Idle Rocket Miner
Daniel Thee Roperto Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Idle Rocket Miner is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Daniel Thee Roperto. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 17, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 143 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 17
- 2026 · v2.0.14-26
Screenshots
About Idle Rocket Miner
Idle Rocket Miner is a laid-back incremental game about digging up the periodic table one launch at a time. Land your rocket, carve mines into the terrain, haul cargo back to orbit, sell it, and reinvest — then do it all bigger, faster, and further out. Progression now follows the periodic table itself. Mines are grouped by chemical family instead of atomic number, and your missions form a branching tech tree: clear the milestones in one family to open up the next. FEATURES • 18 mines across four chemical families — Hydrogen, Nonmetals, Noble Gases and Halogens — with more on the way • Missions reworked into a tech tree, with milestones that track your progress through each family • Fresh terrain and hand-placed mines to work through • Explodable rocks that open up new ground • Radioactivity — radioactive cargo can damage your rocket on the climb back to orbit, so load carefully • Idle-friendly: your mines keep producing while you're away • Rebalanced progression from your first dig to full automation • One-handed portrait play on iPhone and iPad • Optional Ranked mode with leaderboards and tournaments — or switch to Casual and just dig No ads. No in-app purchases. Dig at your own pace. Join the community on Discord and r/IdleRocketMiner to compare builds and haul routes.
What’s new
Version 2.0.14-26 · Updated October 17, 2026
- New privacy screen, shown before the game starts. The Ranked and Casual modes are now called Full Game and Limited - New: Pop Quiz. Answer questions online to earn cash and a short income boost - New top bar with a context button that switches between home, abort and reset - Aborting a flight from the top bar now rolls the flight back and refunds the launch costs - Fixed the fast forward button not staying visible during ground service
App privacy
The developer, Daniel Thee Roperto, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Gameplay Content
- Identifiers: User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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