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Subterrain: Mines of Titan
Developer Pixellore Inc
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate. From the Steam store page
195 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
77
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144 positive · 43 negative
95% range 70–82%
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| Steam reviews | 144 | 43 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
568 of 744 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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Reactions
60 of 195 · most liked firstI wanted to preface this review by saying that the game is, for a very small portion of the playtime, quite good. But there's a host of survival genre related barriers and annoyances that make most of the playtime spent on it very tedious. I'll start with good things: 1. The combat style is enjoyable for ranged characters and is pretty well fleshed out. There's some very clear winners in skill choices, but overall still enough diversity to keep things interesting. 2. The storytelling and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a close one, because I do want to recommend this game, but the game is not what it wants you to think that it is. This is just a turn based RPG. The other aspects that make it seem unique are non-mechanics that you mostly ignore. They are barely implemented, or just worse than the standard. Crafting- Below bog standard. You open a crafting interface, queue up a craft, and it drops into your stash some number of turns later. The only new thing here is it's actually being done by an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best After a Few Tweaks Subterrain: Mines of Titan is much better than the "mostly positive" reviews it received lead to believe, and it's a big improvement over the first game as well. But it takes a while and some tampering with the game's difficulty for things to start working out the way you want. The easiest way to enjoy the game is to do what I did: once prompted to select the difficulty, disable the "Production Cost" option. Then, since you are not a sissy, increase base resource…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Game is bad. "ˆMeika" got it right. This game actively does everything in its power to discourage you from playing it. The Forum is filled with people saying they are overpowered but at the same time telling you that you have to "Rush the ending at level x." Movement is Slow. In the dungeon this is OK and exactly What you want. On the overworld, it makes everything annoying. When I have to run back and forth between opposite ends of the Base just to talk to someone, it takes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got impressed by this game`s demo around one year ago - Stoneshard in space! - and bought it on release. Sadly I had no time to play it until recently, but when I did I got a bit frustrated with it. The good: - GORGEOUS pixel art and setting; - Interesting skill tree that evolves with your character - you can`t really be a jack of all trades without some heavy investment; - Compelling main story. The bad: - The gameplay loop feels VERY repetitive after you go down your first levels; -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its okay i enjoyed my time with the game but a lot of wasted potential. Game introduces you to some sort of colony management thing but very soon you realize that it has pretty much no impact on you and you have no impact on it (except feeding it resources) Not a single thought went into combat system - if you play the game on normal/hard difficulty i am pretty confident you can finish the game without using a single utility item such as grenades/poisons/traps....unfortunately the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know how in movies and manga the concept is good but you are stuck with a spineless protagonist that lets everyone walk all over them despite him holding all the cards in his hand? This is simular, you are a newcomer in an isolated starving camp cut off from civilization and the only one whose magic mutation allows to venture into monster territory to bring back food and resources, and yet everyone talks you down, extorts you and takes advantage of you, your landlord threatens to kick you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like to look at the review history of people who give games negative reviews, it lets me know how seriously I should take them. For example, one of the "most helpful" negative reviewers has this gem for their Stellaris review: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3214384117 Yes. That's his actual review. And while you're contemplating whether or not to report him or, if from an evolutionary biology POV, he could be on to something, it's worth recognizing that that's not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was a bit hopeful about the game...but you wake up to a "diverse" doctor wearing hoop earrings...and she has a man servant of course. This does not bode well for the story telling.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, just not very fun. Looks good, sounds good, but the gameplay loop kinda sucks. Everything costs money which doesn't make much sense. I am the only one able to do anything in this camp but they charge me to do everything? Even to scrap items? Give me a break. I can't refill my oxygen tanks with all the oxygen on the surface? I can't just recharge my lamp? I have to make a whole new one? I have to re-farbricate everything since repair kits lower max durability of the item? Everything is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished the game on hard. It's not a _terrible_ game. And I found parts of its core loop to be a not-too-terrible way to casually spend an evening. But it does outstay its welcome, without enough new things or interesting things to really make it enjoyable. About halfway through, I was mostly just working to finish it in order to have it be finished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A reasonably decent gameplay loop that starts to significantly suffer from tedium in the mid to late game. Once you hit somewhere around mid-game, you've milked all the depth you can out of the systems. There's some skillpaths down the road, but progression is so limited you won't actually get to master your skills in a playthrough or unlock everything in a tree (even if you hyperfocus). There's also some writing blunders. A character tells you they'll put an item (whiskey) in the store box to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is what I wanted from Underrail and never got. It's got crafting, researching, looting for days, bartering, recycling, exploration, boatloads of weapons and gear, and a fully fledged levelling system that works both actively as you repeat tasks, and passively through skill points. It's an absolute blast so far, and if you couldn't vibe with Underrail, please consider giving this one a shot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 56 hours, completing the game on the hardest difficulty, scouring everything it had to offer and essentially getting all achievements (sans one which is just a minor fetch quest that I haven't been able to trigger despite waiting 30 in-game days which takes almost an hour [of which I spent passing turns since there isn't a mechanic to speedup time]), I can safely say that the game is... Meh POSITIVES -World Building: The moon 'Titan' is a unique setting and the opening premise behind…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do not encourage casual users to play this. Game inventory interaction design is poor. Even in the tutorial level I could not figure out how to "recycle" an item the NPC *just handed to me*. I follow the instructions precisely, and then the game doesn't progress. I watched the highest viewed and highest rated video of another player and they were also confused for over 5 minutes!! They were ALSO so un-impressed they left to review Perks and other 'beginner details' of the game to try and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This science fiction story has turned out to be one of the best immersive experiences I had the pleasure of discover. Personal tastes aside, it is well worth the time and price. Hope it ends translated into other languages and has the success it deserves.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The movement is way too slow to be fun, it takes way too long to move a single tile and i can't set the setting to move faster to lower than half
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I first stumbled on this game, I thought it was a continuation of the first, or at least somewhat similar to the first sub terrain to come out. NOT AT ALL! The way the mechanics of the game are set up aren't the best. I highly recommend anyone to first look up videos of game play or honest reviews before purchasing. I personally didn't find it that fun to play, but hey, to each their own. Research before you buy!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a hard sell. I love the older game design here, and its fantastic. The crafting and recycling system is really slick. But its a bit clunky and missing some really simple QoL key binds. I like the story, but it comes across painfully slow. Time passes with every step, love that, don't love hunting down npc's in quest fetching when they roam and they not super easy to pick out from the others. And good lord, why does it take so long to show just basic info when you mouse over an npc or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm giving this game a positive review, but it's borderline. I think Jupiter Hell or Doom RL probably give you the best impression of what gameplay is like; it's not a rogue like but the gameplay and atmosphere is very similar to those games. However, it also has a camp management aspect that those games don't have where you have to gather resources to forge equipment and keep other survivors alive. I played on a custom difficulty that maxed the combat difficulty but kept the camp management…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is hot trash, and you don't realize it until you're past the return window. There so much crap you have to handle. Enemies cut you, poison you, infect you, and very rarely miss you. You're supposed to fight them at range and then switch to your melee, this takes 2 turns of free hits from them. Devs decided it would be an awesome idea to include durability IN EVERYTHING, and your ♥♥♥♥ doesn't lasts more than 2 trips to the mines. Oh, but you're the chosen one who is the only one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has a few issues but once you turn of the credit cost for research and salvage (which is kind of nonsense) then the game becomes pretty good. The side quests are very dissonant with the setting and main quest, but the gameplay is good and there's a satisfying aspect to gaining skills by using them Edit: There are a lot more bad choices as I progress through the game, but not enough to justify a thumbs down review so it will stay positive. However, the design team behind this game needs to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had high hopes for this turn based grid combat rpg. Unfortunately the game is TEDIOUS and BORING. You'll spend most of your time scrolling and clicking menus, doing menial labor inside and outside menus. You'll be sent on unbelievable stupid quests which are in contrast with the story settings and logic. You'll engage in boring combat with no tactics nor thinking, just mindlessly clicking the enemy till it dies. It seems the devs didn't think things trough but just slapped ideas that count…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A turn-based sci-fi survival horror with rpg character advancement, a story compelling enough to hold interest and a unique setting with a hefty dose of survival-craft style resource collection and management. Subterrain: Mines of Titan won't be to everyone's tastes, but if anything it offers seems appealing give it a chance and you will probably find yourself pleasantly surprised. The game also lets you tweak almost every aspect of it's mechanics and difficulty, both at the start and during…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its really cool but its jsut not up to a quality i want to keep playing. the arbitrary quests give little rewards making it feel like a waist of time in a game that causes monsters to evolve over time "per turn. dealing with conditions is so goofy and annoying in this game. every single condition has a delayed removasl so even if you treat a injury you have a window of damage you will still suffer and its not even clear about it. nano infection from enemys causes your "mana" to drain and this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reasonably solid turn based RPG with a potentially interesting setting that has relatively satisfying progression. But honestly, if it didn't feel like it was worth my money, I wouldn't recommend, because while it's very satisfying at the start, it rapidly becomes somewhat tedious as quests start requiring you to wander around the base (The most boring and featureless part of the game) from NPC to NPC, and the zones you go into become quickly apparent that they're like 99% one of either a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a shame that you can't leave a neutral review on Steam. This game has good moments, no doubt, but it is very monotonous and boring. The same caves, the same corridors, the same gameplay. It's like the developers haven't heard anything about the evolution of mechanics, variety and such things. I was waiting for something new to appear, but by the middle of the game nothing has changed. It's a shame, because the game looks really good.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting story and some really fun mechanics. My problem is there's too many interactions and time constraints. Equipment has durability that can be repaired once or twice before it's unusable and breaks permanently. You can't refill the lamp or oxygen tank, so you're constantly bleeding resources making new ones. Everything requires credits and you'll never have enough, because the same things that give you credits also give you resources, which you need to make new equipment because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6/10 Game Gameplay loop was decent and the hand crafted maps were a decent touch when I was referred to this as a cross between Stoneshard and QuasiMorph, of which both used procedurally generated maps. Unfortunately, this game had game breaking bugs for some insane reason whereas the other two still not officially released do not have any. Twice in 1-hour on the 7th floor my character straight up froze after using an ability. I thought I glitched into an object & was stuck but it happened…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →updated my comment after 14 hours good story, good balance on difficulty/exploration, good graphic only one very important advice for those who want to try this game If you dont mind what "difficulty" you finish the game at the end I highly recommend you start the game with disable camp resource usage ( kind of meaningless at the beginning, and just annoying at mid as you need to put some resource which acutally do nothing but increase the time you need to grind) disable product cost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was less fun than the first Subterrain but it's not necessarily a bad game. A lot of the tension and pressure that made the first game engrossing is minimized by the turn based combat, but on the other hand the enemy and world variety is much better and keeps the game from getting stale, which inevitably happened before the first game reached its end. More of a side path than a real sequel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It starts out cool, but eventually grows extraneous. The levels are huge and wide open, which wouldn't be so much of a problem if you didn't have to constantly check oxygen and light to keep moving around. The enemies get a half-dozen different status effects that each require their own item to counter-act, and if you make any mistake at all you are either dooming yourself to a lot of backtracking or you are just straight up screwed depending on how deep you are into the level.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like a space Stoneshard, but it actually is a complete game and the developers are actually actively working on, patching, and fixing the game. That and it has complete systems. Game is fun, lots of research, things to loot, base to upgrade, as well as your gear while you're scavenging around the mines under your base. You will also get invasions once in a while and have to return to your base's core reactor and protect it from waves of enemies. In which case you can build and deploy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nowadays gaming and game developers suck. Developers really believe the Player should do the QA for them*. Their games have all the right components of success in precise measure, but lack soul and effort. Seems like most failed Dungeon Masters end up in gamedev with zero clue about Dramaturgy. UPDATE: Can't stop playing. And can't stop cringing. Under impression both mechanics and lore is created either by an AI, or a bunch of kindergarten toddlers. Dig this. Badum-tsss after each one. -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautifully crafted 2D pixel graphics, i love it. Unfortunately, I really hate the durability and repair mechanics in this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, mixed. I did not expect that. And I absolutely do not understand it. I'm 14 hours in and am just getting the sense of the sheer scale and complexity of the game. How can you even say the game is a certain way if you do not understand it. I don't think people understand it yet. I've read a bunch of top level negative reviews, and I'll address just two. The top one is to do with the credit system and how it gimps you arbitrarily and unfairly. Maybe this was the case at the time of that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR Good game but would wait a bit for patches to combine RPG and the CAMP better Hmm its not bad game, quite good actually but not good as the original one Subterrain. The main loop is quite good and game-play is quite nice. The level up system is good but does harm bit as the skill are quite good and then the xp for different skills only comes when using that weapon to kill stuff. Like I mainly used pistols and was at 0 rifle skills. Grinding would have taken a long time. Game is also…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Suprisingly good. No walking animation, but that's not an issue. Proper builds of meele and range weaponry.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible immersive game. You can feel the desperation in the settlement. + Exploration of the mines is thrilling. + The research/craft/recycle is fun even if I haven't understood all yet. + The maintenance of the base is something that i'm learning but seems fun aswell. + The tower defence of Reactor only happened once yet but was easy but will get harder me thinks. + Side questing is really fun that increase immersion. + I have not had any issues with the time limits. Everything goes plus…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Diversity hire black female doctor (Ida) in one ending experiments on you (good ending) and in the other where you gtfo without beating the second boss goes "REEEEE! ARREST THIS MAN!" because people die during escape despite your character being the only reason why most of them are even alive. None of the endings are satisfying, but by comparison the one where you escape alone feels like the right choice after endless nagging from your freeloading compatriots.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very disappoint when purchase and try this game in tutorial, tried to refund but failed because it's already over 2 hours. This game is very clunky, movement is very slow and buggy, texts are WAY TOO SMALL, sometime get lag when have an action such as attack or just simply move to another block (always lag when open this game btw, how the heck a game that under 1GB is so much lag). Will definitely ruin your gaming experiment so highly not recommend to play this game. The game probably will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately the game process is tedious and boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long review. Sorry. Mines of Titan has that je ne sais quoi that it needs as a roguelite with obvious inspirations from its corner of vidyajames. You might be down here because the review score isn't as good as similarily sized titles, though that's the case because it's not quite a crowd pleaser with its mechanics. Now that's not supposed to read as "Cruelty Squad", but it does mean that there is A Lot of a lot to keep track of, your mistakes are punished and that you are very much dared to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly good story and gameplay. Well balanced resources. However, it's really strange and dumb the game doesn't keep track of what you've already researched for certain items, allowing you to research them at high cost 10 times for no benefit. Also, if you are moving via mouse movement does not stop automatically when you spot an enemy. This often starts you within melee range of an enemy if you are using a ranged weapon. I was able to overlook this though and enjoyed my time with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished Subterrain: Mines of Titan. Overall I think it was a big improvement over the first game. The turn based nature of the game made respecting the time limit much less hectic, and at least on normal mode the time limit is very generous. I think the danger level maxes out at like 15 or 20 and I finished the game at danger 7. The storytelling is I think okay. There are a LOT of NPCs and they each have a little one-note story to them. It's not bad by any means but you never feel like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty fun turn based exploration and crafting game. Reminiscent of Ultima 6/7 in the sheer amount of stuff to do, lots of secrets and combat. It is also a roguelike in that the ID tags you find along the way can be used to give subsequent playthroughs better stat boosts, which is pretty helpful. Pixel graphics are well done and readable, with some gorgeous post processing effects. There's a customizable autosave function after so many turns have passed, a quick save, and a number of regular…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you’re interested in being an alpha tester for Subterrain: Mines of Titan (the first video game I’ve written) then go here!!! https://steamcommunity.com/app/1573100
unlabelledView post →An exhaustive list of games I've played that feature mass transit: * Doom 3 * Subterrain * Half Life 1 * Fallout 3 * Fallout New Vegas * Metro 2033 * Metro Last Light * Stray Thesis: If a game has mass transit, you KNOW shit has gone DOWN
unlabelledView post →Its a lot of explanation of the mechanics at the start, but once it gets going I really enjoyed this. I am going to be putting a lot of hours into this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A real hidden gem. Lots of fun, like a Sci-Fi Stoneshard, but with more content and an actual endgame. The 'defend the base' timer is the one of the only downsides to a very fun game. Build variety and weapon potential is very interesting unfortunately. Otherwise fantastic game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✔️ The Good • Fantastic Turn-Based System: *Subterrain: Mines of Titan* has a really fun turn-based combat and movement system. Planning your moves, lining up attacks, and managing positioning all feel satisfying and tactically engaging. • Great Art Style: The gritty sci-fi pixel art matches the tone perfectly. Environments, characters, and UI elements all sell the feeling of scraping by in a harsh, hostile mining colony. • Deep Survival & Management Layers: Between…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mix of first Subterrain game with Adom. And its surprisingly good. If you value pixelart, exploratiion, crafting killing mutants... its 100 hours of pure fun :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I quite like this game, one of the very few games I've actually finished in a while. The primary game loop is that you explore a expansive cave system, kill anything that moves, gather anything that isn't nailed down and try to find the next elevator up to the surface. Meanwhile you must make sure to bring enough supplies, medicine and what not. When you get back to town you research new things, deconstruct trash, upgrade gear and head out again There is some minor build customization…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The implementation is a bit unusual, but adds. It's easy to figure out, it's interesting to play. I advise everyone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite in depth, lots of builds and good turn based combat. enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very disjointed, no clear design was thought of during creation. It takes the fun bits of Stoneshard but also a lot of the bad ones. Multiple systems that do not interact with each other well, a painfully slow tutorial that makes you walk back and forth doing 10 fetch quests. Crafting can only be done at a personal storage box, leading to multiple transfers of items back and forth and waiting until an NPC meanders over to do the task. Very RNG-tilted combat with misses, fumbles and critical…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game starts off a bit slow, but opens up substantially as you progress into the story. This is an RPG with a story you actually care about. It's heavy on text, so be prepared to read paragraphs often. The writing is good but not great. Overall the atmosphere and game mechanics make this RPG feel really fun and provide plenty of depth and customization. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Waiting for official mod support and steam workshop.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a lot of fun exploring the world, collecting crafting & research loot, and building up a character. The game throws a fair bit of time-based pressure mechanics on the player, but those can be opted out via the difficulty selection screen.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a pretty good game for those who like dungeon quests. Definitely worth $20. Subterrain: Mines of Titan is a sort-of sequel to Subterrain. The ultra-micro-managing of resources and time in order to fashion the weapons, tools, and quest objects needed for winning is still there. So are the concepts of nanobots and mutants being largely responsible for the story. The second game is isometric, though, as opposed to top-down in the first. There are many other differences. The…
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