Mountain Idle: Monster Miners
By @JP
Hire monster miners to harvest ore and fund a rocket defense system before a falling asteroid destroys your base.
How to play
- Tap the mountain repeatedly to mine your first pieces of ore.
- Spend your starting cash to hire a monster worker from the upgrades panel.
- Buy plant upgrades to increase hopper capacity and processing speed.
- Invest in the defense tree to fire faster and launch multiple rockets.
- Keep upgrading your crew and weapons until the asteroid is destroyed.
Controls
- Touch
- Tap the mountain to mine ore and tap menu buttons to buy upgrades.
- Keyboard
- Not supported.
- Mouse
- Click the mountain to mine ore and click menu buttons to buy upgrades.
More about this game
Your goal is to destroy a falling asteroid before the 180-second timer runs out. You start by manually tapping the mountain to mine ore and earn cash. Use this money to hire monster workers who automate the mining and processing loop. As you upgrade your crew's speed, hopper capacity, and rocket defenses, your damage output increases. A run ends when your automated rockets deplete the asteroid's health, or when the timer expires and the asteroid crashes.
Tips
- Always keep your hopper capacity higher than your active miners to prevent workers from waiting in a queue at the processing plant.
- Upgrade your rocket fire rate and multi-rocket count early, as the defense system fires automatically on a base cooldown.
- Manual tapping deals 1 damage by default, but buying the Iron Grip and Power Pick upgrades increases your tap yield and damage.
Questions
How do I get more monster workers?
Open the Workers tab in the upgrades panel and purchase the First Monster, Tunnel Squad, or Foremonster nodes to add up to 10 workers to your crew.
Why are my monsters standing still?
If your processing plant's hopper is full, workers will wait in a queue. Buy the Bigger Hopper upgrade to increase your storage capacity to at least 6.
How do I defeat the asteroid?
The rocket launcher fires automatically. You must earn cash to buy upgrades in the Meteor Defense tree, which increases rocket damage and fire rate to deplete its 3800 health.