Next Mine
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A miner with a pickaxe at a mine entrance in a conifer forest
Made by one developer

A small mine.Big plans.

Mine with your own pickaxe and run the operation. Dig towards ore, assign workers and grow production.

Free demo · Windows, macOS and Linux
Direct miner control◆Workers with different jobs◆Tracks and production
Gameplay

This is Next Mine in action.

Try it yourself

In-game footage · 1:15 · Full game

Two sides of the same mine

A miner and a manager
in one pair of boots.

Choose where to dig and who does the work.

01 / GET HANDS-ON

Dig it yourself.

Control your miner: carve out tunnels and place torches on your way to the ore.

02 / LEAD THE TEAM

Put your team to work.

Assign workers to mining, hauling, smelting and selling.

03 / CONNECT THE CHAIN

Connect your operation.

Link your mine, storage and furnaces with tracks. The full game adds trains, conveyors and power systems.

FOREST PLOT
Lighting the lantern…
0 / 3 swings
Click the vein or the button to mine the ore.
Scroll to guide the miner around the plot.
Now it's your turn

Play the free demo.

Mine ore and complete your first order. Keep playing after finishing the demo.

No time limitNo sign-upFree
Next Mine · LauncherWindows, macOS and Linux

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What you need to play

Automatic graphics selection. Older GPUs can use OpenGL 3.3 compatibility mode. Performance requirements are still being determined.

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Mining ore in the torch-lit tunnels of Next Mine