Idle Cave Miner
Fair · Strategy · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- Length
- 280.1h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 81% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 799 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 15 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 79 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Mr.Mine (free, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats IdleOn - The Incremental MMO (free, scores 42).
The drop-off
97% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
You have to pay to unlock some achievements, some are behind micro transaction content,
Okay seriously, screw this game. If you're looking for something to play casually, maybe to check in 2-3 times a day and click a few buttons it's fine. The concept is great. The graphics are great. The characters are interesting. However if you are an achievement hunter, stay far, far away from this. To 100% the game it requires maxing out 20 different characters. I am at 1000+ hours and have only maxed out seven...
(Free to Play Review) Free, simple idle game. Can't say no if you just want to add another lil idle game to your routine, or get some free (albeit grindy) achievements somewhat passively. If it stays free/cheap, 100% get it. If it's like, $10 or more, prob not worth it. Premium currency can be earned daily, and also from one time "quests", so microtransactions are never a "have to" type thing. There is no PvP/MP, to...
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Cite this score
Idle Cave Miner scores 51/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2289450/idle-cave-minerReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27.
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