Planned Release Date: Dec 7, 2026

About This Game

There's a message buried beneath the Earth, and it was written for you. Start with a laser, build a digging crew, and uncover it cube by cube.

START WITH A LASER

Upgrade your laser from a single block to a 5×5 beam. Reinvest your earnings in stronger tools and a larger crew.

HIRE A CREW

Hire six worker types with different digging patterns, from spreading pits to trenches that bring down pockets of land. When a region is nearly done, they clear the rest in their own way. They are very committed.

Time-lapse.

BRING DOWN WHOLE VALLEYS

Unlock collapses, close a trench around a pocket of land, and watch it fall layer by layer. Then reach for dynamite.

GROW YOUR ROOTS

Spend your earnings on a root-shaped tree of 111 upgrades: a stronger laser, faster specialists, and room for a larger crew.

Time-lapse of a whole playthrough's purchases.

READ WHAT LIES BENEATH

Every region uncovers part of the message. Uncover more symbols as an eclipse darkens the sky.

• 10 regions of Earth, opened in rings around your starting point
  
• 6 worker types with distinct digging patterns
  
• Up to 3 camps per region
  
• Laser and dynamite for when you want to dig yourself
  
• 111 upgrades in a root-shaped skill tree, plus six more in New Game+
  
• Two endings and New Game+
  
• 15 languages
  
• 22 Steam achievements

No deadlines, no game over, no microtransactions. Play at your own pace. Your crew keeps digging while the game is running; progress pauses when you close it.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some art (UI icons, logo) content was created with the help of AI tools and then selected and edited by the developer.