Mining Empire vs Dam Builder 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mining Empire
Become a mining tycoon by digging for gold and precious stones. Hire workers and managers to automate your operations, upgrade mines, and expand your empire across new islands. Manage your workflow efficiently to maximize profits and become the richest boss.
- Build and upgrade mines
- Hire and manage workers and managers
- Expand empire to new islands
- Develop employee skills
- Automate resource collection
- Increase income and profits
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Do you want to become a real tycoon in the business world? Try yourself as a financial investor? In this case, the lazy tycoon simulator in Mining Empire is just for you! Take the chance to delve into your own mines, filled to the brim with gold coins and precious stones. Develop a strategy for developing more and more mines, extract more valuables and have fun! Have you ever wanted to become a big boss? Then you are in the right place, hire both ordinary workers and managers to have fun while others work! Each mine, with experienced and well-trained workers, will bring a lot of money into your pocket. Drive smart and get all the possibilities in the world in tycoon simulator! BUILD A MINING EMPIRE Play the money making simulator to prove to yourself that you can become a great rich boss! Improve your mines and upgrade them. Work hard yourself first, then hire managers and develop their skills. Achieve success in mining mines in the simulator game! EXPAND THE TERRITORIES OF YOUR EMPIRE Discover new islands with unique resources and managers. Explore new locations, upgrade them and get all the resources. Do you want to visit the Island of Dawn and admire the emerald deposits? Don't forget to hire a Super Manager to help you collect resources while you relax! MANAGE YOUR WORKFLOW Develop your employees to increase their efficiency and your income. The more hard work you do, the more money and gold you will earn! In your gold factory, you will manage both men and women - see how their appearance changes depending on their level in the simulation game. Hire rare managers to control the work process. Each manager has his own talent to improve workflow and motivation. It's time to build your mining empire! Build, click, manage your thriving and successful business. Start earning as much money as possible to become the richest tycoon!
Dam Builder 3D
Build and expand a dam in this idle simulation game. Earn profits by releasing water and upgrade your dam. Unlock a fishing fleet to catch and sell fish for even more rewards.
- Construct and expand dams
- Release water for profit
- Upgrade dam sections
- Unlock upstream dock
- Operate a fishing boat
- Expand fishing fleet
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Introducing "Dam Builder," a super casual idle game where you embark on the journey of constructing a dam! Begin with a small dam on a serene lake and gradually expand it into a massive structure. Earn profits by releasing water from the dam. Upgrade each section of the dam individually to increase your earnings. As you progress, unlock a bustling dock in the upstream lake after constructing Dam 2. Once the dock is unlocked, you'll automatically acquire a fishing boat. Send the fishing boat out to the lake, catch fish, and transport them to the dock for additional profits. Use diamonds to unlock new fishing boats and expand your fishing fleet. Dive into the tranquil world of "Dam Builder" and witness your empire grow along with the expanding dam!
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Verdict
Mining Empire and Dam Builder 3D both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 64% of Dam Builder 3D's written reviews are positive against 49% of Mining Empire's. Dam Builder 3D also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 2.3K). Mining Empire's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Mining Empire sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and Dam Builder 3D sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dam Builder 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.3K and 10K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Mining Empire's written reviews are positive against 64% of Dam Builder 3D's.
Mining Empire ships an update every 3 weeks, Dam Builder 3D every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mining Empire | Dam Builder 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.3K ratings) | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K | 10K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 267 MB | 209 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FLY FLO GAMES YAZILIM TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | Solid Games |
Customer experience
Mining Empire
Dam Builder 3D
User reviews
Mining Empire
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game concept
- 🚀 Enjoyable gameplay
- 💡 Interesting mine progression
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔥 Excessive ads and monetization
- 🔒 Unreliable in-app purchases
- 🔧 Lack of instructions and guidance
Dam Builder 3D
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 💰 Ability to make money
- 🎨 Great graphics
- 🕹️ Challenging and engaging
Room to improve
- 🤖 Excessive ads
- ⏱️ Long ad durations
- 🔁 Repetitive levels
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Mining Empire
Reported bugs
3 issues- Mines resetting to level 1
- Inability to access certain features
- Progression-blocking glitches
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce ad frequency
- Improve in-app purchase reliability
- Add more tutorials and guides
Dam Builder 3D
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads not working as intended
- Game freezing or crashing
- Issues with in-app purchases
Requested features
4 requests- More maps and levels
- Reduced ad frequency
- Shorter ad durations
- Improved water physics
In-app purchases
Mining Empire
- Legendary offer$0.99
- Small Cash pack$1.99
- Start pack ticket$1.99
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- Daily Cash over the Air$3.99
- Idle Coins X2 forever$4.99
- Cash Harvesting$4.99
- Ordinary Cash pack$4.99
- Coins X2 forever$4.99
- Small pack ticket$4.99
- All Income X2 forever$6.99
- Medium Cash pack$9.99
- No Ads Offer!$9.99
- Training pass$9.99
- Accelerator pass$9.99
- No ads basic$9.99
- Medium pack ticket$9.99
- Daily VIP delivery$10.99
- Large Cash pack$19.99
- Enormous Cash pack$99.99
Dam Builder 3D
- AD ticket (Small)$0.99
- Diamond Pack 1$1.99
- AD ticket (Mid)$1.99
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- AD ticket (Big)$3.99
- No Ads Lite$4.99
- Diamond Pack 2$4.99
- Remove force ad 7 days$4.99
- Diamond Package (Small)$4.99
- Season premium$6.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
- Diamond Pack 3$9.99
- Remove force ad forever$9.99
- Diamond Package (Big)$9.99
- Diamond Pack 4$19.99
- Diamond Pack 5$49.99
- Diamond Pack 6$99.99
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