Infinite open world
Procedurally generated terrain that goes on forever, and gets deadlier the farther you travel from spawn.
Guns. Blocks. Dragons. The horde returns in 2026.
The best-selling indie game on Xbox 360 is being rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 by the team that made the original.
In-engine footage, work in progress
The Resurrection
Back from the dead. Built from scratch.
In 2011 CastleMiner Z hit Xbox Live Indie Games and introduced a generation to creative survival horror: dig, build, arm up, and hold the line against the horde as the sun goes down. It went on to become the best-selling independent title on the Xbox 360.
Now the original developers are back together, remaking the game from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5. It sits somewhere between a remake and a sequel: the same feel, the same fear of nightfall, with a full graphics overhaul, new features, and a foundation we can keep building on for years.
2011Original release
#1Best-selling XBLIG title
UE5New engine
100%Original team
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See it in motion
Teaser 2: Dragon Reveal
Features
Everything you remember. Nothing you had to put up with.
Same DNA, modern bones. Here's what's in the box.
Guns, blocks & dragons
Mine, craft, and build by day. Load up and hold the line by night as zombies, skeletons, and dragons come for you.
Online co-op & PvP
Build a fortress with friends or fight over the same patch of dirt. Competitive multiplayer is back.
Free-form building
Every block is yours to place or destroy. Dig down, build up, and turn the world into whatever keeps you alive.
Familiar combat
The gunplay and enemy behaviour you know, tuned and rebuilt, not reinvented for the sake of it.
Unique game modes
Endurance, Survival, Creative, Dragon Endurance and more. The modes that made the original endlessly replayable.
Screenshots
Straight from the game
Work-in-progress captures from development. Click any image to enlarge.
Follow the build
Development happens in the open
Every dev stream, every screenshot, every decision. We're making this game with the community that kept it alive for over a decade. Here's where to find us.
Live dev streams
Watch the game get built on our YouTube channel: new features, behind-the-scenes, and Q&A.
Watch on YouTubeDiscord
Talk directly with the team and other survivors. Beta news lands here first.
Join the serverSteam forums
Feature requests, mod-support ideas, and feedback. This is where we take notes.
Open the discussionsPatreon
We're unfunded and working on this full-time. Patrons keep the lights on and get closer to the process.
Support the teamKickstarter
Back the campaign and help push the game across the finish line.
View the campaignMerch
Shirts, hoodies and more from the DigitalDNA store. Wear your survival credentials.
Visit the shopAnnouncements, screenshots, and milestones on the official CastleMiner page.
Follow alongTwitch
Catch the team live when we stream builds and playtests.
Follow on TwitchCommunity Voxel Program
Put your creations in the game
Design voxel models in our browser-based creation tool and submit them for a shot at inclusion in CastleMiner Z: Resurrection. Structures, creatures, objects. If it's good, it could ship.
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Join the beta
Registration is open. Signing up puts you in the running for beta access and gets you launch news the moment we have it. No spam. We're too busy making the game.