Get inside the mind of an ethical hacker and race against the firewall as you collect data, hack terminals and bring enemies down from the inside. Dataminers is a casual logic game where you climb and clear towers full of data mines.

Entered the Steam 250 weekly chart as a new entry at #38 with a score of 6.95 and a 70% positive rating from 22 reviews. Released 7 September 2026.

Key features

Minesweeper logic with a timer attached

The tower is a deduction grid, and the firewall is a clock. Adding time pressure to a logic puzzle changes the skill being tested from patience to pattern recognition, which is why the two genres rarely mix and why it is interesting when they do.

Towers instead of a single board

Clearing floors stacks puzzles into a run. Structuring deduction as a climb means a mistake costs altitude rather than the whole board, which keeps a genre known for restarts moving forward.

The 70% rating is the honest number

At 22 reviews this is the lowest-rated new entry we are covering this week. It is on the chart because the score model rewards a strong start, not because reception is unanimous — read a few reviews before buying.

Where to find Dataminers

• Available now on Steam — $6.29

Who made Dataminers

Electrocosmos developed Dataminers, published by Application Systems Heidelberg. See more on the Electrocosmos studio page.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Dataminers cost?

6.29 dollars on Steam.

Is Dataminers like Minesweeper?

It shares the deduction grid, but adds a firewall timer and stacks the boards into towers you climb, so it plays faster than classic Minesweeper.

How is Dataminers reviewed?

70% positive from 22 Steam reviews at the time of writing — a small and mixed sample, so worth reading the reviews yourself.

Who made Dataminers?

Electrocosmos developed it and Application Systems Heidelberg published it.