Sandbox survival game with mining, crafting and block building.
LostMiner: Side-View Mining and Crafting Game
By Mei-Lin Chua
Contributing editor, apps and storefronts
- Side-view camera mixing 2D and 3D elements
- Randomly generated underground to dig through, with hidden secrets
- Creative and survival modes that run offline
- Local multiplayer with people on the same device or network
- Farming, an animal farm, fishing and riding an ostrich
- Breakable blocks for mining, chopping trees and building a house
What LostMiner is and who it suits
LostMiner is a side-view game built around mining, crafting and exploration. The world is made of pixel graphics, and most of it can be broken, so tunnels and holes change the map as you dig.
The developer describes it as designed for phones, with simple controls and a crafting system meant to be easy to pick up. It suits players who want a block-building game that fits short sessions. The developer says new features arrive with each update.
Mining, digging and surviving underground
Each world is generated at random, with several biomes to move between. Below ground, the listing describes a random underground with secrets to find, and the deeper you go, the harder the game gets.
Mining supplies the resources you need for crafting and building. Survival mode puts those resources under pressure, and the listing says you can battle monsters along the way.
Farming, animals and fishing above ground
Above ground you can chop trees, plant a farm and keep an animal farm. The listing mentions milking cows and riding an ostrich as part of that.
Fishing is another activity on the surface. Together these give the game a daily-life side that sits alongside digging.
Placing, breaking and crafting blocks
You place and break blocks to shape the world and build structures, including a house. Gathered materials feed a crafting system that produces new items.
The side-view camera keeps the whole build in one flat plane, which is how the 2D and 3D parts are combined on screen.
Creative, survival and local multiplayer play
The game offers creative and survival modes. Both can be played offline, so no connection is needed for single-player.
Local multiplayer lets several people play together in the same world. The listing does not describe online play beyond this.
What's new
- Snails drop snail shells and other items; shells can be used to craft snail bombs;
- Added the Cave Whisper (a mini-boss that appears in the deepest caves);
- Defeating the Cave Whisper drops a special shell that allows players to hide from enemies;
- Added mimics (spawnable treasure chests that have a chance to turn into enemies when opened);
- Added sticky arrows;
- Added cloud save support via Google Play Games;
- Other improvements.
About this APK
The build we hold is LostMiner: Build & Craft Game 1.6.4 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.0 and up.
- Version
- 1.6.4
- 142
- Requires Android
- 7.0+
- Package ID
- com.fsilva.marcelo.lostminer
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 15 declared
- Signed by
- CN=Marcelo Silva, O=Indie
- Certificate SHA-256
- ef6c0a494ed39f2dc768302c792968c49237aeec85216790063e92fd1a62044d
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