Master underground infrastructure, deal with finances and company expansion and operate over 15 heavy digging machines in Aerosoft’s new deep coal mining simulator!
Paderborn, Germany, 3rd August 2026: Aerosoft and Hindsight Studios are pleased to announce Bergwerk - A Mining Sim, a detailed coal mining simulation set in the fictional German coal region of Grubental. The game is planned for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S and challenges players to build, manage, and expand their own colliery, from the first above-ground structures to the deepest underground coal seams.
Starting with a small operation, a patch of land and trusted pickaxe, players must plan their mining company from the ground up, growing their local mining business into a major player in the global coal industry. In top-down view, they can acquire new terrain, design the layout of their colliery, and construct headframes, storage facilities, processing plants, and other key buildings according to their own strategy. What begins as a modest site can grow into a complex industrial operation, shaped step by step through the player’s decisions, ready to head underground.
In Bergwerk - A Mining Sim, players descend shaft by shaft into multi-level mines, where each level is procedurally generated with dynamic coal seams, different coal qualities, and new structural challenges. Galleries, crosscuts, shafts, hoists, and transport routes can be planned freely, allowing players to develop their mine without fixed grids or predetermined solutions.
Players must master mine statics by placing supports strategically to withstand simulated load distribution, as unsecured tunnels can collapse. At the same time, one must keep vital underground infrastructure running, balancing power supply, water management, ventilation, gas control, and dust management to keep the mine safe and productive.
Coal can be extracted using a range of realistic mining methods, from manual work with pickaxes and explosives to advanced longwall or room-and-pillar mining. As the company grows, players can unlock and operate more than 15 drivable heavy machines, including mine trains, shaft hoists, wheel loaders, shuttle vehicles, and the licensed MAN TGX above ground.
Every successful operation depends on logistics too. Coal must be moved efficiently through custom transport networks made from conveyor belts, skip hoists, rail systems, trucks, and other machinery. Buy new vehicles as your business grows and ensure to keep them in good condition, as reliability, wear, breakdowns, and maintenance windows add another layer of realism to the planning of your daily mining operations.
Once coal reaches the surface, players must respond to a dynamic economy, selling their yield on fluctuating markets, taking out loans for expansion, and investing in better machinery, infrastructure, and processing systems. With its open sandbox structure, day-night and weather systems, and procedurally generated underground world, every mine in Grubental develops differently.
All the features not to be missed:
- Build your own colliery: Acquire land, plan your site in top-down view, and construct headframes, storage facilities, processing plants, and more.
- Authentic coal mining simulation: Explore, extract, transport, process, and sell coal across a complete mining production chain.
- Procedural underground levels: Descend into multi-level mines with dynamic coal seams, different coal qualities, and changing layouts.
- Free-form excavation: Plan galleries, crosscuts, shafts, and mining routes without grid constraints.
- Realistic mining methods: Use longwall mining, room-and-pillar mining, explosives, manual tools, and heavy-duty extraction machinery.
- Mine statics and tunnel safety: Place supports carefully, manage simulated load distribution, and prevent unsecured tunnels from collapsing.
- Underground infrastructure: Balance power, water management, ventilation, gas control, and dust management.
- Over 15 drivable machines: Operate heavy equipment underground and above ground, including mine vehicles and the licensed MAN TGX.
- Complex logistics: Build transport chains using conveyor belts, rail systems, skip hoists, trucks, and automated systems.
- Dynamic economy: React to changing coal prices, take out loans, invest in expansion, and grow your mining company.
- Open sandbox in Grubental: Build your own mining operation in a fictional German coal region with day-night and weather systems.
Whether carefully planning a new shaft, reinforcing unstable tunnels, driving heavy machinery through narrow underground routes, or timing a coal sale for the best market price, Bergwerk - A Mining Sim is about turning a small colliery into a powerful mining company through planning, precision, and hard work.
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About Aerosoft:
Aerosoft GmbH was founded in 1991 at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport and develops add-on software for Microsoft Flight Simulator. From 2002 onwards, add-ons for Train Simulator were also developed. Since 2007, Aerosoft has expanded its spectrum to include other simulations, including The Bus, OMSI 2, Global Rescue, and City Bus Manager. Aerosoft has also published the two successful simulators, Fernbus Coach Simulator in cooperation with FlixBus and Emergency Call 112 - The Fire Fighting Simulation, and is scheduled to release hit titles like Forensics Crime Scene Detective and Professional Ship Simulator. Aerosoft is also responsible for the flight simulators Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and XPlane 12 exclusively in Europe. With over 40 permanent employees, Aerosoft GmbH is one of the leading software publishers in the field of traffic simulations worldwide.
For more information, visit their official website