Miner Depths vs DeepDriller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miner Depths
Control a drill to dig through layers of earth, collecting valuable ores. Sell your findings to upgrade your equipment and venture deeper into increasingly challenging underground environments. Manage resources like fuel and hull integrity to survive unexpected hazards.
- Dig through layers of earth with unique ores
- Collect and sell ores for profit
- Upgrade drill, hull, and fuel tank
- Manage fuel and hull integrity
- Encounter obstacles and surprises underground
- Use special items to overcome challenges
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Miner Depths is a mining game where you control a drill, dig through layers of earth, collect ores, sell them, and use the money to upgrade your gear — then go deeper. That's the loop. Simple on paper, lots of rabbit holes. The deeper you go, the harder it gets and the better the rewards. Cave-ins, gas pockets, unstable ground — the underground doesn't make it easy. Good. Features: Dig through layers of earth with unique ores, obstacles and surprises. Sell your ores and upgrade your drill, hull, fuel tank and more. Use special items to get out of tight spots. Manage fuel and hull damage — you can't just dig blindly and hope for the best. What will you find down there? Happy digging!
DeepDriller
Pilot a deep-core extraction rover into a procedurally generated planet's crust. Dig for ore, survive environmental hazards and hostile creatures, and upgrade your vehicle to push deeper. Compete on global leaderboards and uncover ancient secrets.
- Procedurally generated mines
- Rover upgrades
- Combat against alien constructs
- Environmental hazards
- Resource management
- Global leaderboards
- Story elements
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Pilot a deep-core extraction rover into the crust of Kerath-9 and dig for everything it's worth. Every dive is a fresh, procedurally generated descent. Strike rich ore, dodge collapsing tunnels, fight what lives in the dark, and claw back to the surface to sell, upgrade, and push deeper — because down here, death is permanent and the pressure never stops. DeepDriller is a gold-class roguelite miner built for one more dive. THE DIVE LOOP Surface, dive, surface-or-die, upgrade, go deeper. Six depth zones, fifteen ores, and a continuous shaft that regenerates every run. The deeper you go, the richer — and the deadlier — it gets. UPGRADE YOUR ROVER Eight upgrade slots: drill, hull, engine, fuel, cargo, sensor, thermal, and auto-turret weapon. Tier up from a stock rover into a void-piercing machine. Your loadout shows on the rover — watch it change as you spend. FIGHT AND SURVIVE Past a certain depth you're not alone. Auto-turrets deploy from the hull and open fire when hostile drones and ancient Veth constructs close in. Then there's the planet itself: gas pockets, lava veins, aquifers, void resonance, gravity anomalies, and ceiling collapses, all hunting your hull. GO DEEPER FOR RARER ORE The richest seams are the most dangerous. Bank cumulative depth to unlock new zones, chase contracts, and decide every dive: cash out safe, or risk it all for one more vein. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARDS Two global Game Center boards: an Open board for total power, and Raw Talent — depth normalized to a stock rig, so skill beats spending. Take on the shared Daily Dive and chase the top of the charts. UNCOVER THE VETH Something pre-human is buried in the dark. Recover artifacts and data cores, intercept faction transmissions, and piece together what AXIOM doesn't want found. RESUPPLY BEACONS Out of fuel and deep in the red? Deploy a Beacon to secure your haul or get back in the fight. Earn them by playing; buy more only if you want to. No ads. No tracking. Game Center leaderboards and achievements. iCloud save across your devices. How deep can you get?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DeepDriller at 5.0 against Miner Depths's 4.4. DeepDriller also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Miner Depths's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Miner Depths sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and DeepDriller sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
DeepDriller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Miner Depths has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Miner Depths ships an update every 2 months, DeepDriller every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Miner Depths | DeepDriller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kyle Werner | ADAM HAROUTUNE MATOSSIAN |
Customer experience
Miner Depths
DeepDriller
In-app purchases
Miner Depths
- 25 Emeralds$1.99
- 150 Emeralds$9.99
- 1'000 Emeralds$49.99
DeepDriller
- 1 Resupply Beacon$0.99
- 6 Resupply Beacons$4.99
- 15 Resupply Beacons$9.99









