You start with nothing but a pickaxe on a remote island, clicking to extract rocks and gradually building a mining operation through sales and worker hires. The game layers automation and progression systems typical of incremental games, where early manual grinding gives way to passive income streams. It's designed for players who enjoy watching their resource empire grow with minimal ongoing input.
About this game
A 2d pixel art incremental clicker/idle Mining game. You are dropped onto an Island, with a pickaxe and a dream. Collect rocks, sell rocks, hire workers and get rich!
What players are saying
▲ Recommended2 hrs
It's OK. 2.5 hours to 100% achievements. The loop is simple and linear. No serious skill required, doesn't help progress faster.
Thankyou to everyone who played the demo and wishlisted The Lonely Miner!The demo has now been removed in preparation for the upcoming full release.Lots has been improved since the demo, here is a teaser of what the full game will feature : Shop has been reworked into a skill tree - lots more options of upgrades.Prestige system, with prestige skill tree.4 tiers of rock types to unlock.Speed run mode - This will be unlocked after your first prestige. Players can start a fresh run and can try to prestige as fast as possible - Times will be added to an ingame leaderboard :) I look forward to seeing your runs! Little helpers have been updated - All autominers/autocollectors have been balanced and updated.Brand new steam achievements!Everything has been balanced and reworked to make the progression feel more satisfying.And there is more to come!Expect the game to release in the next coming days!FYI - If you purchase this game, all future updates will be free :)
Thank you so much for everyone who has wishlisted the game! and also a massive thanks to anyone who left valuable feedback and suggestions. I read it all and appreciate it so much as this is my first commercial release, and I am a solo dev.If you have any suggestions or bug reports be sure to join our discord.Small patch following some suggestions from the community :Autominer buffAutominer upgrades now have a buff, so each upgrade will apply to all current autominers and any newly purchased miners and they are dramatically faster that previously.CollisonsFixed the player collisions so that the player wont keep getting annoyingly stuck in placesUISimplified uiSelling animation Sped up the selling animation so that you can consistently run back and forth without having to waitBlackmarketAdded Giant Rock to the blackmarketBoat CostLeaving the island now costs 500,000Steam achievementAdded an achievement for 1 million currency earned
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