Tunnel Raider
Dig-and-climb puzzle action with no fighting. Grab every ingot, trap the tin sentries in holes, and find the exit ladder before the bricks regrow.
How to play
- Arrows move/climb
- Z/X dig left/right
- R restart level
- P pause
- Enter or tap to start · M to mute
Touch controls appear automatically on phones and tablets. Your best score is saved in this browser and only reaches a leaderboard if you submit it (privacy). Press the fullscreen button for the full cabinet effect.
About this game
Tunnel Raider is a single-screen puzzle platformer built from brick, stone, ladders and ropes. You cannot attack, so your only tool is digging a hole in the brick beside your feet, either to drop down to low gold or to trap a Tin Sentry.
Goal: Collect every gold ingot on the level, then climb the exit ladder that appears up to the top of the screen.
Tunnel Raider is an original dig-and-climb puzzle platformer built for the browser in the style of 1980s arcade cabinets: pixel art, a chiptune soundtrack and CRT scanlines, all generated in code. It is free, has no ads and needs no download or account.
What’s inside
- 8 hand-built levels, then the set repeats with faster sentries
- Tin Sentries that chase you up ladders and across ropes
- Level bonus of 1,500 plus 10 points per second left on the clock
- Lives counter starts at 5, with an extra life every 5,000 points
- R restarts the current level at the cost of a life
- Players
- 1 player.
- On a phone
- A four-way pad in the bottom-left moves and climbs, Dig-L and Dig-R buttons in the bottom-right dig, and tapping the top bar pauses; any tap resumes.
- Round length
- Most levels take 1-3 minutes; the level clock runs from 2 minutes on level 1 to 3 minutes 45 seconds on level 8.
Tips
- You dig the brick diagonally below and to the side of you; grey stone cannot be dug, and you cannot dig while on a ladder.
- If a hole refills while a sentry is still inside, it is crushed for 200 points and reappears at the top of the screen.
- A trapped sentry's head counts as floor, so you can walk across it, and it cannot climb out while you stand on it.
Questions
What happens when the timer runs out in Tunnel Raider?
Nothing bad. The clock only sets the time bonus at the end of the level, so a slow clear just scores less.
How do I trap a Tin Sentry?
Dig a hole in the brick on its path. It falls in and is stuck for 3 seconds, and if the hole refills before it climbs out, it is crushed.
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Scores are highest first. Your best is read from this browser when you submit; three initials, arcade style.
