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Cobalt Miner

52% positive of 23 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Digital Deer Studio. Published by MadOctopus.

About the game

Survive in futuristic 2046 USA where a ruthless megacorporation owns your debt. Mine cobalt, automate production, craft machines, explore a dying world, and ride your electric bike across vast pixel-art wastelands. Pay what you owe… or disappear.

Tagged by players

  • Mining
  • Automation
  • Capitalism
  • Base Building
  • Crafting
  • Resource Management
  • Sandbox
  • Post-apocalyptic
  • Open World
  • Survival
  • Exploration
  • Sci-fi

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Got it on sale, took a couple of hours to complete. Gameplay is very simple, and would be repetitive if the game weren't so short. The art and atmosphere are this game's strengths. There is a sense of lore - even if the lore doesn't make total sense. I'd recommend picking it up on sale if you're not going to be disappointed with it being a short play. I look forward to seeing what the dev comes up with next, and…

    2.3 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    It's a fun little game, but comparisons to factory builders like Factorio, Satisfactory or even simpler games are unwarranted. You start out manually mining resources, then once you have enough you can install a drill to extract them. You sill have to manually empty and transport those resources until you buy a drone. The drones move so few resources that you still need to manually empty them. All crafting is…

    2.6 h played when written. 26 found it helpful.

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