Burrow or Bust
Deep underground, a mole makes a desperate dash from a giant worm snapping at its tail.
About This Game
Deep underground, a mole makes a desperate dash from a giant worm snapping at its tail. Every run is a race downward through terrain that fights back: soft dirt crumbles in one hit, stone takes two or three, and steel blocks never break at all — your drill just bounces off, so the smart route is never the straight one.
About a quarter of the dirt hides gems, and each haul fills a gauge that pushes your drill through eight speed tiers until the MAX badge lights up.
The worm bursts out of the surface from the very first seconds and slithers along the exact tunnel you carved, closing in the moment you slow down and gaining pace the deeper you go — hesitate at a steel wall and it is on you. Deeper strata pack in more steel walls, squeezing your route right when the chase is hottest, and every 100m mark lands with a depth badge.
Your score is the deepest meter you reach, and 1,000m counts as a clean escape. Perfect for players who like risk-reward mining with a predator on the clock.
Game Tips
- 💎 Collect gems and your digging speed climbs on its own
- 🚧 Steel walls never break — going around them is the only way through
- 🐛 Stop moving and the worm is on you in seconds, so keep digging down
Controls
- ◀ ▼ ▶ buttons at the bottom : Dig left · down · right
- Tap the upper 70% of the screen, left or right : Dig sideways and move
- Tap the lower 30% of the screen : Drill down
- No need to tap gems : They pop out the moment you break the dirt
- ← → : Move sideways, digging as you go
- ↓ · Space · Enter : Drill down (main control)
Game info
- Players
- 1 player
- Developer
- PLAYMINIT — original game, made in-house
- Released
- 2026.05.06
- Last updated
- 2026.11.05
- Version
- v1.7
- Scoring
- m · Higher is better
- Monthly ranking
- Supported
- Controls
- Touch · Keyboard
Dev Log
- v1.7
Behind-the-scenes cleanup
- No changes to gameplay
- v1.6
Worm keeps pace
- Worm now keeps pace at every speed level
- Added a red screen-edge warning when the worm is close
- v1.5
Steel walls rework
- Steel blocks are now unbreakable walls to dig around
- Worm surfaces at 3m and chases right away
- Added 100m depth banners
- Fixed taps digging extra blocks or being ignored
Earlier versions (5)
- v1.4
New name
- Renamed to Burrow or Bust
- v1.3
Level gauge, auto gold
- Gold now fills a level gauge with 8 speed levels
- Gold is collected automatically
- Hold a button or key to keep digging
- v1.2
Keyboard controls
- Added keyboard controls for digging
- v1.1
Leaderboard and dig buttons
- Added left, down and right dig buttons
- Added a leaderboard ranked by depth
- v1.0
First release
- Dig a mole down through the earth to escape at 1,000m
- A giant worm follows your tunnel and keeps speeding up
