Fit check
Is Hold The Mine worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who enjoy combining building effects with hero upgrades
- Roguelike fans who want alternating exploration and survival phases
- Players who prefer compact defensive objectives over large-scale warfare
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct control of individual fighters throughout every battle
- Players who want a broad campaign with many locations rather than repeated mine expeditions and nightly defenses
- Strategy fans looking for historical warfare or military command systems
Our take on Hold The Mine
The game concentrates its structure around a repeating day-and-night defense cycle. That focus leaves less room for broad campaign management or continuously shifting battlefields, trading strategic variety at the campaign level for resource routing, construction combinations, and nightly survival.
What is Hold The Mine?
Hold The Mine combines mine exploration, resource management, construction, and nighttime defense in a roguelike survival structure.
During the day, a dwarf takes a limited number of expeditions, mining several connected blocks while players choose routes through the unexplored mine. Resources fund buildings with distinct effects that can work together as the mine expands. Players discover blueprints and construct buildings, while relics are included among the available content. Trapped heroes can be recruited and improved with runes, fruits, ability unlocks, and stat upgrades.
After nightfall, heroes defend the mine entrance against monster waves sent by a cursed tower. Some buildings provide powers that can be activated during battles. The listed content includes 12 heroes, more than 50 abilities, over 75 buildings and relics, and more than 20 block types.
How Hold The Mine plays
- 01Daytime Expeditions
- A dwarf has a restricted number of daily trips and can mine multiple adjacent blocks during each outing.
- 02Building Effects
- Discovered blueprints support construction of buildings with distinct effects that can work together as the mine expands.
- 03Hero Development
- Recruited heroes gain abilities and stat improvements through runes and fruits discovered in the mine.
- 04Night Defense
- Heroes guard the entrance against recurring monster assaults, with some buildings providing powers for use during combat.
- 05Content Variety
- The game includes 12 heroes, more than 50 abilities, over 75 buildings and relics, and more than 20 block types.
Hold The Mine compared to similar games
Hold The Mine centers on mining expeditions, building combinations, hero development, and defending one mine through nightly monster waves. Shogun Showdown instead uses turn-based positioning, attack tiles, skills, and deck construction before fights with the Shogun. Xenonauts focuses on commanding persistent soldiers in turn-based squad operations against an alien invasion, while Men of War: Assault Squad covers large-scale World War II battles with direct control of units.
Hold The Mine: platforms & release
Is Hold The Mine worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who enjoy combining building effects with hero upgrades. Skip it if: players seeking direct control of individual fighters throughout every battle.
Where can I download Hold The Mine?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Hold The Mine's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Hold The Mine on?
Windows only.
