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Mine Wizard: arcane miner in a violet cavern

Featured title

Mine Wizard

Dig Deep, Fight Harder

A 2D action roguelite where arcane power meets the pickaxe and axe. Plunge into dangerous biomes as a wizard who swings between enemy waves to harvest gems, minerals, and rare materials that fuel your arsenal and build your base.

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Core loop

Mine. Build. Survive.

  • Mine Wizard gameplay: wizard mining ore in a forest biome with pickaxe progression UI

    Dig Deep, Fight Harder

    Mine the depths

    The strikes of your pickaxe can mine Amethyst, Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, and Iron to unlock upgrades, craft equipment, and keep your forge burning. Resources aren't just currency; they're the backbone of your power.

  • Customize Your Wizard screen: name your wizard and tailor hair, robe, beard, and skin

    Build Your Wizard

    Shape your path

    Choose from a vast ability tree spanning masteries like Fire, Ice, Lightning, Orbs, Telekinesis, Miner, and more. Evolve your weapons, evolve and breed your Pets, and shape your gameplay with every run.

  • Tower defense UI: place Stone, Iron, and elemental towers to protect the Tree of Life

    Survive the Waves

    Hold the line

    Enemies pour in from every direction. Place towers, unleash evolved skills, command your pets, and hold the line through escalating waves and brutal boss encounters that will test every choice you've made.

Worlds to conquer

Dangerous biomes

Forests, Deserts, Caves, and ancient Temples. Each run is a new descent.

Forest biome gameplay with mining and Tree of Life

Biome

Forests

Canopies thick with ambush and ancient growth.

Desert biome gameplay with wizard, palm trees, and day cycle UI

Biome

Deserts

Sun-scorched dunes hiding buried fortune.

Biome

Caves

Crystal veins and collapsing darkness below.

Biome

Temples

Ruins where old magic still guards its hoard.

Resources

Forge your power

Every gem and ore you pull from the stone feeds upgrades, crafting, and the fire in your forge.

  • Ore

    Amethyst

  • Ore

    Diamond

  • Ore

    Ruby

  • Ore

    Sapphire

  • Ore

    Topaz

  • Ore

    Iron

Ability tree

Build your wizard

Fire, Ice, Lightning, Orbs, Telekinesis, Miner, and more. Evolve weapons, breed pets, and define how you survive.

Choose Your Mastery screen: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Orbs, Telekinesis, Pets, Base, and Miner

Choose your mastery at the start of every run

Mastery

Fire

Ignite crowds and melt armored fronts.

Mastery

Ice

Slow the tide, shatter frozen prey.

Mastery

Lightning

Chain devastation across the horde.

Mastery

Orbs

Orbitals that hunt while you mine.

Mastery

Telekinesis

Rip resources and foes off the grid.

Mastery

Miner

Every swing pays double.

Mastery

Pets

Breed, evolve, and command companions.

Companions

Breed and battle with pets

Collect companions like huskies, cats, and rottweilers. Assign them to your deck, breed new lineups, and send them into the fight alongside your spells and towers.

Pet deck screen showing husky, cat, raccoon, and rottweiler with stats and breed options

Coming to Steam

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Be first in line when Mine Wizard opens its caverns. Your pickaxe is waiting.

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