Galaxy Miner: Planet Breaker

The planet is made of blocks, and all of them have to go. Galaxy Miner is an idle mining game where your spaceship flies and shoots on its own — your job is the strategy layer: pick the upgrades, choose the skills, and decide where a world gets eaten first.

You're not entirely hands-off. Hold a finger on the planet to send the ship somewhere specific; swipe to turn the world; pinch to zoom in on the damage. The arsenal breaks blocks six different ways — lasers, lightning, bombs, drills, drones and saws — and ship parts hiding in chests feed the upgrade chain, as you drill shafts and blast craters down toward the core.

A finished planet is exactly that: gone. Then you fly on to the next one and start again, world after world across the galaxy. Each new planet is a fresh ball of blocks with the same fate scheduled. And in proper idle fashion the mining doesn't stop when you leave — the ship keeps earning while you're away, so progress greets you on return.

It's a small, decently-rated production (10K+ downloads, 4.3) whose store text is unusually straight about what it is: an autopilot miner with a light touch of direction from you. Players who enjoy watching systems dismantle things — slowly, block by block, planet by planet — will get exactly the satisfaction advertised.