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Mining and Dwarves
An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Decent idle game with about an hour or two of gameplay before you just let it chill for a day and then come back to it. Most of the negative reviews are talking about how it isn't worth the money for how much gameplay you get out of it. I picked the game up on sale for $4.89 USD…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“I'm not gonna lie, I was going to give this game a negative review because I was SO ready for the game to be over, but the heartfelt message from the dev about why they made the game won me over. I also enjoyed the background music and found it very relaxing. The dialogue was…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The game is just... boring. Progression is incredibly linear with very few impactful decisions to make or interesting trade-offs to consider.”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Late-Game Balance Update
Late-Game Balance Update Hey all, Now that the dust has settled from launch, we took the time to review the most actionable and critical feedback from all the reviews and discussion posts, and one thi
Thank you for playing!
It's been 24 hours post launch, and we are happy to see players enjoying the game! Firstly, Thank you all for the support, feedback, and reviews, making games wouldn't remain possible without you . If
Foreman income patch
There was a tile in the skill tree that would not properly grant the foreman idle gold income. This has been resolved.
Steam Deck Compatibility
Hello all! We are still waiting on Steam to verify Mining and Dwarves on the Steam Deck. In the mean time we wanted to clarify what you can expect if you try to play it on a Steam Deck. We built the g
10K Wishlists & Launch Tomorrow!
Hello all! It's less than 24 hours before Mining and Dwarves launches, and we've just hit 10,000 wishlists! Thank you everyone who has wishlisted, played the demo, taken part in the beta testing, and
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Casual, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Incremental · Idler · Automation · Mining · Management · Dwarves · Economy · Strategy · 2D · Cute · Relaxing · Casual (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russia… |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Official site | https://impress.games/press-kit/sockhouse-studios/mining--dwarves |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 (2.0 GHz) or equivalent Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel HD 4000 or better) Storage: 500 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system