Motherloader

Mining on contract

Motherloader is a co-op mining game for PC and a spiritual successor to Motherload. You take a cheap, single-seat drill pod down through the Earth, the Gate and the circles of Hell, digging toward the devil. Each contract generates a fresh world of hexagonal basalt columns, and every meter of descent has to be earned.

You dig for ore, keep an eye on fuel, hull, heat and cargo, and decide when to turn back. Ore goes into a shared crew bank, which pays for upgrades such as drills, hulls, thrusters, fuel tanks, cargo bays, climate modules and scanners. Build Lift stations as you go, then use the Lift to return to the depth where you left off.