The Detonator: Blast & Mine

Blast your way underground

The Detonator: Blast & Mine is an adventure mining game built around one clear idea: place explosives, break through the underground, and collect what you uncover. It suits players who prefer short, active sessions with a simple loop rather than a long story or complicated controls.

Mine, collect, and improve

Each blast opens up more of the earth and gives you a chance to find minerals, metals, and gems. The resources you collect can be turned into earnings, which helps you push deeper and improve the tools available to you. Progress comes from choosing when to spend and when to keep digging.

• Use bombs to clear underground areas.
• Search for valuable minerals and other resources.
• Work toward deeper mining runs and better results.
• Experiment with different bomb types for larger or more useful blasts.

A straightforward mining game

The appeal is in the repeated payoff: set up an explosion, see what it reveals, collect the result, and use your gains on the next run. There is enough variety in the resources and explosives to give each session a reason to continue, while the basic objective stays easy to understand.

What players think

With a 4.36 rating from 11,884 reviews and more than 500,000 installs, The Detonator has found a substantial audience for its explosive take on mining. It is published by LootCopter Game Studio and belongs to the Adventure category.