StrategyFit check
Is Planet Driller worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Mining-game players who want procedurally generated worlds
- Players who enjoy managing mineral sales and ship upgrades
- Solo players seeking hazard-filled drilling expeditions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed, hand-authored world rather than repeated procedural generation
- Players who prefer direct combat over drilling, trading, navigation, and environmental hazards
- Players uninterested in resource selling and incremental ship upgrades
Our take on Planet Driller
The defining structure is the changing mineral economy: selling more of a resource lowers its price, so each expedition alters the value of future finds.
What is Planet Driller?
Planet Driller is a mining game about finding DarkMatter on a distant planet to save Earth.
Each new game generates a different world from a seed and difficulty, with more than 4 billion possible worlds. Players drill through mineral deposits, sell what they find, and spend the proceeds on improvements to drill speed, tank capacity, storage, and hull protection. Explosives can clear difficult paths, while a beacon returns the player to the surface. Meteor showers, earthquakes, and blizzards create hazards during expeditions. The game also includes a changing mineral market, procedurally generated MIDI ambience, additional ships, achievements, Steam Cards, and score leaderboards.
How Planet Driller plays
- 01Generated Planets
- Seeds and difficulty settings produce more than 4 billion possible world variations.
- 02Changing Mineral Market
- Mineral prices fall as more of each resource is discovered and sold.
- 03Ship Improvements
- Money from mineral sales can increase drilling speed, tank capacity, storage, and hull protection.
- 04Expedition Tools
- Explosives clear routes, beacons return the ship to the surface, and insurance replaces a destroyed ship.
- 05Planetary Hazards
- Meteor showers, earthquakes, and blizzards can disrupt underground expeditions.
- 06Additional Ships
- New ships become available after the available component upgrades have been purchased.
- 07Score Competition
- Achievements, Steam Cards, and leaderboards provide platform-based progression and score sharing.
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Planet Driller: platforms & release
Is Planet Driller worth it?
It is worth it if: mining-game players who want procedurally generated worlds. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed, hand-authored world rather than repeated procedural generation.
Where can I download Planet Driller?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Planet Driller's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Planet Driller on?
Windows only.
