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Merge Miner

Idle / merge hybrid · Android

Dig deep. Merge ore. Build an empire.

Merge Miner is an endless idle/merge hybrid. You tap a mine wall to dig ore, drag matching ores together to merge them into rarer materials, and sell the haul to fund a permanent Base Camp. Every five levels the biome changes and a new material line begins, so progression never runs out — 35 hand-made ore types cycle on tinted laps forever.

Ore tiers
35Ore tiers
Biomes
35Biomes
Seasons
WeeklySeasons
Merge Miner key art — a miner swinging a golden pickaxe through a burst of gems
Try it

The loop, in your browser

Dig to drop ore onto the board, then drag two matching pieces together. Same artwork as the game — see how far up the ladder you get.

Drag one ore onto a matching one to merge — or tap one, then tap the other.

Best ore

Stone

Tier 1 of 35

Merges
0
Slots used
0/16

A toy version of the real loop. The game adds an economy, Base Camp upgrades, powerups, biomes and 35 tiers to climb.

Design

Why it keeps going

Five decisions that stop an idle game running out of road.

01

Merge to progress

Levels advance on MERGE SCORE, not depth — an idle auto-miner alone can never clear a level for you.

02

An endless ladder

35 ore tiers across 35 biomes, then the arts repeat on tinted laps with Roman-numeral names (Stone II, Stone III …).

03

A real empire layer

Base Camp buildings survive every level: income, sell price, dig power, auto-miner, board slots, luck and offline earnings.

04

Play offline

Daily missions, streaks and the special "hot ore" are all date-seeded, so they work with no network at all.

05

Weekly seasons

A global and country leaderboard ranked on merge score earned THIS week, so newcomers race veterans fairly.

Ore Museum

35 ores, hand-made

Every first discovery is logged and pays a one-time bonus. Hover or tap any tier to inspect it.

Stone ore artwork

Tier 1 / 35

Stone

Unlocks around level 1

Past tier 35 the artworks repeat on tinted laps with Roman-numeral names — Stone II, Stone III — so the ladder never actually ends.

Base Camp

Upgrades that outlive the level

Levels reset the mine. The camp is permanent — it's the reason a hundredth level plays differently to the first.

Income Boost

More coins from everything you sell

Sell Price

Better rates at the trading post

Dig Power

Heavier swings, deeper digs

Auto Miner

Keeps mining while you rest

Board Slots

More room to merge

Lucky Drops

Better ore from every swing

Idle Earnings

Keep earning for longer while away

Powerups

  • 2x Speed
  • Frenzy
  • Lucky Miner
  • Golden Touch
  • Ore Packs
Every day

Reasons to come back

Date-seeded, so the dailies, streaks and hot ore all work with no connection at all.

Daily wheel

One free spin every day

7-day streak

Keep the flame alive for bigger rewards

Lucky chest

A free chest every four hours

Missions

Daily and weekly objectives

Achievements

Lifetime milestones to chase

Season chests

Finish high on the weekly board

Screens

From the shipped build

Seasons reset weekly

Global and country leaderboards rank on merge score earned this week, not lifetime totals — so someone who installed on Monday races a veteran on even terms. Finish high and the season chest pays out.

Works with no signal

Missions, streaks and the daily hot ore are date-seeded rather than server-driven, so they behave identically on a plane. Your crew keeps mining while the app is closed, too.

No account needed

The full game runs without signing in. Sign-in and the leaderboard are both entirely optional.

Ads are never forced

Rewarded video is offered in exchange for a bonus. Nothing in the game is locked behind watching one.

No timers, no lives

Nothing blocks your next move. Dig and merge for as long as you feel like it.

Encrypted saves

Your local save is encrypted with Hive. Traffic to the leaderboard is HTTPS with signed requests.

Under the hood

How it's built

  • Flutter
  • Flame game engine
  • Riverpod
  • Hive (encrypted local save)
  • Node.js leaderboard backend
  • Google AdMob
  • Google Sign-In cloud save

Written solo in Flutter on the Flame engine, with Riverpod for state and Hive for the encrypted local save. The leaderboard is a small Node.js service; cloud saves reconcile conflicts on sign-in.

Feature list

  • Drag-to-merge board with snap tolerance
  • Auto-miner + timed powerups
  • Daily wheel, streak and 4-hour lucky chest
  • Ore Museum collection with one-time discovery rewards
  • Daily / weekly missions and lifetime achievements
  • Seasonal global + local leaderboards with chest rewards
  • Google cloud save with conflict resolution
  • Encrypted local save

Get Merge Miner

Free to play, no account required, no timers, and nothing locked behind an ad.

Made by a solo developer in Nepal · adhikariayush777@gmail.com