May 7 - Paris, France Crossbridge Games, a developer behind Salty Dogs and Lost Railway, is thrilled to announce Drill Deep, a coalpunk Lovecraftian roguelite clicker. Coming to Steam in 2026, Drill Deep invites players to pick up a pickaxe and descend toward something that was never meant to be found.
Roguelite nature of Drill Deep will have players descending into the Mine time after time to mine coal, ore, whatever else the earth is hiding there. Remember to work fast: soon the corruption will take hold of you, your canary and all the operation on the surface. At this point, take what you managed to unearth and use it to craft permanent upgrades for the next run. The cycle begins anew and you descend once again. Maybe this time you’ll be able to last at least a minute.
Watch the Official Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh9CBx-HKlo
Drill Deep begins in the familiar flow of incremental progress. You click away at the blocks while also managing the operation by expanding the surface base, optimizing and upgrading. The surface camp grows, smokestacks rise, progress charts tick upward. It's almost cozy out there. Definitely better than the gallows.
Yet there is something else down there. As you descend, the rock gets older and the reality warps. You start finding unusual formations, otherworldly fossils, even inscriptions in unknown languages. The workers don't comment on them. At first, neither do you.
And then you stop sleeping well. The Mine is calling you.
Horror doesn't chase you in Drill Deep. You're walking toward it one block at a time, and you won't notice until you're already lost. The dread scales with progression: reality strains quietly, incrementally, the deeper you go. No jump scares, no monsters chasing you. Just the growing certainty that something was down here long before humanity even existed, and that it knows you're coming.
Wishlist the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4268970
Drill Deep is a coalpunk idle clicker about digging the world's deepest hole. You start with a cozy incremental loop, descend into madness of haunted mine and end somewhere you shouldn't have gone
Key Features:
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Idle-clicker with real depth - a simple loop that gradually unfolds into a layered upgrade and building system with meaningful choices
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Surface base building - construct and expand your industrial camp to unearth what lies below
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Buried lore - every unearthed object and broken block hints at a world that existed long before humanity came to existence. Some of it bites back.
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Incremental dread - horror that scales with progression. The deeper you dig, the more reality strains at the seams
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Horror for non-horror players - no jump scares, no punishment for exploring. The dread just waits for you to reach the bottom
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Roguelite mode - high replayability with procedural generation for those who want to return to the dark
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Article by: Susan N.
