A Mining Game

A Mining Game is a pixel-art mining game about digging deeper than anyone else. You swing a pickaxe, sell what you find, hire workers and build an underground empire down to the glowing Core. Everyone online shares the same server, where players can build landmarks together, join guilds, chat and team up against a global boss every five minutes.

Dig through five layers

Dig from the Surface through the Deep Tunnels, the Crystal Caverns and the Magma Depths to the Core. Each layer has its own ores. Time your pickaxe swings so each one starts as the previous swing lands to make a perfect swing; chain perfect swings to get more ores. Find rich veins and treasure chests as you dig, and grab them before they disappear.

Pickaxes range from wood to Core Crystal, and you can enchant them as you progress. In the Workshop, you turn rare ores into pickaxe enchantments and potions.

Manage your mines

Buy mines ranging from the Old Quarry to the Void Fissure. Each has its own ores and dangers, and a limited amount of ore to dig. Upgrade mines for safety, room, comfort, speed and storage. A research tree unlocks bigger vaults, better refineries, faster workers and more mine slots.

Hire eight kinds of workers, each with a distinct talent. Hard and dangerous work wears down your crews, so pay them a bonus before they leave. Cave-ins and accidents can trap miners; dig them out and keep doctors ready in the med bay. Your miners continue working while you are away for up to 12 hours.

Fight bosses and explore

Train knights and templars and send them into battle. Story bosses include the Zombie Boss and Don Chikolio; keep progressing until the portal opens. Random bosses become harder as you go, with gear to win. In the Underworld, tear down the Underlord's shrine, where only Heavenly Templars can fight. In the Void, break three orbs and face the Void Warden, then hire miners available only in the Void.

Every five minutes, all online players can team up against one of four global bosses. Block, dodge and attack, and compete for a place on the weekly leaderboard and a title.

Play together

The shared server has community projects where players build landmarks together in stages, earning boosts for everyone. Guilds have a name tag, guild chat, weekly races and a Guild Hall that helps every member. You can chat with everyone online, add friends and show your best stats; other players appear walking along the bottom of your screen as they chat.

The game has 48 Steam achievements. Signing in with Steam saves your progress to your account.