Sand Miner: Idle Mining Game

Name: Sand Miner: Idle Mining Game
Author: Take Top Entertainment

3.6.3

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Become a miner tycoon by mining with your excavator in our sand-digging game!

Sand Miner: Idle Mining Game for Android

By Priya Raghavan

Senior reviews editor

Excavator that vacuums sand and converts it to cash
Dinosaur fossils and UFO spaceships buried in the sand
Abandoned dig sites across a desert with varied sand colors
Excavator upgrades for speed, capacity and power
Finished collections unlock boosts, truck skins and cash

What Sand Miner is and who it suits

Sand Miner is a mobile idle game about running a digging truck through a desert of abandoned dig sites. You drive an excavator with a vacuum that pulls sand up from the ground, then sell that sand for money. The listing presents it as a mining tycoon game for people who enjoy watching a machine grow stronger over time.

The game suits players who like upgrading equipment and collecting things. Progress comes from digging, selling and buying better machinery, with the artifacts serving as the collecting part.

Digging the desert for fossils and relics

Each dig site hides artifacts under the sand. The listing names dinosaur fossils and UFO spaceships among them, and says the artifacts can be sold on a miner market for a high price. You dig through the sand with the excavator to reach them.

The desert is made of terrains with sand in several colors, so the ground you dig through changes from site to site. The listing describes the sites as a vast desert to roam, moving from one dig to the next.

Selling sand and upgrading the excavator

The vacuum pulls sand in and exchanges it for money, which is the main source of cash in the game. That cash pays for upgrades to the excavator's speed, capacity and power. The listing says the turbocharged vacuum raises your digging speed.

Upgrading the machine is the way the listing describes building a factory out of the excavator. Faster digging and larger loads are the two effects it names.

Collections, boosts and truck skins

Finding enough relics to complete a collection unlocks a special boost. The listing names a new truck skin and cash for upgrades as rewards you can dig for.

Each finished collection moves you closer to the top rank the listing calls ultimate miner tycoon. The collections give the digging a goal beyond selling sand.

Idle play and building a gold mining empire

The game is built as an idle tycoon: you build up a gold mining operation that the listing describes as a factory in the desert. Income and upgrades come from the sand and artifacts, and the empire grows as you spend them.

The listing gives the game a cartoon style with crisp graphics and colorful scenery. It is aimed at players who want to dig, collect and expand a mining business at a steady pace.

About this APK

The build we hold is Sand Miner: Idle Mining Game 3.6.1 (APKS split bundle) for Android 7.0 and up.

Version: 3.6.1; 3610
Requires Android: 7.0+
Target Android: 16

Package ID: com.hcph.sandexplore
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 17 declared
Signed by: CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: 629ae04bd51de01ae195729f82f6d8156f5855f351c20f68707fd3080ce802c9