Data mining

Of the 5 minutes I've spent in this, 4 of them were spent trying to figure out how to mute the game since the sounds simply rape your ears. The funny revelation at the end of the review is that you can not mute the sounds. Not in-game nor via Windows. Therefore I will not touch this again.

Er... It's a nope. This is a Physics game of sorts. The music is repetitive and annoying. No story here. No bugs or crashes. Some levels are mildly entertaining, so you might feel tempted to see it through. But then the difficulty cranks up hard. It stops being about clever solutions and starts spotlighting the game’s shaky physics. That’s when casual play turns into a rage-quit spiral. I’d stay away from it if I were you. And as me? Yeah, I’d stay away too.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Perfect ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☑ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Very stylized ☐ They're what they should be for what the game is ☐ MS Paint could make something better ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Fantastic ☐ Excellent ☐ Perfect ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Bad, but playable ☐ Just go watch paint dry ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Amazing ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not to bad ☐ Alright ☐ Bad ☐ My ears are bleeding ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Babies ☑ Young kids ☑ Young teens ☑ Older teens ☑ Adults ☑ Old people ☑ Anyone with a decent maturity level ☑ Anyone with a lack of maturity ☑ Anyone that is alive ☑ No one, not even your dog ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Just average ☐ A little better than average ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Better than good ☐ Fancy Pants Rich Boy ☐ NASA ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Can choose your difficulty setting ☐ No difficulty needed ☐ Just press 'W" ☑ Easy ☐ Medium ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Verry Difficult ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if you like to collect things ☐ Only if you care about steam achievements ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Only if you car…

Data mining, developed and published by Blender Games, is a minimalist puzzle experience that builds its identity around clarity, repetition, and incremental mechanical complexity. Rather than presenting an expansive narrative or layered systems, the game focuses on concise level-based challenges where players guide a small digital avatar through abstract environments to collect files and reach an exit point. Its premise is intentionally simple, but the design revolves around how that simplicity is expanded through obstacles, timing, and careful movement planning. At its core, Data mining operates from a top-down perspective. Each level functions like a compact puzzle board filled with hazards, barriers, and interactive elements that alter movement. The objective remains consistent: collect all required items—often represented as files or data fragments—and navigate safely to the endpoint. What gives the gameplay depth is how each stage reconfigures the same fundamental goal using different combinations of environmental mechanics. Portals may teleport the player unexpectedly, traps might detonate upon contact, and speed-altering tiles can disrupt otherwise straightforward routes. …

Controls are the absolute worst. The ball seems to move in a limited amount of angles when you want to move it. It rarely aligns to where you click and because of that, a lot of luck is involved instead of skill. Be prepared to be frustrated, raging and annoyed to tears. To level 44, I hate you.

NO Gameplay at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzq1t7QfZwvXLXMuO4u46Q?view_as=subscriber