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Coming Oct 27, 2026 Early Access

Coal Duty

By Corecrew Games · published by indie.io

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About Coal Duty

Coal Duty is a game tagged Online Co-Op, Co-op and Horror by Corecrew Games, launching on Steam on Oct 27, 2026. That is a packed week for games like it, with 209 similar games launching the same week. The quietest week ahead for games like it starts Nov 16. The Steam games most like it include Dungeon Miner, Tunnelers and GIG: Specimen Quota.

Coal Duty is a 1-5 player co-op extraction horror-comedy. Meet the state coal quota in procedurally generated mines, spend your tickets, plan your escape. Some miners have reportedly escaped. The state does not confirm this.
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Busiest weeks for games like this one in the next 12 weeks:

  • Week of Oct 26, 2026 — Packed, 209 similar games
  • Week of Nov 2, 2026 — Busy, 110 similar games
  • Week of Nov 9, 2026 — Mild, 79 similar games

Quietest: Nov 16, Dec 7, Jan 11.

Also launching the week of Oct 26

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Coal Duty · record updated 2 days ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID4272370
Release dateOct 27, 2026
Last change number40149965
Last record update2 days ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Corecrew Games
Publisher
indie.io, Corecrew Games
Franchise
indie.io

Languages

13 · 0 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes
All 13 languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Platforms

Windows 64-bit
Steam Deck
Unknown

Features

7
Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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Patches

Patch notes

1
  1. Oct 15, 2026 Demo Update 0.2.24.1!

    Demo Update 0.2.24.1!We’re hard at work on Coal Duty, with our main focus on the early access release. This update covers the latest demo changes, while work on the full game continues beyond what’s listed here!Added a new multiplayer lobb…

Screenshots

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News

  1. Oct 13, 2026 · Community Announcements Coal Duty Enters Early Access on October 27

    Hello miners, We have a date. Coal Duty enters Early Access on October 27. Five of us started this as the co-op horror game we actually wanted to play. In a few weeks you get to find out whether we m…

  2. Oct 8, 2026 · Community Announcements The Demo is LIVE!

    Hello miners,The demo is live. Right now, for everybody. No access request, no waiting for the next wave, no queue. You download it, and you go to work.(The state has approved expanded access to the …

  3. Sep 15, 2026 · Community Announcements New Partnership, and the Demo is Coming

    Hello miners,Two things today, and we've been sitting on both of them for a while...We've partnered with indie.io!We're teaming up with indie.io, who are going to help us get this game in front of a …

  4. Jun 25, 2026 · Community Announcements Playtest, 20,000 Wishlists and What's Been Going On

    Hello miners,It’s been a while since we last spoke. We’ve been deep in development, and as you may have heard, we’ve started distributing playtest access. There are currently more than 5,000 playtest…

  5. Jun 5, 2026 · Community Announcements Playtest is LIVE!

    Coal Duty Playtest is live on Steam!(The sun is still gone. We also don’t know why…)In this build, you can test the core gameplay loop: go down the mine, work, try to meet the quota, repeat.We opened…

  6. Apr 15, 2026 · Community Announcements What We've Been Up To: April

    Hello Miners!Sorry for the radio silence! We've been heads-down deep in the mines, but we're incredibly excited to finally share our progress with you. Expect these dev logs every month from now unti…

  7. Feb 9, 2026 · Community Announcements 1,500 Wishlists in 1 Week!

    Hello everyone! We wanted to drop in and give a massive thank you to everyone who has shown interest in Coal Duty so far. To be honest, we’re absolutely floored; hitting 1,500 wishlists in our first …

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