Following February’s Steam Next Fest, the team has updated the demo so players can once again dig into the slime infested moon and experiment with new strategies, cards, and defences. Into the Slimy Mines blends roguelike tower defence with a card driven twist. Players dig tunnels, expand their mining rig, rescue their scattered crew and build increasingly ridiculous combos to keep those frackin’ slimes from overrunning the operation. Dig, build, defend… and get off this B&*@!n moon.
About the Game
Working for Ironkilt Intergalactic Industries is tough work. It gets even tougher when your mining vessel crash lands on a slime infested moon and your crew ends up scattered across the mines.
Armed with a deck of cards and a healthy dose of stubborn dwarven determination, players must dig tunnels, rescue their crewmates, and defend their rig from endless waves of slimes. Expand your tunnels using Dig cards, place cannons and gadgets to hold the line, and discover powerful combos as you delve deeper into dangerous mining locations in a fight to save your crew and make it home with the cargo intact.
Key Features
- Dig your own defences by using cards to excavate tunnels and shape the battlefield.
- Build powerful strategies by collecting cards and booster packs to expand your rig.
- Choose between three unique factions: ANVIL, WARHAMMER, and PICKAXE.
- Upgrade defences by combining matching cards to create stronger cannons, gadgets, and support systems.
- Defend against increasingly dangerous slime waves using turrets, blockades, lures, and gadgets.
Steam Tower Defense Fest marks the first major themed event appearance for Into the Slimy Mines, offering strategy fans their first opportunity to discover the game outside of Steam Next Fest. The demo highlights the core loop of digging, building, defending, and hopefully escaping the moon before the Boss decides another dwarf deserves your job.
Into the Slimy Mines launches in May 2026 on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Game Details
- Developer: Ant Workshop
- Publisher: Wales Interactive
- Genre: Roguelike Tower Defence / Strategy / Card-Based
- Players: Single-player
- Release Window: May 2026
- Platforms: PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch
About Ant Workshop
Ant Workshop is a BAFTA, Develop and TIGA Award nominated independent game studio founded by Tony Gowland in 2015. The team focuses on creating original games with distinctive mechanics and personality while also supporting developers in bringing their titles to console platforms.
About Wales Interactive
Wales Interactive is a multi award winning indie video games and interactive movie developer and publisher based in Wales, UK. Known for both original games and interactive movie experiences, their catalogue includes Sker Ritual, Maid of Sker, Ten Dates, The Complex, Five Dates, Late Shift, and The Bunker.