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FrontRunnerTek · Published by FrontRunnerTek
Mixed — 45% positive (56 reviews) · 68 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.
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Indie, RPG, Simulation, Casual · 2024 · More free games
Embark on endless idle adventures as you mine asteroids, upgrade your equipment, and craft new tools in Space Miner - Idle Adventures. Dive into a blend of casual gameplay and RPG elements from FrontRunnerTek.
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About the Game
Space Miner - Idle Adventures
Space Miner - Idle Adventures is a fun, entertaining and addictive game that lets you explore the galaxy, mine asteroids, and encounter all kinds of crazy events. Whether you want to play casually or actively, this game will keep you hooked!Features
- Two ways to actively mine with your ship: Use drills or lasers to mine asteroids of different types and sizes. Drills are cheaper and always get the full mining amount, but you have to chase down the asteroids. Lasers are more expensive and have diminishing returns over distance, but you're not chasing the asteroids. Choose your strategy wisely!
- Upgrade your ship: Sell the resources you gather for gold, and use the gold to buy upgrades that increase your mining speed and cargo capacity.
- Perform Research using gathered resources to unlock technological advancements to improve your equipment and more. Over 170 research items so far!
- Craft unique parts in the Click Factory for advanced research and other craftable feature unlocks like hidden storage and offline rewards.
- Feel like idling? Buy AutoMiners to gather ore for you in the background. They'll collect ore even while the rest of the game is paused. Buy Merchants (auto-sellers) to sell selected inventory for you automatically! Cha-ching!
- You can also buy Mining Outposts to mine specific resources.
- Prefer a more entertaining method of idle mining? Buy Mining Drones that will fly around and mine the asteroids for you. Such a spectacular performance to behold!
- There are also Player placeable Laser Mining Turrets, for all your Frickin Laser needs.
- Increase your Reputation (prestige) to earn gold even faster!
- Explore Space: Encounter various events and zones that may reward you, challenge you, or screw you over. Play Rock Paper Scissors with aliens, roll dice with pirates, shoot the breeze with fellow miners, and uncover the secrets of ancient artifacts and anomalies.
- Battle bosses to unlock new zones. Once unlocked, you can warp to the new zones for rare loot and events. Scan wrecks, dodge solar flares, navigate mazes and more!
- Earn achievements: There are over 60 in-game achievements to earn, ranging from easy to hard, and from silly to serious. Some of them may even affect the gameplay or reveal hidden secrets. Can you unlock them all?
- Complete Quests to earn rewards and earn reputation across the galaxy.
- Enjoy the humor: The game is full of jokes, puns, references, and Easter eggs that will make you laugh out loud. The game does not take itself too seriously, and neither should you. Just have fun and watch the numbers go UP!
- Keep your progress on track and synchronized across devices with Cloud Saves and Cross-Platform support. Windows, Linux and yep, Steam Deck!
- Playtime rewards. Watch for the gifts!
More details
For more details about the current state of the game, updates, and more, check out our Discord.
As this is Early Access, there may be bugs and incomplete features. More features and content are being built and added all the time. The game is in Active development.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit
- Processor: Any modern x64 CPU
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any Vulkan-compatible GPU
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any modern sound card
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Microsoft Windows 11 (latest SP) 64-bit
- Processor: Any modern x64 CPU
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any Vulkan-compatible GPU
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any modern sound card
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update v1.0.0 2024-11-08 (Steam Build 16340766)
Changes ✅ Leaving Early Access as 1.0.0. Notes It's the one year anniversary 🎉 of the initial (and ROUGH) release on Steam. 😆 I want to thank everyone for your love and support during the early stages of development of Space Miner - Idle Adventures. There are certainly plans to do more, but for now I'm releasing this as 1.0.0 and removing from Early Access. As life allows, more content and features will be added. Thanks again and as always, be excellent to each other. ❤️Read full article on Community Announcements (FrontRunnerTek)Patch NotesOfficial
Update v0.0.87 2024-09-16 (Steam Build 15713271)
Fixes ✅ Gem Exchange at The Den now functions properly if you have zero (0) of a gem Changes ✅ The quantity of resources required in the Quests view, now utilizes the configured display number format ✅ The rocket's sound now fades out over time ✅ The rocket and laser sounds randomly vary slightly in pitch over timeRead full article on Community Announcements (FrontRunnerTek)Patch NotesOfficial
Update v0.0.86 2024-08-14 (Steam Build 15372977)
Fixes ✅ Fix Outposts adding to cargo when cargo limit exceeded ✅ Potential fix for potential issue with some gem outpost not properly generating gems ✅ Potential fix for enemy ships drifting off-screen Changes ✅ The notification history log is now wiped at game load if over 100kb so it doesn't cause a lag issueRead full article on Community Announcements (FrontRunnerTek)Patch NotesOfficial
Update v0.0.85 2024-06-12 (Steam Build 14696571)
Fixes ✅ Fixed calculation precision for offline time over ~2 weeks. ✅ Fixed (hopefully) the edge case where players couldn't fly the full extent of the playfield. Changes ✅ Changed the In-Game Guide / How to Play, from a long wall of text, to a useable segmented guide. ✅ Removed unused area from The Den. Additions ✅ At the request of some achievement hunters out there, a purchasable "MiniGame AutoPlayer" that will play Rock-Paper-Scissors for you in the background. Plays once every 10 seconds. The results are output to the main notification bar, and are viewable in the notification history. You can check the Stats page to verify the increases.Read full article on Community Announcements (FrontRunnerTek)Patch NotesOfficial
Update v0.0.84 2024-04-04 (Steam Build 13953574)
Fixes ✅ Fixed Craft Ready/Disabled color changes for Click-Factory crafting buttons Changes ✅ Massive performance improvement in the Gold Shop. Buying large quantities of upgrades should no longer melt your PC 🔥 As such, larger quantities are available for purchase (if you can afford them) ✅ Changed the Graphics Rendering engine to openGL3. Resolves issues related to background and minimized play and many other aspects 🔔This will also provide support to players on older hardware without requiring the use of alternative launch selections / launch options.Read full article on Community Announcements (FrontRunnerTek)
