RETROMINE

Ultimate Deckbuilding Roguelike Mining Adventure

Dig to the center of the earth! Mine resources, build powerful card combos, and escape before the caves collapse in this ultra-satisfying tough-as-nails roguelike.

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📱 Mobile Tips

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• Use two fingers to zoom if needed
• Rotate to landscape for better view
• Game works best on tablets and larger phones

🎮 How to Play

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Goal: Reach the center of the earth by scoring enough points
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Cards: Play cards to mine resources and score points
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Resources: Use ore to buy new cards between expeditions
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Strategy: Balance scoring and resource gathering
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Warning: Escape before the caves collapse!
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Challenge: Super difficult - share your victory screenshots!

About Retromine

A Fresh Take on Deckbuilding

Retromine is an ultra-satisfying, highly replayable, tough-as-nails deckbuilding roguelike. Delve into the caves, mine resources, and escape before the caverns collapse! Spend ore to buy new cards, upgrade your deck, and discover powerful synergies on your way to the bottom of the world.

Gameplay Features

  • Roguelike Deckbuilding: Delve into mines, play cards to mine resources, escape with your life - then use resources to buy new cards and power up!
  • Perfect Balance: Survive by mining scorium to escape danger, get stronger by mining ore to buy new cards
  • Powerful Synergies: Unearth super-powered synergies and exploit game-breaking combos
  • Test Your Mettle: Challenge yourself and put your decision-making abilities to the test
  • Flow State: Unwind with an experience designed for meditative deep focus
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Game Features

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100+ Unique Cards

Collect over 100 unique resource, tool, and action cards to use on your expeditions

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10+ Utility Cards

Harness the power of over 10 unique utility cards to change the way you play

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Retro-Pixel Art

Immerse yourself in a curious subterranean fantasy beneath a classic retro-pixel aesthetic

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Synthwave Soundtrack

Relax with over 40 minutes of dreamy, hypnotic synthwave music by Airglow

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Infinite Replayability

Enjoy infinite procedurally generated content designed for endless replayability

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Ultimate Challenge

Super challenging gameplay - if you manage to win, share your victory screenshot!

Game Controls

General Controls

Esc Pause Menu
LShift Show Hotkeys

Expedition Mode

Left Click Play cards & interact
Right Click Reorder cards & cancel tool
E End turn
D View deck
A View draw pile
S View discard pile

Shop Mode

D View deck
G Start next expedition
R Reroll shop

Troubleshooting

WEBGL CONTEXT ERROR or OUT OF MEMORY ERROR: These are rare errors conflicting with specific browser settings. For most players, it fixes after loading the game, refreshing the page, and loading it a second time. If that doesn't work, try downloading the game!

Player Reviews

See what players are saying about Retromine

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"Really great game. A few crashes here and there when there's a lot of cards being drawn and refreshed. It's like a better version of a solitaire game."

- Insidias
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"This is a very cool idea for a roguelike, thoroughly enjoyed it every time I've played it"

- Manisk
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"Brilliant game and the soundtrack is just a masterpiece, looking forward for full release)"

- wokanoka
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"It's like a lovely mix of Slay the Spire and Balatro! A cool feature might be something like relics/jokers from those games."

- ChaosKazz
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"Great game! I managed to win with a goldmine strategy, supported by a lot of card-draw and energy generation."

- ProjectGrantwood
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"I am obsessed with this game. I think I've been playing it for a week straight, which is pretty good for me."

- willoftheworms

Join the Community

Connect with Fellow Miners

Join thousands of players in the official Retromine community! Share strategies, celebrate victories, and get help from experienced players.

50,000+ Players
133+ Reviews
Active Discord
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Steam Page Wishlist for 2026 release
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🚀 Coming to Steam 2026

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From the Developer

"Thank you so much for your overwhelming support! I've read every comment, review, community discord post, email, everything. Due to the overwhelming support, I am weighing my options and figuring out how I can continue development on the game."

- CCDG (mini mage)