UnderMine is an adventure and action video game, with touches of roguelike and RPG. When we talk about roguelike it is inevitable to think about The Binding of Isaac, one of the games that marked a before and after in that genre. In my opinion UnderMine is at its polished level, but being more accessible to those who start in this genre, the bad thing about The Binding of Isaac is the initial learning curve, you take a long time to get a taste for the game and that's why many leave it.

In UnderMine we will be a farmer in the mine and we are entrusted with the task of finding the reason for some earthquakes that occur inside the mine, as well as looking for the blacksmith who got lost in the infinity of the caves. As you will see the initial premise of the game is very simple but don't be fooled, inside this simple beginning hides a great game.

The order of rooms, enemies and objects is generated in a procedural way. It is not 100% procedural as it tells a story and certain parts are mandatory to advance in the game. An example of this is the blacksmith, he is the first NPC that you find in the mines and he is basic to be able to have improvements in your character.

Speaking of improvements, most improvements depend on gold. It is the most important thing in the game and when you die you lose half of all the gold you have collected in the mines. It is very important to improve the gold sack, because the more level you have the less gold you will lose when you die and being the basic gold for everything, it is our ticket to advance faster in the progression of the character.

In our adventure we will be accompanied by a mascot, which will be useful for collecting gold. Because when gold falls to the ground, some enemies will try to steal it from us. It is not difficult to avoid robbery and is a way to stay active when you mine, as you must plan when it comes to getting the gold.

Like The Binding of Isaac on our way we will find objects that will give us an advantage when fighting, collecting gold or moving around. These objects can also interact with each other to achieve more complex improvements and like all games of this style there are also objects with curses that not only have improvements, but also bring a punishment that, many times will compensate so much for the improvement that it will be worth carrying that punishment.

In addition to gold, we have thorium, which allows you to make objects. Let's say it's the way to unlock more items for each game, although what you buy with this material is lost when you die, that item remains available within the mines to be found again.

I'm playing the Windows version on Steam. Although you can play it with mouse and keyboard, I personally recommend to play it with an Xbox controller, in Windows 10 you can use the Xbox controls without any problem in fact, they don't need to be configured is just connect and go.

The game is available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux on Steam, and is also available on Xbox and the Windows Store. The price is $19.99 in all stores and is included in the Xbox Game Pass service.