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A sci-fi rogue-like mining/tower-defense blend where you dig for artifacts, upgrade your ship, and defend it from waves of enemies in short, run-based sessions.

Drill Core
A strategic planet-mining colony sim that mixes base management with tower defense, balancing resource extraction against escalating alien attacks.
2025-07-17
- Science fiction
- Strategy

Indie

Side view

Sandbox

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BORE BLASTERS

A soothing but repetitive procedurally generated mining adventure focused on drilling, collecting, and upgrading your ship.

2024-03-08

Action
Adventure
Side view

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Mineral Defense

A relaxed yet deep science-fantasy tower-defense roguelite with randomized maps, upgrade paths, and synergy-chasing runs that reviewers sank roughly 8–21 hours into.

2024-11-15

Science fiction
Strategy
Indie

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Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite

A short, fast-paced roguelite asteroid shooter with incremental tower upgrades, generally positive but with noted control and polish issues.

2025-11-16

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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The Spotter: Dig or Die

A post-apocalyptic mining-and-tower-defense blend with a day/night cycle, a satisfying upgrade grind, and a rough late-game FPS detour.

2026-04-07

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Gem Miner TD

A single-player tower defense that mixes gem mining, merging towers, maze design, and roguelike perks — with all building happening between waves.

2026-01-20

Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Stellar Initiative

A single-player roguelike tower defense about landing buildings from an orbit ship and supporting them with fire as you complete missions and gather upgrades.

2024-05-27

Strategy

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Arcadium - Space Odyssey

A procedurally generated bullet-heaven roguelite where you harvest resources, craft builds, and battle alien waves in short, pleasant single-player runs.

2026-01-26

Action
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder

A short single-player strategy fusion of tower defense and roguelike deckbuilding, where cards build and upgrade towers, with surprising depth despite a basic presentation.

2023-05-02

Strategy
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Card & Board Game

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ITER-8

A compact ~7-hour action-strategy roguelite about mining a mostly static tower, defending your base, and sending disposable workers up with permanent upgrades.

2026-03-09

Action
Science fiction
Indie
Simulator

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Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD

A run-based single-player tower defense focused on one tower, loadout-building, and alien hordes, with a hands-on, trade-off-heavy feel.

2024-07-29

Action
Strategy
Indie

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Digs TD

A single-player roguelike tower defense with mining, terrain shaping, and card upgrades, though RNG-heavy combat draws mixed reviews.

2023-10-19

Strategy
Indie