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Planet Driller
Developer Oryzhon Studios
Planet Driller is a mining game where you need to find DarkMatter in order to save the earth. To do this, drill your way through a procedurally generated planet full of minerals that you can sell for cash, then use the cash to upgrade your ship and make the job a lot easier! From the Steam store page
40 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Mar 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
50
Mixed
20 positive · 20 negative
95% range 35–65%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
58 of 93 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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40 of 40 · most liked firstthis is lower quality almost carbon copy of an old online flash game called motherload without the satan boss once you hit the bottom. as far as i can tell you can't purge things from the inventory although it will list how full and how much of each ore you have, fall damage doesn't increase based on your fall speed so if you can handle taking fall damage you might as well just deadfall to the bottom of the shaft. all in all go for the free 2d 15 year old game over this unless you really love…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bad copy of Motherload, badly balanced, no story. Why? Just why?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another dime-a-dozen unity game that looks like it was cobbled together with very little thought. I don't have a problem with personal projects like this, but please, don't try to sell it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of July 6 I would recommend. Even at its normal price! If you enjoy clearing blocks, harvesting, accumulating things for $2.00 you will get your moneys worth in my opinion. Sure its simple, maybe it is cloned from somewhere but honestly what is truly unique these days? Everything is cloned from something! There is currently one type of game mode to play where you can dig down to 1000m. The developer replied in the discussions that Endless & Timed were coming, and possibly a fourth based…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Mining Game https://youtu.be/SU-q4_M6YKc + Visually this game looks very unique. It's basically a giant tower of 3D cubes stacked on top of one another. While flying down or back up to the surface you get to see some neat camera perspectives. The lighting and day / night cycles add to the visual appeal. + Various upgrades to purchase such as drill and inventory upgrades which greatly enhance the speed of which you can dig + Surprisingly enjoyable gameplay. You will want to keep digging…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A terrible copy and paste of motherload. Just stay away
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was ok for the first 5 mins playing but the graphics are terrible as in the day/night and the movement is a bit too unrealistic, iv refunded the game as i dont think even at the current price its worth that, but if this game gets improved and made a bit more fun to play and look at then i will be happy to re buy the game, there was a old game i played that was the same. put some tresure or somthing in there to find change how dark things get when its night and ill be back.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: 7.5/10 Planet Driller is a simple but addictive mining game where you dig deeper into planets, collect resources, and upgrade your equipment. The core loop is satisfying, especially as progression makes you stronger and allows faster exploration. While the gameplay can become repetitive over time and lacks deeper mechanics, it’s still a fun idle-style experience for short sessions. A decent casual mining game with a relaxing progression loop. 7.5/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its actually pretty cool! Got greenlighted and for a first game for this developer its really nice to play ;D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, this is not a good game. Very bad, buggy, not responsive. Just bad in my opinion. Don't buy at all costs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simple but funny driller simulator - you look for different stuff to drill then sell it, buy upgrades, the deeper you drill the more money you earn - this is the only game of this kind i've ever met so far, good for the price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DISCLAIMER: I receive a Game key from the Developer but I will be completely transparent in my review. This is a damm good game. From what I know it's this developer's first game and I think that he nailed it in this game. I have always loved a game called Motherloade and I put countless hours into it. The first thing I did when I saw the trailer was that I could go back to my childhoods memories but this time with better graphics. Now you can say that the game does not have a story and is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve spent a few hours with Planet Driller, and it’s a fun little simulation that scratches that mining itch. The core drilling mechanics are satisfying, and there’s a nice sense of progression as you upgrade your gear and dig deeper. Some of the UI feels clunky and a few missions drag on, but overall it’s relaxing and engaging in short bursts. Not a masterpiece, but definitely enjoyable if you like resource management and exploration.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well... This is a thing that exists.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →absolutely fascinated by the procedurally generated music but yeah no this game is trash
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mean, for two dollars, you can't expect much, really. It's a small unity game created by one guy. You mine minerals in your ship. That's basically it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've never played Motherload; so without prior knowledge of that game, I can say that this game is a fun little time-waster. It's incredibly easy, which leads me to believe that the developers really didn't bother to truly balance the game. The controls aren't terrible. I personally was able to get used to them, but they did feel a little slidy- as in you kind-of glide too much as you move around; almost like being on ice. In just the short amount of time that I've played the game, I already…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game's world is far, far deeper than its gameplay. If you like digging down for a long time, this is the game for you. All the grindy mining bits of a game like Minecraft without any creative or survival elements beyond "don't touch the lava blocks". It's an upgrade game, and a very unpolished one. I don't regret playing it for 54 minutes in order to get 100% of achievements, but 10 or 15 of those minutes were spent continuing to dig in order to reach 1000m for no good reason. As a waste…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I received this game from one of the random boxes from Green Man Gaming. Seeing it, I thought "Hey, a 3d version of Motherlode." However, after only a few minutes of playing, I realized this game wasn't for me. The controls lag, the UI is poorly designed, the textures look like they took about 5 minutes to make, and for some reason it gets lighter during the day underground?? I can't in good conscience recommend this game to anyone. It just feels like someone cobbled it together in a few days…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poorly made unity assets game with midi music and way too easy game mechanic. Unless you can get this for free i wouldnt even touch it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome, makes me remember a game i used to play when i was very young called Motherload! What a great nostalgy! It's a bit difficult to control the ships but it's easily fixed with some practice! Gather minerals to the bottom and get rich!! XD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not great, for achievements its quite quick to 100%, there is cards too which is a bonus. The game is ok, but its very basic. after like 10 mins you will have got cash coming out of your ears and can fully upgrade everything. The new ships are a good idea, but as they are wider you would think they drill the width of the ship, but no they don't. so to get the big ship down to the lower areas you need to carve the route with the smaller ones, which then you think whats the point. i will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are some cool things about this game, but honestly not anything different that you wouldn't find in any other mining "sim". The cons vastly outweigh the pros though. I really don't understand why the day and night cycle effects the underground or why there are shadows. The physics that are applied to the ship are actually so much more annoying than they help "immersion" or "realism" The menus look god awful. All the sliders are dragged all across the screen. Nothing saves, no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a very interesting game, a good simple story, gather resources, sell, pumped the ship, there are certainly and cons, depressing music, and is a normal game, you can pass a bit of time playing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the game because I was bored and would recommend this if you have 1$ (that's how much I payed) to spare and want to waist an hour of your life. The game is basically a ripe-off from motherload; the only diffrence with motherload is the fancy graphics, no story-line and you can reach "the end of the world" (1000m) after waisting approximately 30 minutes of you life; yet only 9.6% (when I checked) have this achievement. Brain-explode moments: - When you load a safe blocks magicly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Planet Driller, developed by Oryzhon Studios and published by Immanitas Entertainment GmbH, is an indie mining and exploration game built around the simple but compelling fantasy of drilling deep beneath the surface of an alien world in search of valuable resources. The game places players in command of a specialized drilling ship sent to a distant planet with the mission of locating a mysterious and extremely rare substance known as DarkMatter. Humanity depends on the discovery of this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very bare bones and undeveloped.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is one of those cheap but great steam games 👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont like this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, but could have easily been much bigger and better. It's short, but there's still nothing left to buy by the time you're halfway in and get to the minerals that are actually valuable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible mining game, just found it very boring and very shallow
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was thinking to myself this would have been an amusing flash gamem during school back in the day...and lo and behold it was. Nowadays it just doene's thave the charm.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Planet Driller is a ripoff of an old Flash mining game called MotherLoad, developed and released for free by Xgen Studios. While there's some low quality 3D graphics here, the gameplay is the same. Gameplay consists of mining through blocks of dirt to find valuable minerals, which you spend on upgrades so you can mine more minerals, ad infinitum. This is quite a badly done ripoff, as the textures don't display properly, and there's no UI scaling, so in 4K, text is unreadable. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty nice mining game. I played on easy mode and it was really easy, but enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DRILL BABY, DRILL!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meh, glitchy and awful controls. If you want to play this game, go and buy Motherload instead because it's a lot more fun, more interesting, and much more well-made. At least I got this game for free from a friend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game. Wish it didnt go by so quick.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relatively short, fun little game. Took a little over an hour to get all 15 achievements. Had fun while playing it, bringing back a lot of nostalgia from when the original Motherload first came out. Worth the price I feel, especially if you grab it on a sale or in a bundle like I did.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game , it needs a little more development but im sure the developer will update it. Congrats , surely will play it till my hands bleed =)
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