Screenshots
Watch trailer on Steam ↗Surface Breaker
8 user reviews — 88% positive (8 reviews) · 12 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Sci-fi rogue-like mining/tower defense game. Mine through a procedurally generated world to discover artifacts. Defend your spaceship from waves of enemies. Discover and spend resources to improve your mining and spaceships combat ability.
£6.29
Lowest price we've ever recorded
View on SteamPrices can lag the live Steam store — always confirm before buying.
Price history
Action, Indie, Strategy · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
Surface Breaker challenges you to navigate procedurally generated worlds, extracting valuable resources while fending off relentless enemy attacks. Experience the thrill of strategic gameplay as you upgrade both your mining capabilities and spaceship defenses.
About this game
Surface Breaker is a Sci-fi rogue-like mining/tower defense game.
Crash landing on an abandoned planet in search of ancient artifacts, you are attacked by waves of alien monsters. Mine minerals and discover powerful gadgets to defend your spaceship while you slowly discover how to obtain the artifact.
Discover and Gather
Mine for minerals, oil and crystals in a procedurally generated world.
Defend Your Dome
Every so often a wave of monsters will appear and try to destroy your space ship.
Use the space ships cannon to destroy them before they destroy your way back home.
Acquire Unique Gadgets each run
Unique skills can be found each run to help improve your mining and combat ability.
Upgrade yourself and your gadgets
A large upgrade tree is available for you to spend your resources.
Improve your mining ability or combat ability.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.5Ghz or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Support for OpenGL 3.3
- Storage: 250 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.0 - Release
Patch 1.0Thank you for following Surface Breaker. It has launched and with it comes all the content. Below will be the full list of features available in the release build of Surface Breaker.The Large Map Size has been added. It will contain T3 nodes and will allow you to more easily have multiple fully upgraded dome slots.Hard and Brutal difficult are now available9 modifiers can be unlocked to allow for more casual play of Surface Breaker12 Missions which greatly charge the rules of Surface Breaker. Each mission has 3 difficulties.4 Additional Combat Dome Slots and 4 Additional Econ Dome Slots have been added to the gameAdditional Dome Slots can be added to a domeBlueprints to unlock the ultimate upgrade have been addedThe game now has a custom OST (minus the main menu)Additional Oddities have been added into the gameWithin each of these dot points are a large variety of unique challenges and content for you to experience.I hope you enjoy the release of Surface Breaker.BrannoRead full article on Community Announcements (Branno)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 0.6
This will be the final build before launch. It's been a long journey but the vast majority of the game as been finished.The demo build will contain the follow.A Normal Sized WorldRogue Mode gameplayEasy Difficulty Only6 Dome Slot tools that you can choose fromAll world odditiesA new and improved logoThe release build will have the following.Both Normal and Large Sized WorldsRogue and Missions mode4 Different Difficulties (Rogue)12 Missions with unique rulesets and 3 different difficulties9 Helpful modifiers for those who wish to play casuallyA unique OST of 7 songs17 Dome Slot tools that you can choose fromAchievementsSee you on the 9th of April 2026.Read full article on Community Announcements (Branno)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 0.5
Below are the changes that impacts the Demo Version of Surface Breaker. Visual ChangesA new VHS styled shader has been added to give off a better retro feel. You can adjust the severity of this in the options menu.Dome Slot Changes.There are now dedicated Dome Slots for Combat and Econ.Once you have a total of 4 dome slots you can now increase your total amount of dome slots.You can also unlock blueprints for secret upgrades. Each upgrade path has it's own secret upgrade.New Combat Dome SlotsTurret - Place down a turret that will shoot enemies.Oil Pit - Place down an oil pit that will slow down enemies that run over it.Hard Dome - Increases the health of your Dome by 100.All 3 have unique upgrade paths.New odditiesFire Punch Shrine - Next Punch Sets trees on fireSpeed Shrine - Increases player speed by 100% for 10 secondsOil Dispenser - Converts 2 minerals into 1 oilShrink Spire - Shocks resources to make them 30% smallerQuality of LifeThe Artifact building will now flash when you destroy a Void CrystalThe Artifact building will now display how many void crystals are leftThe Artifact buildings signals to the Void Crystals last longerOddities are more likely to spawn closer to the centerRead full article on Community Announcements (Branno)
