The First Mine (2025)

- Developer
- Stefan Böttcher
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Strategy
- Rating
- 5.0 of 5, 24 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 1.4 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A calm, turn-based puzzle of resource management where you carefully place and upgrade tiles to run a gold mine without distractions.
casualstrategicpuzzlingrelaxedturn-basedmanagementmethodicalmodest
What players say
Players call it a straightforward Dorfromantik clone with hex tile matching and resource management. They praise its addictive short rounds but note performance problems on older hardware, and some miss an undo button.
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