Dome Keeper is gloriously horrible Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Dome Keeper is gloriously horrible Straight to the top. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Published on 23 Jun 2022 5 comments Dome Keeper is a thrillingly bad time. You know this sort of game: claustrophobic, tense, mercilessly well designed. A sharp design. The best kind of awful. At first, playing the recent demo, I was like: hey, this is SteamWorld Dig! Kind of. I'm on an strange planet, protected by a funny little dome. There's a tunnel leading down, so down I go. I hit rock and start to drill. The rock breaks. Sometimes it contains gems, which I can haul back up to the dome to be processed. Sometimes I'm just making empty tunnels. The walls around me alive with possible riches. Where do I want to dig next? Dome Keeper Publisher: Raw Fury Developer: Bippinbits Platform: Played on PC Availability: Demo out now on Steam, out on PC this year Yes, this is SteamWorld Dig. Kind of. But then a buzzer goes off and, Oh god, what's this? What it is, is horrible aliens attacking the dome! Shreds of malignant shadow jumping out of nowhere and smashing at the dome, sending out cracks. How long can it last? Long enough to remember that the dome has a cannon, which I can swing round and use to vaporise the enemies. One wave down, but more on the way. A breather! And what's this? The resources I brought back up from below are allowing me to upgrade the dome - the canon, the strength of the glass - but also myself. How fast I can dig. How much I can carry. Watch on YouTube Dome Keeper trailer. This is the loop. Dig through the underworld for a handful of different resources - cinder toffee, crytal beads - and carry them back to the dome in time to see off attacks. Use the resources to make the dome stronger and your attacks better and your mining operation faster, because each time the enemies return, they're just that little bit more effective. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings If this was it, it would be enough, probably. But it isn't it. On my last trip down in the mine, I found an artefact of some kind. Sure, it gave me a choice of perk when I got back to the surface. But it also made me think: what else is down there? And what would I have to become in order to get it? Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 27 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Feature From abandoned board game to birthing a genre: Football Manager at 40 Kick off. 21 Feature How I became an Elden Ring detective It started with a save game... 26 Latest Articles Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store