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CastleMiner Z cover art

CastleMiner Z

DigitalDNA Games · 2014-02-03

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

30
playing now
81%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 30 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 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 279k–669k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,155 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 2 of 4 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

3742026-08-06 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 37 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionDragonsSandboxShooterZombiesCraftingSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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