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CastleMiner Z cover art

CastleMiner Z

DigitalDNA Games · 2014-02-03

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2011 (Xbox 360)

CastleMiner Z is an infinite world filled with deep places to explore, and horrifying monsters to slay. Build structures out of blocks, craft weapons and tools from raw materials, and explore the vast and frightening world around you.

CastleMiner Z is a 2014 Action, Adventure, and Indie title priced at $5.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 11158 reviews).

9
playing now
81%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

CastleMiner Z trailer thumbnail

CastleMiner Z - 2014 PC Steam Trailer

≈63,440 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 213 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 279k–669k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-08-24) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3342026-09-15 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 25 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12215Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 67 · peak 203Jun 2014 — avg 49 · peak 106Oct 2014 — avg 70 · peak 178Feb 2015 — avg 58 · peak 143Jun 2015 — avg 89 · peak 173Oct 2015 — avg 52 · peak 141Feb 2016 — avg 56 · peak 164Jun 2016 — avg 45 · peak 101Oct 2016 — avg 32 · peak 105Feb 2017 — avg 55 · peak 160Jun 2017 — avg 52 · peak 135Oct 2017 — avg 33 · peak 101Feb 2018 — avg 42 · peak 117Jun 2018 — avg 57 · peak 230Oct 2018 — avg 23 · peak 64Feb 2019 — avg 32 · peak 77Jun 2019 — avg 32 · peak 74Oct 2019 — avg 24 · peak 70Feb 2020 — avg 28 · peak 77Jun 2020 — avg 32 · peak 88Oct 2020 — avg 34 · peak 85Feb 2021 — avg 41 · peak 100Jun 2021 — avg 31 · peak 75Oct 2021 — avg 27 · peak 68Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 74Jun 2022 — avg 24 · peak 65Oct 2022 — avg 27 · peak 93Feb 2023 — avg 31 · peak 94Jun 2023 — avg 27 · peak 70Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 48Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 52Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 55Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 50Feb 2025 — avg 24 · peak 72Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 98Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 69Feb 2026 — avg 18 · peak 48Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.992015-01-012026-01-052015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-01-15 — best price $4.992015-03-30 — best price $4.992015-05-14 — best price $1.492015-06-11 — best price $1.792015-08-24 — best price $0.992015-10-06 — best price $3.992015-11-02 — best price $3.992016-02-12 — best price $3.992016-05-16 — best price $3.992016-07-04 — best price $3.992016-11-01 — best price $3.992017-01-02 — best price $3.992017-02-20 — best price $3.992017-04-24 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $3.992017-08-21 — best price $3.992017-11-01 — best price $3.992017-11-29 — best price $3.992018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-02-19 — best price $3.992018-07-05 — best price $3.992018-11-27 — best price $3.992019-01-04 — best price $3.992019-02-11 — best price $3.992019-07-10 — best price $3.992023-07-31 — best price $5.992025-04-20 — best price $5.992025-06-02 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-08-28 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
32.2%
earned "Self Defense"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4494%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionDragonsSandboxShooterZombiesCraftingSurvival

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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