Cranky Miner
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Cranky Miner is an upcoming arcade-style action game for Playdate. The main inspiration is the old flash game Gold Miner: you aim and reel in valuables with the crank, then build a more modern loop around that mechanic with randomly generated levels, rogue-lite perks and progression, local high-score tables and 19 built-in achievements (it supports Playdate Achievements). The developer describes the loop as Tetris-like and addictive.
The itch.io build is still in development and sold as a pre-order. The game is already approved for the Playdate Catalog; the Catalog version will add a daily mode and global high scores, with the Catalog release date TBA. It was published on itch.io on 28 Oct 2026 for a $4 minimum (listed original $5 with a 20% Cranky Miner pre-order discount running through 18 Nov 2026). No generative AI was used, per the itch.io page.
Who made it
wiedo (Wouter Beugelsdijk): game design and programming. Graphics by Wouter Beugelsdijk and Borre Rust; character design on the key art by Fondu; music by LudoLoon Studio and Fondu; sound effects by Programancer and freesound.org. Playtesters credited on the itch.io page include Tibi, Borre, Blink, Vayar, potomax, Nick Moen and Goloso Games.
What others are saying
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Sources
Checked 6 Nov 2026. Times on itch.io are shown in UTC.
- Official itch.io page (description, features, credits, tags, price/sale, dates, AI disclosure). https://wiedo.itch.io/cranky-miner
- itch.io data.json (price, sale rate/end, screenshots). https://wiedo.itch.io/cranky-miner/data.json
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Aim and reel with the crank in a Gold Miner–inspired rogue-lite arcade, with random levels, perks and high scores.