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Mole Maiden

Mole Maiden is a quirky 2D Action Adventure, featuring 360-degree drilling fun! Dig into the colorful world of R&D Mine as Penny faces her sister to become the next Burrow League Champion.

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September 4, 2025
332 days ago
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Positive20 reviews90.0%

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About the Game

It All Started with a Dream

The Burrow League is the most popular sport in R&D Mine, and all 14-year-old Penny wants is to claim the Burrow League Champion title from her big sister Coppra. To do so, Penny must leave home, explore R&D Mine, defeat the four Burrow League Captains, and finally face her sister in the ultimate battle!

Mole Maiden is a brand-new 2D Action Adventure about a Mole Girl who leaves home to become a champion fighter! Explore a vast interconnected world chalk full of tricky platforming challenges, diverse characters, quirky boss fights, and a whole bunch of juicy secrets; as you work towards your ultimate goal to become the very best!

Game Features

  • Variety is our Spice! Mole Maiden features a huge cast of characters from all different walks of life! Sumo wrestlers, psychotic scientists, amputee martial artists; the world of R&D mines is a melting pop of colorful showstoppers who will capture your hearts and imaginations!

  • Classic 2D side-scrolling action!

  • Perfectly tuned 2D controls. Switch between a traditional side-scroller and a 360-degree drilling game!

  • Charmingly paced! Adventure through a hand-crafted world designed to be the ultimate playground! Use every tool in your ever-expanding arsenal to jump, dash, parry, and launch your way through any challenge.

  • Designed to be Repeated! Get creative and discover baked-in sequence breaks, shortcuts, and quick kills that make every adventure through R&D Mine unique!

  • From Sea to Shining Sea! Each area of R&D Mine is different from the one before. Every new place you go in Mole Maiden comes with its own unique gimmicks, enemies, and people. Journey through a new kind of underground designed be as weird and unpredictable as the people who live in it!

  • Ooo, Right in the Feels! Mole Maiden tells the universal story of following your dreams! Inspired by the creator's hardship to become a game developer, Mole Maiden is a personal tale that never pulls its punches. You will laugh, cry, and cheer from start to finish!