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Free demo · full game $4.99 one-time

InkMine

Dig. Repair. Find your way home.

For fans of Motherload and SteamWorld Dig. More games like Motherload

3/10chapters

Out Oct 17Updated Oct 19

A mining game drawn in ballpoint pen. A wild wormhole tore your ship apart and threw you down onto a small grey moon, among stars no chart has. Dig for copper, graphite, silver and ice, and print what the wreck of your lander needs to fly again.

Every block costs drill energy and every trip costs air. Follow a strange call over the horizon to the Lamplighters, who speak no language you know, trade them silver from deep down for a drive core, and climb back up to your starship, waiting dark in orbit.

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One-time purchase. Pay once and the full game is yours to keep: no subscription, no ads, nothing more to buy. Refunds within 14 days, see the terms.

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What you get

  • Chapter 1 free: Graphite, your lander and your starship, no sign-up
  • Full game: Mycel, a fungal moon with an alien wreck, and Brine, a purple sea world to swim and flood
  • New worlds round the orange star arrive as free updates
  • One-time purchase: no subscription, no ads, no energy timers

Controls

  • Arrows / WASD or the stick: walk; push into rock to drill (up and down too)
  • Space or the jump button: jump; hold it for the jetpack
  • L or the bag button at the lander: go aboard; away from it: inventory
  • Inventory or tap a gauge: feed the drill or the air
  • Esc / P: inventory and pause
  • M / ♪: sound on/off

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Questions

Is InkMine free to play?
Yes. The whole first chapter is free, with no sign-up and no ads. The rest of the game is a one-time purchase of $4.99: no subscription, no ads and nothing more to buy.
Is InkMine like Motherload?
Yes, the loop is the same: drill down for ore and get back up before your drill energy and air run out. InkMine puts it on small alien worlds with a story: a wormhole threw you onto a moon no chart has, you print the parts your wrecked lander needs to fly again, and you meet aliens who speak no language you know. InkMine is our own game and isn’t made by or connected to the makers of Motherload or SteamWorld Dig.
Do I need to download InkMine?
No. InkMine runs full-screen in your web browser, on a computer, phone or tablet. You can also add it to your home screen and open it like an app.
Does my progress save?
Yes, in your browser, as you play. Sign in with Google or your email if you want to carry on from the same place on another device.
Are there more games like this?
Yes. 16bit.ink releases a new small game every Sunday, all in the same pen-and-ink style. The All Games Pass unlocks all of them, and every game still to come, for a one-time $14.99.

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