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Gold Digger: Mines Game Review
It’s been fun following the old golden-tooth prospector, Gus, on his 2 previous mining adventures, and Gold Digger Megaways made quite an impression. Gold Digger: Mines is a debut effort in the Mine Games genre, and it’s a super simple Pick & Click game that mimics the classic Minesweeper game most people are familiar with from their home computer, laptop and/or mobile phone.
You get to choose your preferred number of TNT Mines up front, and the more mines you go with the quicker the value of the gold nuggets increase. The aim is to reveal as many gold nuggets as you dare, while avoiding the round-ending TNT mines that blow up your winnings, and you can cash out at any time. Both RTP and volatility varies depending on your pre-round choices, and you can win up to 288x your stake from a single round.
Gold Digger: Mines Features
Before you start a round, you need to choose your bet size (from £/€1 to £/€300), and you also need to choose your preferred number of TNT mines. Choosing 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 or 15 TNT mines gives you 24, 23, 20, 15, 12, 8 or 5 picks, respectively, and you lose all racked up winnings if you don’t cash out before you hit a TNT mine.
Each gold nugget you reveal comes with a bet multiplier, and you can always see how much you stand to win on the next pick if you reveal another nugget. Below the ‘Next Win’ display, the ‘Found’ display gives you an overview of how many of the nuggets you’ve uncovered so far, and your total win is on display on the ‘Cash Out’ button up to the left (below Gus).
The ‘Remaining Picks’ you have left at your disposal is also on display, and below that you can see the maximum possible win for the round. The max win depends on the number of TNT mines you choose to go with, and it varies from 24x to 288x your stake. More TNT mines doesn’t necessarily equal a higher max win, but it does equal a quicker increase in nugget values.
| 1 Mine | 2 Mines | 3 Mines | 5 Mines | 7 Mines | 10 Mines | 15 Mines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pick Number 1 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.11 | 1.22 | 1.35 | 1.62 | 2.42 |
| Pick Number 2 | 1.06 | 1.14 | 1.25 | 1.52 | 1.90 | 2.75 | 6.45 |
| Pick Number 3 | 1.10 | 1.25 | 1.44 | 1.95 | 2.72 | 4.90 | 18.50 |
| Pick Number 4 | 1.15 | 1.38 | 1.67 | 1.52 | 4.00 | 9.00 | 58.00 |
| Pick Number 5 | 1.20 | 1.52 | 1.95 | 3.30 | 6.00 | 17.00 | 104.00 |
| Pick Number 6 | 1.27 | 1.70 | 2.30 | 4.40 | 9.20 | 34.00 | |
| Pick Number 7 | 1.34 | 1.90 | 2.72 | 6.00 | 14.60 | 72.00 | |
| Pick Number 8 | 1.42 | 2.12 | 3.36 | 8.30 | 24.00 | 162.00 | |
| Pick Number 9 | 1.50 | 2.40 | 3.96 | 11.70 | 40.50 | ||
| Pick Number 10 | 1.60 | 2.75 | 4.88 | 17.00 | 72.00 | ||
| Pick Number 11 | 1.72 | 3.20 | 6.10 | 22.50 | 135.00 | ||
| Pick Number 12 | 1.85 | 3.70 | 7.74 | 40.00 | 270.00 | ||
| Pick Number 13 | 2.00 | 4.40 | 10.10 | 65.00 | |||
| Pick Number 14 | 2.20 | 5.25 | 13.50 | 112.00 | |||
| Pick Number 15 | 2.40 | 6.40 | 18.50 | 205.00 | |||
| Pick Number 16 | 2.68 | 8.00 | 26.40 | ||||
| Pick Number 17 | 3.00 | 10.30 | 39.60 | ||||
| Pick Number 18 | 3.45 | 13.80 | 63.30 | ||||
| Pick Number 19 | 4.00 | 19.20 | 111.00 | ||||
| Pick Number 20 | 4.80 | 28.80 | 222.00 | ||||
| Pick Number 21 | 6.00 | 48.00 | |||||
| Pick Number 22 | 8.00 | 96.00 | |||||
| Pick Number 23 | 12.00 | 288.00 | |||||
| Pick Number 24 | 24.00 |
The 200 Spins Gold Digger: Mines Experience
We started out with only 1 TNT mine on the 5x5 grid, and we decided to cash out after revealing 15 gold nuggets. In the next round we went with 5 TNT mines, and it was game over pretty quickly. You get to see plenty of rounds in our 8:26-minute highlights video, so simply hit the play button below to get started immediately.
Review Summary
We’ve followed the charming golden-tooth prospector, Gus, on both his regular slot and Megaways mining adventures, and we especially enjoyed the latter. Gold Digger: Mines is a far simpler release in the somewhat obscure and narrow Mine Games niche, inspired by the classic Minesweeper game. We much prefer regular slots to be honest, as this pick & click concept got old after a few rounds.
Going with 2 TNT Mines, which gives you 23 picks, is the best option if you want to maximize your potential returns, although 288x the stake is hardly enough to give anyone gold fever. An option to execute all picks randomly at once would have been appreciated, but we guess the idea is to feel “thrilled” as you make the picks one by one. A game like this might entertain for a little while, but once the novelty wears off most players will move on to better things.
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Cozy gold mining vibe | Bet multiplier max win is only 288x |
| Choose between 1-15 TNT Mines | No real bonus features or modifiers |
| Up to 98.88 % RTP | |
| Win up to £/€86,400 |
If you appreciate Gold Digger: Mines you should also try:
Coin Miner - is a similar Minesweeper-inspired release from Gaming Corps, and you can choose between 1 and 24 bombs on the 5x5 grid. Each cell you open can either increase your winnings or end the round with nothing to show for it, just like in the game at hand.
Gold Digger - is the original release about Gus the prospector, and it plays out on 5x3 reels with 20 betlines. You’ll benefit from 3 base game features, and the big highlight is the hold-and-win style gold link respins feature where you can land payouts up to 8,230x your stake.
Gold Digger Megaways - is a dynamic reels follow-up, and it comes with 6 reels, 1 top reel and up to 117,649 ways to win. The base game features 4 different mining modifiers this time, and there are 5 modifiers to benefit from in the hold-and-win style bonus round. This can lead to payouts up to 22,508x your stake (or 28,821x with the Gold Bet active).
