and material creation clearer and simpler, significantly increasing replayability and making the drill more interesting. Importance 6%	Updates to the Ultra Drill have made its enhancement and material creation clearer and simpler, significantly increasing replayability and making the drill more interesting.	6%
Customizable Difficulty and Grind Description The game offers customizable difficulty settings, allowing players to tailor their experience. Updates have also made the game less grindy, improving overall player experience. Importance 6%	The game offers customizable difficulty settings, allowing players to tailor their experience. Updates have also made the game less grindy, improving overall player experience.	6%