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Moon Miner

Drill into a dead moon, haul glowing ore, sell your load, and upgrade your mole-bot for the next risky descent. A compact mining adventure inspired by Motherload and I Dig It, with cozy progression, dangerous depths, and something alive below.

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mobx.games
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mobx.games
Release
July 27, 2026
5 days ago
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About the Game

A dead moon with a profitable secret

You are Rig 7, a mining contractor sent by Meridian to strip a dead moon for ore. The job is simple at first: dig, haul, sell, upgrade, repeat. But the deeper you go, the more the moon stops looking empty. Old rigs are buried in the strata, lost crews left warnings behind, and Commander Marlow keeps pushing you toward the signal beneath everything.

Mine deeper, risk more, bring it home

Every descent is a balance between greed and survival. Cut through glowing rock, fill your cargo hold, watch your battery, protect your hull, and decide when to return before the moon takes your haul. Sell ore at the surface depot to upgrade your drill, cargo bay, power cell, lamp, hull, and insurance, then dive again for richer minerals, harsher hazards, and the truth waiting at the core.

Features

  • Classic dig, sell, upgrade gameplay inspired by Motherload and I Dig It
  • Eight strata packed with richer ore, tougher rock, and stranger signals
  • Six upgrade paths for your drill, cargo bay, power cell, lamp, hull, and insurance
  • Consumables for risky dives, including charges, emergency batteries, and a surface teleporter
  • Hazards that punish careless digging, including gas pockets, magma, fall damage, and blastrock
  • Sixteen minerals to discover, from common copper to humming deep crystal
  • A quiet sci-fi story told through transmissions, wrecks, relics, and your onboard journal
  • A complete ending with a final descent, the Collapse, the Fall, and a full run summary
  • Three difficulty modes, with Extreme unlocked after your first successful run
  • Full controller support for couch play and Steam Deck
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