Total Miner (also known as Total Miner: Forge) is a block-building sandbox-style game inspired by Minecraft.Gameplay of Total Miner consists of placing and mining blocks. The game consists of several distinct game modes: Creative, in which the user has unlimited block resources; and Dig Deep mode, which is a survival role-playing mode with limited items and combat against monsters. In Dig Deep mode, the ground also contains cave systems with spider mobs and hidden treasures throughout. These caves may also collapse.The player also has the ability to craft resources and put them together to create various other blocks, tools, or weapons. However, there are also stores from which blocks, tools, and weapons can be purchased. To buy these, the player uses gold pieces, which can be earned from the mining and selling of blocks, or tools, or from treasure chests in caves.