The game
Procedurally dug caves, four classes with genuinely different jobs, and a swarm that arrives when you are least ready. The community is the game's second product: matchmaking with strangers is reliably pleasant.
The rhythm
A mission is forty minutes, which is the whole session design. Twenty minutes gets you a short mission; an evening is a deep dive.
What it costs
| Base price (US store) | $29.99 | €29.99 / £23.79 |
| Extras | Cosmetic packs $7.99–$9.99 each (optional, performance-neutral) | |
| Subscription | None | |
| First-year estimate | $39.98 | base + extras we bought |
| Hours we logged | 60 | two accounts, three weeks minimum |
| Cost per hour | $0.67 | first-year estimate ÷ hours |
Prices checked 25 September 2026 on the US store, standard edition, before sales. Regional prices and platform stores differ.
What you pay for
One purchase, free seasons that rotate without removing content. The cosmetic packs change nothing about how a dwarf performs, and the game never asks you to buy one.
What it asks of you
A microphone helps but is not required. The loop gets samey around forty hours until you raise the difficulty, which is where the game actually starts.
The strengths
- Free seasons, no pass
- Strangers are polite by design
- Perfect forty-minute session
The trade-offs
- Repetitive until you push difficulty
- Cosmetic shop exists, if quietly
Rock and stone, once paid.