Moose Miners Steam Charts & Stats

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Moose Miners is an idle management and automation game developed by Lingon Studios that delivers an oddball blend of resource collection, whimsical humor, and layered progression, all driven by industrious moose. At first glance, it may look like a novelty, but beneath the charming, pixelated exterior lies a surprisingly engaging loop that hits many of the satisfying beats fans of incremental games expect. While not without its flaws, the game carves out its own unique identity through creativity and a strong early-game sense of momentum. The central gameplay revolves around building and optimizing a subterranean moose-run mining operation. Players start small, unlocking one or two gem types, and steadily expand to manage up to 19 unique resources, each mined by increasingly specialized moose. As the mine deepens, more layers are revealed, and more systems come online—grinders to process gem dust, conveyor belts to transport materials, and portals to sell your hard-earned goods. Wood eventually enters the loop as another resource, with wizard moose crafting wands to further support mining efforts. While the mechanics are introduced at a manageable pace, they soon intertwine into a sprawling network of logistics, efficiency tweaks, and visual chaos that feels as rewarding as it is ridiculous. Early progression is where Moose Miners shines brightest. New systems and upgrades unlock regularly, keeping engagement high and providing that classic idle-game satisfaction of scaling numbers. Watching the mine come to life—filled with scurrying moose, automated carts, and colorful gem shards—is oddly captivating. There’s something inherently joyful about the game’s tone; it doesn’t take itself seriously, but it’s mechanically sound enough that you want to keep optimizing and expanding. The first ten hours are especially strong, offering a constant drip of new content and tangible progression that makes it hard to stop playing. However, the deeper you get, the more the game's limitations begin to emerge. Once you’ve unlocked most gem types and built an efficient network of grinders, buffers, and rails, the pace slows noticeably. The lack of a prestige system or meaningful late-game upgrades means that further progression becomes a waiting game, with less player input required. While you can still fine-tune unit placement or experiment with logistics, the strategic decisions become thinner, and upgrades often feel incremental rather than game-changing. For a genre that thrives on rewarding exponential scaling and reinvention, Moose Miners can start to feel stagnant once the novelty wears off. Managing the moose and their supporting infrastructure can be both fun and frustrating. Assigning tasks, grouping units, or setting up conveyor systems can be finicky, and the UI, while functional, doesn’t always scale well with the size of the operation. Players often note how the click-and-drag controls can conflict with object selection or how navigating large swaths of the mine becomes unwieldy as the game progresses. There's also a lack of automation tools compared to genre leaders, which means more micromanagement is required than one might expect from a game in this category. These frustrations don’t break the experience but do add friction, especially when trying to maintain efficiency across hundreds—or even thousands—of units. The visual style of Moose Miners plays a huge part in its appeal. Its pixelated, colorful aesthetic is easy on the eyes and full of character. Moose bounce energetically across the screen, gems sparkle in freshly dug caverns, and saws whir through wooden logs. It’s all rendered with a cozy simplicity that suits the game’s tone perfectly. Performance-wise, however, the game can begin to chug once your base balloons in size. Players with less powerful hardware may run into frame drops or stuttering when large numbers of units cluster or when entire regions of the mine are active at once. A few additional visual optimization options would go a long way in improving stability for those pushing the limits. While the sound design is minimal, it supports the game’s relaxed pacing. Gentle ambient loops and the occasional satisfying clink or whir from machinery give the game a comfortable background rhythm. It’s the kind of game that works well with your own music or podcasts in the background, fitting naturally into the idle/incremental niche that allows for passive play. There’s no voice acting or story-driven narrative, but this isn’t a world that needs one—the joy comes from the systems, the motion, and the absurdity of a moose-run mining empire humming with activity. Community feedback has played a meaningful role in shaping Moose Miners’ development since release. Updates have added new depth tiers, extra upgrade options, and quality-of-life features such as better conveyors and improved wizard crafting. While these additions help extend the lifespan, there’s still a strong call from players for expanded late-game systems, more automation, or some sort of soft-reset mechanic that rewards long-term commitment. The developer’s responsiveness offers hope that more content will be added over time, but as it stands, the current version of the game may leave veteran incremental players wanting more. In the end, Moose Miners is a charming, offbeat idle game that succeeds in creating a memorable and mechanically satisfying experience—at least in the short term. It’s an excellent pick for players who enjoy resource optimization, base-building, and quirky visuals, especially in bite-sized play sessions. However, the lack of a long-term progression model and the absence of advanced automation features make it a more limited offering when compared to giants of the genre. Still, for its asking price and unique flavor, it’s a delightful gem of a game that carves out its own cozy corner of the incremental world. Rating: 7/10

i really enjoy this game and looking for others besides to the core...really want a similar game like this..good game though

If you're looking at this game through the lens of a incremental game player it will simply scratch the itch for moments but you gain nil. If you see it from a fun concept perspective, yeah its alright. obtain through Sale or through other various totally "legal" methods.

number go up, me happy :) number go bigger me happyer :) in general after playing 200hours of the game i am happy :)

I was going to leave this game behind after I got all achievements, but dev decided to add a ton more so now I'm going to talk about this. Also the achievements are literally just bigger numbers than the previous ones. AI pathing is absolutely atrocious. Moose will randomly just pick up and trek to the opposite side of the map. You clearly are making no money while they wanderlust. Most of the upgrades are not linear as you would think. You spend upgrades to fix choke points where the resources pile up. Pricing for upgrades are very poorly balanced since you have to buy based on choke points, not on incremental advantage. It feels like the dev didn't even play their own game. The achievement dump recently just seems like they want to to be a forever game while they move on to other projects, and they did say they're moving on, so this game will stay this way. Problem is that the game is not nearly charming enough. Most my play time is overnight sleeping, since there's no offline mode. Free idles blow this game out of the water. Save your money.