# Idle Miner Tycoon: Gold digger

> Mining Simulator: Dig & Drill

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1116645064](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1116645064)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1116645064`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Kolibri Games GmbH
- **Category:** Strategy
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (863,502 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.63.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-11
- **First published:** 2016-07-01
- **Size:** 292 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/idle-miner-tycoon-gold-digger/id1116645064)
- **Website:** [https://www.idleminertycoon.com/](https://www.idleminertycoon.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.kolibrigames.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.kolibrigames.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Idle Miner Tycoon: Gold Digger** is an idle mining and business simulation game where you build and manage a growing gold-mining empire. Dig deep for coal, gold, and rare resources, automate your operations, and collect idle cash—even while offline.

Use strategic upgrades, powerful perks, and specialized systems to increase production and accelerate progress. Explore new mining biomes, manage deep shafts, compete through an eight-league system, and guide your enterprise from a small operation into a thriving business empire. With clicker-style rewards, crafting and building elements, and incremental progression, the game combines relaxing idle gameplay with hands-on tycoon strategy.

## Rankings

- #477 — Overall
- #13 — Essential Idle Games
- #28 — Essential Simulation Games
- #11 — item
- #31 — steam
- #47 — minecrosoft

## Review summary

Idle Miner Tycoon combines deep, manager-driven progression with a calm, attractive presentation and minimal ads for many players. The main drawbacks are intrusive advertising and popups, some misleading promotions, and sporadic glitches that affect rewards or loading. When ads are kept in check, the game offers a rewarding idle/tycoon experience; otherwise, ad-related issues and bugs significantly detract from the experience.

### Pros

- Very few or no ads; not pushy with monetization; optional purchase to remove ads
- Deep, content-rich progression with managers and many unlocks
- AFK-friendly gameplay; not a button-masher, allows some idle progression
- Accessible for newcomers but with depth for long-time players
- Calm, visually pleasing presentation and engaging overall vibe

### Cons

- Intrusive ads and popups interrupt gameplay; some ads lack an exit button
- Advertising promises mislead players (false reward for Facebook login)
- Rewards and progress can glitch: cannot claim rewards; points can disappear; loading can stall
- Frequent promotional popups before you can start playing
- Occasional performance issues on some devices (loading stutters/crashes)

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Idle Space Miner - Cash Empire](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1494460811) — 4.70 / 5
- [Popo's Mine](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1495015459) — 4.80 / 5
- [Idle Mining Company: Tycoon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1624384869) — 4.60 / 5
- [Mining Empire: Get Idle Gold](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443466892) — 4.60 / 5
- [Gold Rush: Idle Simulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1618005520) — 3.30 / 5
- [Dig Tycoon - Idle Game](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1556056052) — 4.90 / 5
- [Idle Digging: Dino Adventure](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6480122164) — 4.20 / 5
- [Idle Mining Factory Tycoon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6736738699) — 4.90 / 5
- [Idle Oil: Miner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1531385301) — 4.30 / 5
- [Mining Empire Idle Tycoon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6479964188) — 4.60 / 5
- [Mine & Dig - Idle Miner Tycoon](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6745177789) — 3.70 / 5

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1116645064)