Idle Rocket Miner
by Daniel Thee Roperto
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Pilot a rocket between elemental mines on a colored-pencil alien world, collecting atoms and crafting molecules to fuel your expanding production network. The core loop revolves around optimizing flight routes for better rewards while offline progression keeps your mines and factories generating resources. Route planners and completionists will appreciate the strategic depth of building an interconnected industrial empire that runs whether you're playing or away.
About this game
Idle Rocket Miner is a laid-back incremental game about digging up the periodic table one launch at a time. Land your rocket, carve mines into the terrain, haul cargo back to orbit, sell it, and reinvest — then do it all bigger, faster, and further out.
Progression now follows the periodic table itself. Mines are grouped by chemical family instead of atomic number, and your missions form a branching tech tree: clear the milestones in one family to open up the next.
FEATURES
• 18 mines across four chemical families — Hydrogen, Nonmetals, Noble Gases and Halogens — with more on the way
• Missions reworked into a tech tree, with milestones that track your progress through each family
• Fresh terrain and hand-placed mines to work through
• Explodable rocks that open up new ground
• Radioactivity — radioactive cargo can damage your rocket on the climb back to orbit, so load carefully
• Idle-friendly: your mines keep producing while you're away
• Rebalanced progression from your first dig to full automation
• One-handed portrait play on iPhone and iPad
• Optional Ranked mode with leaderboards and tournaments — or switch to Casual and just dig
No ads. No in-app purchases. Dig at your own pace.
Join the community on Discord and r/IdleRocketMiner to compare builds and haul routes.
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