KYORA, Core Keeper, and Terraria
KYORA, Core Keeper, and Terraria feature gathering, crafting, building, exploration, and bosses, while KYORA emphasizes individually manipulable pixel terrain.
Official context comparison
- View
- 2D side view
- Signature feature
- Pixel-by-pixel terrain
- Progression
- Boss-led sandbox
- Players
- 1-8 online
Connection to Core Keeper
Pugstorm created Core Keeper, but the official KYORA reveal says a separate new Pugstorm team is developing KYORA. A 2026 KYORA blog compares its planned sandbox boss progression with Core Keeper's exploration and preparation loop.
Published overlap with Terraria
Terraria's official Steam description centers digging, fighting, exploring, and building. KYORA's official Steam page also names mining, building, exploration, combat, crafting, enemies, bosses, and a 2D side view.
KYORA's announced difference
KYORA's official material emphasizes a world made from individual pixels that can be shaped, mined, carried, rebuilt, or exploded. KYORA has no public build, final content counts, announced world size, or published performance results.