The biggest demo update yet brings new systems, content, and visuals to Gem Miner TD just in time for Steam Next Fest and Finnish Games Week!
🚨 Release date locked in: December 12, 2025 January 20, 2026!
Mark your calendars (or save yourself the trouble and wishlist now!)
🌟 New Content
NEW Miner: Pathmaker Places blocks that stop flying enemies but let projectiles pass, opening new maze-building tactics.
NEW Meta-currency: Blue Dust Earned from bosses, waves, difficulty, and victories, used to unlock Miners and skins!
NEW Augments:
Venomcap – boosts poison damage.
Extra Bite – +1 action per wave.
Waterforge – turns water tiles unpassable for the flying mobs.
Power Circle – increases AoE size.
Egg-celerate – when a Gem gains a permanent buff, it has a 10% chance to gain an additional buff.
Procedural Map Generation:
Lava Cave and Frozen Trail now feature slightly random layouts for more replayability.
New Synergy Visualization: Easily see which augments synergize with each other!
New Map Backgrounds: No more black void! All maps now feature proper themed environments.
⚙️ Gameplay & UI Improvements
Aura towers and Hematite scale AoE visuals with AoE size.
Tutorial improvements.
Added logic to prevent drawing augments with no compatible gems.
Downgrader buff: downgraded gems gain +25% fire rate.
Spelunker’s starting augment is now Transposer (reposition starter gem).
Second starting augments unlock earlier (level 2 → was 3).
New gem chance level-up visualization.
Improved Victory/Defeat screens, tooltips, popups, and loading screen.
Enhanced merge animation with smoke effects and animated Start Wave button.
Scroll through the 6 upcoming Miners — exclusive to the full version! 👀
💎 Start mining, earn Blue Dust, and unlock the Pathmaker. Your next favorite Miner!
Thank you for all the support and wishlists!
-iFeral