Gold Miner

Gold Miner is a beloved, classic casual game that takes players back to the early 2000s. In this timeless mining adventure, you’ll dive into a quest to gather gold, stones, and other precious minerals in order to meet your daily financial targets and accumulate impressive wealth. Each successful mining trip earns you money, which can be spent on various upgrades, including powerful explosives to help you mine more effectively. Thanks to its HTML5 version, you can now enjoy the game on your desktop or directly in your browser, anytime and anywhere!

How to Play Gold Miner

Each level of Gold Miner follows a similar structure, though the difficulty escalates with each stage. You play as a miner positioned at the top of the screen, controlling a crane with a hook to grab valuable items. Your goal is to collect high-value objects like gold chunks, diamonds, animals carrying jewels, money bags, and more. However, the screen also contains less valuable items, such as non-precious metals, which you must avoid or strategically capture. These are mainly obstacles and time wasters that don't add much to your earnings.

Not All That Shines Is Gold

While gold is the star of the show, not all gold chunks are equally valuable. Some larger pieces can be worth $500 or more, while others of similar size might be worth much less. As a result, your strategy should be to collect as much as you can to meet your target. When in doubt, focus on grabbing diamonds—they’re always a safe bet.

Every Level Has a Financial Target

At the start of each level, you’ll be given a monetary target. In the first round, you need to collect $650 worth of gold and gems, which is relatively easy to achieve. However, as you progress through the levels, the required monetary goal increases, demanding more skill and careful planning to succeed.

The Shop Between Levels

After completing a level, you’ll encounter a shop where a vendor offers various items to help you in the next stage. Prices vary, and sometimes high-priced items indicate their importance for upcoming challenges, while other times the shopkeeper may be trying to overcharge you.

Your earnings are cumulative, so you can carry over your money from previous levels to the next one. If you’ve made a good amount of money and are close to meeting the next level’s target, consider splurging on some expensive items to boost your progress and increase your potential rewards.

Some shop items include:

• Rock Collector’s Book: This boosts the value of rocks by three times for one round.
• Lucky Clover: Increases the chances of finding valuable items in the grab bags for the next round (one-time use).
• Strength Drink: Enhances the miner’s strength, making it easier to pull up heavier objects.
• Dynamite: Use dynamite to destroy items after hooking them (press the up key).
• Diamond Polish: Increases the value of diamonds in the next round.

Be warned: this game can be quite addictive!

More Games Like This

If you enjoy casual games, check out our other recommendations! Try Little Alchemy, where you combine elements to create new ones and unlock the mysteries of the universe. For a relaxing experience, play Tiny Fishing, where you catch as many fish as you can. If you're up for a real challenge, try Getting Over It, which tests your physics and skill as you scale a mountain using only a hammer.

Platform

Web browser

Controls

• Down arrow key = Drop the claw
• Up arrow key = Toss dynamite (when holding an item)
• Left mouse button = Interact with the in-game interface
• Note: Some UI buttons may not work as intended, so click "Play Again" at the end of the game if necessary.

FAQ

How do you play Gold Miner?

Your main goal in Gold Miner is to gather gold, stones, and minerals to meet your financial target for each level.

When was Gold Miner released?

Gold Miner was released in December 2007.