Publisher Sold Out and developer Pugstorm revealed via the IGN Expo, Core Keeper, a multiplayer game for up to 8 people, to dig, protect and more importantly survive underground, think Minecraft meets Stardew Valley, check out the reveal trailer below.

Drawn towards a mysterious relic, you are an explorer who awakens in an ancient cavern of creatures, resources and trinkets. Mine relics and resources to build your base, craft new equipment, survive, and power up the Core. Defeat giant monsters, discover hidden secrets, farm crops, cook new recipes and explore a procedurally generated underground world in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players.

"We have had the concept of Core Keeper in the back of our minds for a long time now and are excited to finally reveal the game today,” said Sven Thole, CEO & Animator at Pugstorm. “We’ve had a lot of fun playtesting the game within the development team and are looking forward to welcoming the community into the world of Core Keeper in the future."

“Core Keeper’s blend of mining, farming, crafting, base-building and co-op adventuring has all the hallmarks of a modern favorite, so we can’t wait to see the community’s response when the game launches in Steam Early Access later this year,” added Vincent Coates, Product Manager at Sold Out.

If all that sounds intriguing to you, then check out the below 15+ minutes of gameplay, with animator Sven Thole and game designer David Lindqvist showing the game off.

The game is aiming for a Steam early access release later in the year, but there is no firm date for that yet.