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Milo Panta · Published by Human Qube Games, Milo Panta · Official site ↗
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A calm strategic incremental mining game where you rebuild your Mountain Hall between expeditions. Plan each descent, choose where your dwarves dig, gather gold and rare artifacts, and return home when the torch burns out. Upgrade your crew, dig deeper, and bring your fallen kingdom back to life
Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More free games
About this game
King in the Mountain is a calm strategic incremental game about an exiled king rebuilding his lost kingdom one mining expedition at a time.
A forgotten mountain hides the gold, gems, and ancient artifacts your royal family needs to rise again. Rebuild your Mountain Hall between expeditions, choose where your dwarves should dig, and watch them carve through the earth on their own until the torch burns out.
Plan the mine, collect what you can, return when the light dies, then spend your treasure on better tools, more dwarves, and the next descent into the mountain.
Rebuild the Mountain Hall
Your Mountain Hall is the heart of your fallen kingdom. Build and arrange rooms, place workshops like smelteries, ore mines, and kitchens, hire more dwarves, and prepare your kingdom for deeper expeditions into the mountain.
Plan the Mine
Pick where your dwarves should dig and let them work. Every expedition is a balancing of timing, efficient routes, and greed. Go straight for the gold or push deeper before the torch fades.
Beat the Torch
Each dig lasts only as long as your torch keeps burning. Grab enough treasure, get your dwarves out, and return richer than before.
Upgrade and Repeat
Hire more dwarves, improve your tools, extend your torchlight, and make every expedition more efficient. Each run brings your fallen kingdom a little closer to life.
No Fighting. Just Mining
No monsters or combat. Just the satisfying rhythm of planning, digging, upgrading, and watching your dwarven operation grow from a desperate expedition into the foundation of a new kingdom.
Will you reclaim what your family lost beneath the mountain?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Processor: 2 Ghz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128MB, OpenGL 3+
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
King in the Mountain - Public Playtest Is LIVE!
Howdy everyone!The King in the Mountain Public Playtest is now LIVE on Steam!From August 18 through August 25, you can head into the mountain, send your dwarves on mining expeditions, rebuild the Mountain Hall, experiment with upgrades, and help us shape the game ahead of release.Play the Public Playtest Now:Watch the Official Steam Playtest TrailerIn King in the Mountain, you send teams of dwarves underground in search of gold, gems, and ancient artifacts.Choose where to dig, create efficient routes through the mountain, bring resources back home, and invest everything you recover into a stronger dwarven operation.But every expedition is limited by one thing: the torch.The deeper you go, the better the rewards, but once the light goes out, your dwarves need to get back to safety.Between expeditions, you can expand the Mountain Hall, construct new rooms and workshops, recruit more dwarves, improve their equipment, and prepare to dig even deeper.What’s New in This Build?Since the previous closed playtest build, we’ve made several changes based on testing and feedback:Rebalanced the upgrade tree to improve progression and make upgrade choices feel better throughout the playtestNew building management options - you can now control when production should stopMore building information to make it easier to understand what each part of your Mountain Hall is doing and manage your productionAnd, of course, there have been plenty of smaller tweaks, fixes, and improvements along the way.This is still a playtest, so your feedback matters a lot. If something feels confusing, too slow, too fast, broken, or just not fun, please let us know.Join the CommunityJoin the official Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53dScVFUdc to take part in upcoming playtests and actively contribute to the game’s community-driven developmentSee you in the mountain!Milo PantaRead full article on Community Announcements (KLoD_GTA3)AnnouncementsOfficial
Public Playtest Is Coming - Sign-Ups Are Open
Howdy everyone!We’re getting ready for the first public playtest of King in the Mountain, running on Steam from August 18 to August 25.Sign-ups are now open!If you’d like to help us test the game, dig into the mountain, build up your dwarven settlement, and share your feedback before release, head over to the Steam page and hit Request Access.In King in the Mountain, you’ll send dwarves on mining expeditions, bring resources back home, expand your base, unlock upgrades, and gradually build a stronger and more efficient operation.The deeper you dig, the better the rewards - but your torch won’t burn forever.Request access on the Steam page and we’ll see you in the mountain:Join the CommunityJoin the official Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53dScVFUdc to take part in upcoming playtests and actively contribute to the game’s community-driven developmentMilo PantaRead full article on Community Announcements (KLoD_GTA3)
