Mining Layer

Every broken ore buys you more time. How deep can you go?

Mining Layer is a free incremental mining game for your browser. Click through a stacked isometric pit, break ore to earn credits and refill the clock, then spend your haul on upgrades for the next expedition. Discover richer layers, combine abilities and automation, and recast your core for permanent upgrades when progress slows.

Play in your desktop browser with a mouse and keyboard. No download required.

Features

Dig, upgrade, repeat

• Race a refillable clock. Expeditions start with 20 base seconds. Break ore to earn time back, then upgrade your starting time and mining power.
• Build your way down. Explore 81 upgrade nodes across 7 branches, with over 1,400 ranks covering damage, time, luck, geology, excavation, automation and abilities.
• Discover what lies below. Mine 26 ore types and uncover chests, motherlodes, cursed ore and deep relics.
• Combine active and idle progress. Equip from 10 active abilities, unlock drones and auto-clicks, and benefit from offline progress between visits.
• Recast for lasting power. Trade a fresh start for cores and permanent upgrades. Track your progress with expedition statistics and 18 achievements.
• Make it comfortable. Adjust interface scale from 75% to 150%, reduce effects, turn screen shake down or off, and enable high contrast.

Controls

• Left mouse button (click or hold): mine exposed ore. Only the top block of each stack can be hit.
• 1-4: activate your equipped abilities, depending on your unlocked slots. Some abilities ask you to select a target.
• Esc: pause an expedition or cancel an ability you are aiming.

Between expeditions, spend credits in the Tree, choose your abilities and start another descent.

Languages

English · Español · 简体中文 · Português (Brasil) · Deutsch · Français · 日本語 · 한국어 · Русский · Italiano · Polski · 繁體中文

Choose your language on first launch, or change it at any time in Options.

Browser & saves

Play directly on this page. The game starts automatically. Use itch.io's fullscreen button for a larger view.

Your progress is saved automatically in this browser, with three save slots. Clearing browser data can erase it, and some privacy settings may prevent the embedded game from saving.

Back up your progress through Saves > Export. Keep the text code somewhere safe, then use Import to restore it or move it to another browser. Browser saves do not automatically sync between devices.

How it's made

Created by jmt3 as a hobby project with Godot.

• Graphics: the painted ore artwork, backgrounds, logo, UI artwork and resource and branch icons were generated with AI and prepared for use in the game. The mining layout and gameplay effects are procedural.
• Audio: all audio is synthesized by the game's code, without recorded samples or audio-generation AI.
• Code: written with AI assistance.
• Text and translations: written with AI assistance.
• Fonts: Cinzel, Inter and Noto, under the SIL Open Font License.

Version & updates

Released. Current version: 1.1.0.

New in version 1.1.0

• A new painted look for the ores, caverns, interface and icons.
• 12 languages, with an in-game language switcher.
• A larger mining pit and quieter feedback: hit numbers, rings and sounds focus on your direct strikes.
• Clearer expedition goals and results, suggested tree upgrades, and a recast screen that explains what you lose and keep.
• Bulk upgrade purchases and reorganized options with interface scaling, reduced effects, adjustable screen shake and high contrast.

Feedback is welcome in the comments. Tell me what depth you reached, which upgrades you tried, or where something felt unclear.

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