Ore Express Brings Physics-Based Mining Automation to Steam This Year
The pitch leans on physics-driven transport and violent shortcuts over tidy logistics, a distinction that may separate it from the conveyor-belt factory sims already crowding Steam.
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Doble Punch Games announced Ore Express on October 22, a mining factory sim by Vj Tenacious for PC via Steam in the fourth quarter of this year. Players mine ore, truck it through tunnels, and ship it for sale across stage-based objectives. Belt conveyors, elevators, cranes, and ore launchers move cargo past magma zones and convoluted terrain. A free itch.io demo is available now, with browser play and Japanese text.
Ore veins and shipping points sit far apart, and some stages put magma between them. The counter is equipment: plates, slopes, belt conveyors, elevators, cranes, and launchers that shoot ore across the gap. Ore can also be smelted into ingots, combined into jewelry, and packed into assortments for a higher sale price. Shipping earns money and experience, and level-ups feed a tech tree for new equipment and upgrades. A sandbox mode and a map editor are planned alongside the stage-clear campaign.
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