Wild West Miner Simulator

I’m very mixed about Wild West Miner Simulator I actually enjoyed the game and there’s definitely a good foundation here, but I’ve basically completed everything in around 9 hours, which feels far too short for a mining simulator. The biggest problem for me is that there is only one hole/area to mine resources from. Once you’ve mined everything out, that’s basically it. I now have no proper way of earning more money or continuing to progress. There’s also a progression problem with the oil pump jack. I need coal to operate it, but once the mining area has been exhausted, I have no reliable way of getting the coal I need. So I’ve reached the point where I have equipment to use, but the game no longer gives me the resources needed to actually use it. That’s a shame because I genuinely enjoyed the gameplay while there was something to work towards. It just feels like the game runs out of content far too quickly. I think it desperately needs additional mining areas, renewable/resetting resource deposits, or another way of obtaining basic resources such as coal. There also needs to be more end-game progression and more ways of earning money once the original mine has been exhausted. There’s a good game here, and I’d happily put many more hours into it, but at the moment it feels more like the beginning of a mining simulator than a finished one. Mixed recommendation for now enjoyable while it lasts, but there simply isn’t enough content or long-term progression yet.

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The first issue is that the E key interaction does not always work. You have to search for the exact spot where the interaction point appears before the action will actually work. This makes basic gameplay unnecessarily frustrating. The second issue is poor optimization. Even on a fairly powerful PC, the game suffers from FPS drops, stuttering, and freezes. For me, that was enough to refund the game. I couldn't even properly get started because the interaction problems made it impossible to reliably gather basic resources. If such a fundamental gameplay mechanic already becomes a struggle, there is simply no reason for me to continue playing.

Игра - еще один симулятор лопаты на один вечер. Все по классической схеме: лопатой копаем, едой восстанавливаем энергию, спим. Для разнообразия, строим "город" из десятка зданий, выполняя простую цепочку заданий класса выплави/купи/принеси. В качестве вишенки - в тачку влазит 20, а нужно 150. Наверно часа полтора из 6 ушло на занудные забеги за досками. Шахта класса колодец, причем очень маленькая как по площади, так и по глубине. Добыча нефти класса "переплавка" лишнего угля с тонной забегов туда-сюда. Карта пустая, от лопаты отвлекает только тачка и заблудшая животина раз в день. Графика и анимации... аминь. В качестве таймкиллера на 1-2 вечера пойдет, на большее не тянет. Ну симы лопаты редко когда другие. Любителям копать артефакты, руины, пещеры до ядра земли - ловить тут нечего. Экономика, манчкинизм, микрооптимизации - бэги атсюда, бистро-бистро. В общем, если не ждать звезд с неба, то оценка нейтральная.

I think some of the negative reviewers mentioning lack of content forget that they only paid ~$5 for this game. These kind of games are perfect after a long day at work. There isn't much here.. but the content that does exist is simple and relaxing. My only gripe is having to click 80 times to buy a single planks to fulfill a housing quest... then traveling across the map several times to deliver it all. Hopefully they tweak to allow us to enter a number to buy and automatically delivering it to the jobsite.

Played the demo and enjoy the increased amount of story and expansion ability in early access. Not the perfect AAA level game or graphics or controls, but has a repeatable grind that is not too bad and keeps you looking forward to the next merchant or visitor who needs to build a new home or business to add to your Nowhere town. I will continue the grind and dig and recommend people looking for simple chill games to give this a shot especially when its such a low investment there is not really much to lose unless you are hypercritical about technical performance, graphics, or hate grindy loop games.

So someone made a game 17 years ago for a class project.. then found it on a floppy disk and uploaded to Steam for sale..