Mine Rescue: Miner Tycoon Game Reviews

I have been playing this game for a while and was having fun, until I discovered that the miner does not function the same within each level. He will jump up on small boxes in one and then is unable to in the next, which is the only way to beat the level. Then it’s the same with moving the boxes or walking up inclines to the distance the miner can jump down without dying, you can’t have a character able to perform a task in one level & then take that ability away in the next, especially when that’s the only way to solve the new level.
It seems to me as if you are purposely doing this in order to force or trick your consumers into buying solutions to pass a level. It would be pretty convenient for a “bug” to make these specific things different across levels.
I don’t like being tricked not forced to make pitches just to beat a game. It’s ridiculous!! If you want to charge people be up front about it and charge for MineRescue all together. Don’t rig the game , thats childish and poor business.
If these are bugs, then I suggest you fix it fast, because it’s not looking real good for you right now.

I’ve been playing this Mine Rescue for some time, the developer keeps improving it with upgrades and more ways to stretch your brain.

Many levels are “challenging” they take ingenuity, logic, and often quick reflexes to solve, there are hints and thankfully if the level is just too hard, you can skip it. I paid the low fee for the “no ads” option but ads are necessary for hints and skipping.

This is a very clever and often humorous way to spend a few hours. I took a short break, now that I’m back playing, driving myself NUTS, my opinion only gets better every time I play. (I wasn’t paid to say these things—I mean every word). This is GREAT COLOSSAL STUPENDOUS AMAZING GIMPY SMITH APPROVED FIVE STAR RATED FUN AND EXCITEMENT (and a few impossible scratch-yer-head what’s with this thing anyway moments of concentration and confusion). Not a single complaint. I even love the easy ones!!

Love the game but there are a few bugs and annoyances. Too may adds first of all. I read some of the other reviews and looks like you already reduced the adds but just get rid of like 1 more add per every 5 resets and it would be perfect! My other main issue is that some of the levels I will do over and over again with no success until I finally either buy or watch even more adds to use that lightbulb for the solution only to find out it’s EXACTLY the same way I just lost the last 20 try’s. Why are the boulders farther apart or the box gets stuck sideways when I do the level myself, but when I use something I had to pay for it works perfectly. Not fair!!! I will be more than happy to give this game 5 stars as soon as this glitch is fixed because like I said, it’s a really fun game to just relax and zone out to. The levels are challenging without being too difficult to figure out. Well done game creators (other than the hint glitch thing) Love it!!! 👍

Loved this game, played it for hours at a time. It’s fun figuring out how to move the rocks, crates, boxes to get to the exit. Unlike other games that go from easy to practically impossible, this game has easy, medium and harder levels interspersed throughout. There’s something really satisfying about making paths in the sand and seeing it fall away. Best feature is there’s no limit on lives. You don’t have to wait for anything to refill. Being able to furnish miner’s mine home with items you buy with coins collected is pretty neat. The only issue I had was sometimes on replay the miner does differently, like on your first attempt he can make a certain jump, but on re-tries he can’t. I hope they’ll add even more levels in the future. I’ve finished the game and miss playing it. I found ad-free and hints purchases worth the small amount of money, but they’re not necessary.

My mother and I have long been addicted to Dig This and Dig This 2.. .so this game was simply the next level, and we have become glued to it since installing it 4 hours ago. We completely understand all the rules and evolving gameplay dynamics, although we find having to furnish a home to unlock new levels kind of odd and unnecessary.... (you know, because miners are SO much into interior decorating...) 🙄🤣…But there is one thing we just don't get, and of course it's the one thing the Instructions neglect to explain:

HOW does a player earn the stars required to add more floors to your cave habitat?? Hopefully the developer will either explain this here, or add it to the (i) gameplay flowchart on the Main Menu screen.

EXCELLENT GAME and at $2.99 for ad removal, it's a huge bargain considering the challenging entertainment you'll get out of this.

TO THE DEVELOPER: There is an audio bug that occurs when dropping medium sized wooden crates into water, for example, and other similar situations involving the crates, where the sound effect continues in an unending loud hiss. I’m thinking the sound effect is supposed to end when the crate(s) find their resting place…?

Would be an absolute 5 starts but for annoying glitches and only one response to 3 emails. (1 per glitch found).
Playing on iphone12. OS 15.4.1

Level 8-14
I sent in the complaint. It only worked after I paid for a hint - after already buying the ad free version. I did the same things as the hint before hand and failed. I think the program gives the green light to the hint but glitches on the regular level.

Level 13-19
Had to use a hint I “earned”. Again, I did the same as the hint previously but it kept failing. It worked with the hint doing the same things I already did.

And now Level 14-1 which doesn’t work no matter what I do. The small crate immediately slides to the bottom of see-saw which keeps it from being able to be tossed to engage the stone on the metal wall. No matter which part of the opposite side of the see-saw I get the large metal box to land on the small crate rolls off and hits the metal wall.

Sort of, thankfully, with update I could skip level tho had to watch an ad I paid not to see. Indy, it seems I’ll never have the satisfaction of “solving” the level.

I wrote to Carry 1st for all of these issues. Only got a reply on the first.

All in all a fun game, but the glitches are frustrating. Now even the update is glitchy. The game keeps prompting me to update and when I accept, it goes to MineRescue Store and only Opens my game again. I assume the update took because I did have the option to skip the level that I didn’t have before.

I used to play the original version of Mine Rescue and liked it very much, until it stopped allowing me to update it, telling me that I can't get that game in my country (USA). So now in that 1st version, I sadly can't play any level after 29, as they are locked. I downloaded this current version of the game, but it has SO many ads. So I paid to upgrade to no ads. I didn't mind doing that, but now the game won't let me deliberately play ANY ads when I want to watch an ad to earn rewards. Please can you fix this? I don't want spontaneous ads, and that is why I paid you for the no ads version, but now I can't play the game, because I can't deliberately play ads to earn points. {{UPDATE: I’m no longer having this problem - so thank you for that. However, on level 14-18, the little miner moves only sideways when he hits the bottom level. So he can’t step up to the exit door (and level can’t be completed).}}

Be careful. 2 times I purchased the ability to get help, 1 for 99 and when it failed I said the heck with it and paid for 3 cheats and both times it took my my money. Sad, I spent at least 50 per week but once f-d I deleted MineRescue . Fun game otherwise. I was addicted. I just don’t like getting screwed.
Update: I was contacted immediately regarding this issue. I appreciate a company who follows up when a user is unhappy. Because it was only 3 dollars I won’t take the time to send the info to get a refund but because they cared enough about my 3 dollars I changed my review to 5 stars. It really is a 5 star game. Customer service is also 5 stars. Thanks for the follow up.

This is such an innovative concept and the game would be great but I agree with all of the other reviewers. I tried to find a way to contact app support but apparently I am only able to leave a review. You have GOT TO FIX THE ISSUES! As others have said, there are too many glitches to make the game enjoyable (or winnable) There are too many inconsistencies, such as miners getting stuck between rocks when they’re able to do the same maneuvering in other levels. Additionally, in one level, the stupid miner pushes all the boxes to the ladder, climbs up, and won’t come back down. There is even a level where the miner is not provided with the necessary equipment to get to the exit. He needs a jackhammer and it’s not there. Also, the “My Cave” button is grey and not accessible. It’s a great game but not worth it if you don’t fix it.

I loved this game at first and so I bought it, but it gets more and more frustrating as you go through - not because the levels get harder (though they do) - but because the little men glitch like crazy. It’s incredibly annoying to know exactly how to solve a level, but be unable to do it because the minera get stuck on the corner of a ledge, where they won’t jump down or go back, and when there’s absolutely nothing in their way.

I also hate that there’s no in-game tech support so I can’t send off a quick screen recording that shows how glitchy it can be. It’s not even consistent. I’ll have trouble with a level, solve it, go back and do it exactly the same way and the miners get stuck on nothing at all. So frustrating and a waste of time and money.

When I upgraded part of my cave, I skipped over the middle upgrade and went straight to the third one, thereby missing happiness points. I didn’t realize until later that once I did that, there was no way to go back and get those points and I was stuck in a perpetual loop of never having enough points unless I want to repeatedly have to by expensive coin packs.

I tried deleting and reinstalling the game to reset it and start over, but that just made it worse. It reset my daily streaks and cave to the beginning, but not my mine progress. So now I’m stuck with having no way to collect gold in the levels, since I already did it, AND having to start completely over in the cave with no way to collect gold.

I’m frustrated enough that I’m deleting the game and won’t be playing it anymore.

There’s certain levels in which you can do everything perfectly but the “randomness” makes you lose every time. Then when you use the hint it does the exact thing you’ve been doing the entire time but for whatever reason you can’t win. I’ve had this happen on at least 4 levels. 13-19 was the most recent level this happened on. Every time I did it the miner made it threw the trap door so got he got locked up above. After an entire day of trying I ended up doing the hint and he for some reason didn’t make it threw the door this time. nothing was different from when I was trying. Other than this problem, I love the game. Even the ads were not that bad, but I did buy ad free.

I didn’t see any way to update the (4 star) review I made a few days ago, so now I’m leaving another review. The developer’s response gave me the information I was not smart enough to see right in front of my eyes! I was able to skip the individual level that was, imo, impossible, even though I had seen the hint/solution. Up until level 17-2, I had managed to successfully clear even those levels others had said they couldn’t beat. Hated to give up on it, but the quick response by the developer has changed my rating to a 5 srar game! Thanks!

I love this game! I agree with other reviews that say you can try and try on a level and die every time, but if you use the hint it will have you do the exact same thing and you can beat the level 🙄 also, now I’m running into the fact that part of the puzzle (i.e. sand that needs to be removed to release a rock or a board) is behind the buttons in the upper right hand corner and I can’t see what needs to be done. How can I remove those buttons from the screen? But I still love this game!

I’m having fun with the little guys and love it when I get to the next level on my own. I have purchased solutions, but choose to work it out myself. Many times when I use a solution it will be the same path I was on! This is very frustrating. You should be able to pause your miner even if only 5 seconds as you make him a path. The solutions actually pause him! If I could do that I’d not need a solution! Ahhh that is the rub, you want us to have to pay! Sad.

4 times now, I have put in the moves necessary to complete the level and no matter how you do it the little jerk won’t do what he needs to do or the object won’t fall the way it needs to fall and then when you pay for “the hint” - suddenly, the exact things you’ve done already suddenly miraculously work, the boulder falls the cube falls where it’s supposed to - all of this you’ve done already the same way, but only because you pay for it does it actually work. That is a cheat I’m going to continue to play the game because it is fun but I think this needs to be fixed, it’s not cool.

I’ve been really enjoying this game. I like the problem solving aspect and liked having the occasional hints. I payed to get rid of the ads, but I cannot for the life of me get past 13-16. I already paid to get rid of the ads, but paying for hints without the option to earn them is really annoying. I’m considering getting rid of MineRescue because I can’t pass this level and if I can’t pass a level without paying for help, it’s not worth wasting any more of my time. I’ve been stuck on this level for a couple hours and it’s really annoying to play the same level that many times without success.

I purchased MineRescue , for ad free game play, because after playing for a few days I was completely addicted to this game. I could still choose to watch ads to increase my coins but I was no longer forced into ads after each level. The game itself is great! It’s fun and challenging and for me very relaxing and I’ve recommended it to several people but after a week of ad free play, I was forced into ads again. There seems to be a glitch and after reporting it several times I can’t get any feedback so I guess I’ll have to request a refund and quit playing because I CANNOT deal with the ads! Hopefully it gets fixed so I can keep playing. 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Overall the game itself is very fun and kind of a unique puzzle game!

However, there are two obstacles. One is surmountable and the other isn’t.

The first is that there are moderately coming glitches. I can do everything right but sometimes the little guy just can’t jump over the rock or something. To solve this I use the Solution that will solve it for me, and it’s irritating to watch the solution do the same thing I did and it works. But it’s a fix.

The second is that even when I do all the furniture upgrades and complete all the levels, at some point I’m stuck where I can’t add another floor to the cave because I don’t have enough happiness points, and to get happiness points I need to complete levels, but I’ve completed all the available levels and need to expand the cave to get more levels, but I don’t have enough happiness points. You see the problem?

I’m stuck on that second one now and I can’t fix it, so I’m done with the game, sadly.

Tried to find a place to report a bug, but a review seems to be the only option. I did level 24-8 over and over and couldn’t get the miner to go home. I finally broke down and spent the .99 on the solution. Imagine my surprise when the solution was the exact SAME THING I had done at least 10 times. Only when I did it the miner just climbed up and down the ladder over and over but wouldn’t jump off onto the box at the bottom. Really not fair to have a solution that only works when you pay for it.