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Mining Mechs
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 30% of players who started
Started playing 98% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 2,759
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (27%); after 7h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- At least 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Outpost Operator” (Pass the outpost gate): only 54% of starters get there.
- 98% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 2,781 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 9.3h for positive, 2.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (97.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Outpost Operator Pass the outpost gate Most players quit here 54% −46
- Barrier Breaker Pass the plated stone barrier 46% −8
- Airlock Assembler Pass the airlock 41% −5
- Devils Fate: Taxes Make a deal with the devil ≥30% −11
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (76)
story milestone ending side
- Tutorial Completed! Complete the Tutorial 100%
- Silver seeker Collect silver ore 98%
- It's basically black gold, right? Collect tin ore 98%
- Copper collector Collect copper ore 97%
- Passive income Connect your first mine 96%
- Environmentally concious Collect trash 94%
- My precious! Collect jewelry 93%
- Kaboom! Use an explosive 89%
- Level 3 Reach mech level 3 88%
- Cobalt miner Collect cobalt ore 85%
- Explorer I Reach a depth of 100m 77%
- Hit the motherload! Find a treasure chest 77%
- Sapphire specialist Collect a sapphire gem 77%
- Is that... cheese..? Find cheese 76%
- Party time! Use confetti 69%
- Explorer II Reach a depth of 200m 68%
- Maxed out! Get a mech to max level 68%
- Keeping it real Collect realgar ore 68%
- Weeeee Use a teleporter 68%
- Payday! Sell $10k worth of ore at once 67%
- Emeral expert Collect an emerald gem 67%
- Worm Unlock the worm mech 67%
- Drill go brrrrrrrr! Use a booster 65%
- Explorer III Reach a depth of 300m 64%
- Digging Professional Dig 1000 blocks 63%
- Azurite accumulator Collect azurite ore 62%
- Ruby royalty Collect a ruby gem 60%
- Explorer IV Reach a depth of 400m 59%
- Snake Unlock the snake mech 57%
- Ballin' Have $100k cash 57%
- Golddigger Collect gold ore 57%
- Explorer V Reach a depth of 500m 56%
- Dirty Dirt Ditcher Deliver 1000 dirt 55%
- Outpost Operator Pass the outpost gate 54%
- Amethyst amasser Collect amethyst ore 54%
- Explorer VI Reach a depth of 600m 51%
- Beetle Unlock the beetle mech 51%
- Look mommy, I can fly! Find out how high you can fly 50%
- Uranium? More like uramizing amirite? Collect uranium ore 50%
- Explorer VII Reach a depth of 700m 48%
- Mine mogul Reach a passive income of $100 47%
- Barrier Breaker Pass the plated stone barrier 46%
- Diamond digger Collect diamond ore 46%
- Digging Expert Dig 2.000 blocks 45%
- Explorer VIII Reach a depth of 800m 45%
- Explorer IX Reach a depth of 900m 42%
- Airlock Assembler Pass the airlock 41%
- Hellstone Find a Hellstone 40%
- Turtle Unlock the turtle mech 39%
- Explorer X Reach a depth of 1000m 35%
- Professional treasure collector Collect 10 treasures 35%
- Scorpion Unlock the scorpion mech 35%
- Millionaire Have $1.000.000 32%
- Professional silver collector Collect 100 silver 32%
- Professional copper collector Collect 100 copper 30%
- Crane Unlock the crane mech 30%
- Devils Fate: Taxes Make a deal with the devil 30%
- Rhino Unlock the rhino mech 30%
- Kangaroo Unlock the kangaroo mech 29%
- Professional ruby collector Collect 10 ruby 27%
- Devils Fate: Shopkeeper Make a deal with the devil 26%
- Professional cobalt collector Collect 100 cobalt 26%
- Professional tin collector Collect 100 tin 24%
- Bouncy Castle Bounce barefoot on top of the airship 23%
- Professional realgar collector Collect 100 realgar 21%
- Professional diamond collector Collect 100 diamond 21%
- Professional amethyst collector Collect 100 amethyst 19%
- Digging Legend Dig 5.000 blocks 18%
- Professional gold collector Collect 100 gold 18%
- Professional emerald collector Collect 20 emerald 18%
- Professional azurite collector Collect 100 azurite 17%
- Professional uranium collector Collect 100 uranium 17%
- Professional sapphire collector Collect 30 sapphire 16%
- Professional jewelry collector Collect 100 jewelry 12%
- L33t master Sell for a total value of $1337 12%
- Professional trash collector Collect 100 trash 11%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.