Last updated on November 28th, 2025 at 09:27 am
Drilla: Idle Digging Game – Entertainment Game Review
Drilla: Idle Digging Game is a Entertainment/Simulation/Strategy game from CHERNYE MEDVEDI, OOO, first launched in 10th February 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,020+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Drilla: Idle Digging Game Stand Out
Drilla — is an interactive strategy game that will immerse you into the world of excavations and explorations. Do you think it’s easy being a geologist, chemist, engineer, constructor, and handy miner? Why don’t you try it out?! Develop a powerful drill and get to the center of the earth!
Key features
– Simple to learn.
– Drill upgrade — collect the best body kit from over 200 available.
– Automatic drilling even when you aren’t in the game — drilling and mining continues until the Drilla power block is depleted.
– International rating — become the best driller in the world.
– Clan system. Create your own clan or join an already existing one. Your clan will help you figure out a good strategy and may share resources.
– Assistants — get a special tech helper and drill faster.
– Build blocks and a block tower, solving the puzzle.
– Daily bonuses to all players.
– Augmented reality game mode (iOS 11 and ARKit support: iPhone SE, 6S and newer).
And sometimes, you’ll be visited by Egor…
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Do you enjoy being the drill master? We’d be happy to see your review!
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Auto-Renewal Subscription.
- [PRO] Driller ($5.49 per month). Ads free, Drilling Speed x2, Sell part resources.
- [Magic] Driller ($9.99 per month). Ads free, Drilling Speed x2, Sell part resources, New items in daily bonus, New Boosters, 10x resources per tap.
- [PRO] Driller ($19.99 per 3 month). Ads free, Drilling Speed x2, Sell part resources, New items in daily bonus, New Boosters, 10x resources per tap, Badge in Clans.
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Drilla: Idle Digging Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th April 2025
Recent improvements include:
Fixing a login error
Download & Availability
Drilla: Idle Digging Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Drilla: Idle Digging Game on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game is really good but we dont like why we collect resources cant it Just collect by itself.
We find it satisfying to tap the screen collecting all the resources. We upgrading the drill is fun too.
Casi y va dar 4 estrellas pero las imgenes de la App Store y play store son muy raras en android va un fondo diferente en la misma altura no se puede cambiar el fondo de la mina y en App Store lo mismo pero lo importante es que sea divertido necesita una actualizacin que de una sola gema con un anuncio y tambien donde mejoras las cosa la velocidad y alcenamiento y eso mientras ms materiales tengas si pero que se ocupe menos gemas cueste tiene sentido por favor y por ltimo que se pueda quitar los minerales hasta lo que necesitas como quieras pero que te de dinero por favor.
We opened this game and instantly busted a big fat wet juicy nut right into our diaper. Would play again.
We like the different levels of drilling you do and different buildings and terrain you go through and how you custom make your own Drilla and we love the rhythm.
Its a great game idea but we think it would have to be more fun if it just gets a little more map at the top and it just doesnt let you go up.
We like this game but EVERY 2 HOURS we HEAR may the force be with you HOW DO we TURN THAT OFF.
We like the game. Very well developed, fun and engaging. However. Every time we craft a part. Or complete a goal. Or play, bam an Ad. Literally 3 Ads in 7 minutes. So we thought to ourselves there has to be a premium version with no ads. There is. 19.99 for 3 months. Sure you get some other stuff in there too. But 80$/year seems a bit steep for a premium version. Other than that good game. Unfortunately uninstalled for the time being because we dont want half of our play time to be watching ads.
And more adsand more ads. Seems like a fun game if it wasnt for all the ads.
We love playing the game but there is just to much ads that is the part that we dont like about this game but the game is soooooooooooooo fun.
Whats the point of making a game that the producers say is awesome if it wont even work and it may work for others but some arent lucky. If yall are going to make a game and send it out to others to download THEN MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY WORKS because every single time we try redownloading the game it keeps saying that internet error and no matter what we try to fix it it doesnt work so this game is bull crap and unless yall fix this which yall probably wont and probably dont care this game deserves 1 star.
Watch a video to get 60k! > Taps no > App proceeds to give us an ad anyways that we cannot skip. > Well what was the point? Happened to us four more times. We cant. We cant even install an upgrade or claim a reward without getting some sort of pop up video that we dont have the choice to skip.
Played the game for a few hours and enjoyed our time learning the mechanics and such. We closed the game for a few hours as well to go do something else, when we came back to check up on our progress, because its an idle game and thats what you do, we were getting advertisements every minute or so it seemed. We would catch up with tapping resources on the way down to our drill, go into our storage and sell some materials, ad, we would repeat the catch-up and look at upgrades, ad, again we would catch up and accidentally go into a menu and then close it, ad. We were, emphasis on was, having fun with this game until this point. We dont know what it was that made this happen but it is garbage. Im practically watching ads for half of our time while Im playing.
Its infested with ads every where you look.
The amount of ads you get in this game is literally insane every time we want to upgrade our digger we get an ad When you decline to watch an ad for a reward you still get an ad its very annoying and to not revive ads you have to pay thats a bunch of crap if you ask us Ive played 100s of mobile games and this one by far is absurd with the amount of ads you get for literally just playing the game.
We cant play because it keeps saying no internet connection pls fix.
We downloaded this game a long time ago before a lot of updates because its a bit different. It was fun. Idk if we didnt notice it before or if it was added but a subscription? We know this is the direction mobile games are pushing for like UT for EA but this is sad man. $20 for 3 months? Wild.
We are having trouble with the loading screen glitch it keeps freezing up.
We had trouble getting into the game because we had to re-try every time just letting you know creator if you see this you have to make some fixing here.
We have a few complaints about this game. First you get 5 second ads every once in a while for rewards, but the game never recognizes 5 seconds ads so you miss out on a lot of rewards and waste time. Also often it will ask you if you want an ad for a reward. If you say no an ad will pop up anyway. Third it wont let you sell partial resources unless you subscribe to their monthly fee, you can only sell all of a resource. Besides this the game is a good idle game, you can join clans to ask for resources and challenge other clans to see who can dig farther in 24 hours to earn money. You have upgrades, and you can sell resources you ours to afford schematics for parts.
Its alright the UI is a bit confusing to new players at least to us it was but we liked the little Minecraft Easter egg.
Not the best game ever but it is a good time killer.
Every response from the devs are fake all of them have the same text lets make games together ; ) make real reponces please.
You tap like crazy for 5-10 seconds and then you see a treasure chest, well thats a 30 second add. This game is 66% watching adds. This was a miserable experience for us.
The game is pretty good, but they play an automatic ad every 2-3 mins and theres nothing you can do to stop it.
So we got the game, and started playing it. We proggresed until we saw that the drill wasnt moving anymore. And we saw that an app was under the drill. This game is broken. Please fix it.
A few years ago, it was a fun and engaging game. Occasional ads that werent intrusive, fun, etc. Now its so overrun by ads, you better pick what menu you REALLY want to open… Because soon as you close it youll get an ad about every 3rd to 4th time. ITS HORRIBLE NOW! Wish they hadnt done that, especially since theres no way to skip though most ads like the majority of games (after 5 seconds, skip past). Really disappointed.
We have many games but this is the worst game ever.
When given the choice to watch an add for a reward and choosing no……then getting an add anyway and no reward. Just infuriates us. Whats the point of doing that to people???? Oh yeah greed.
Dont download, you will be a ad watcher , we will pay 2 dl for ad free but never ,, never for an ad free subscription.
Just about every time you go into a menu and exit an AD pops up.
This game looked really fun but it forces you to watch ads to play. We were playing for about 5 minutes and it forced 2 ads into the gameplay. Annoying especially if your just learning how to play.
Are you kidding us? If you buy something you have only one hour of no ads? We cant belive apps have sunk this low.
This is a fun game and we really like the graphics of it, but ever 15 secs there is an ad! Thats all we have we have to say.
Ive been playing Drilla for more than 1 year. We wrote a petition to devs, but they wont care. Here it is: "In the past several months we have seen a number of anti-consumer updates in both Drilla and Flood that very negatively affected every player, essentially leading the playerbase to a significant decline. As players, both new and veteran, we see no future in these games if this is how they are going to be maintained. The following is a list of adjustments we require in order to stay in game. If these requirements are not met by June 1st (more than 3 months from this date) we would have to leave the game in favor of another developer that cares about their playerbase. 1) Forced ads shall be removed completely from both games. In Drilla, there are full 30 seconds unskippable ads that play in game every minute, discouraging people from playing the game. Several people have reported closing the game as soon as they pop up. As of right now 33% of drilla gameplay is watching ads, which is unseen in any other game. We are 100% fine with mechanics that give you reward for watching ads, however any popups and forced ads should be removed from both Drilla and Flood. 2) Subscriptions are currently too expensive compared to what they offer. As of right now, the whole subscription system is overly complicated in both games, with 3 levels, 2 of which are obsolete and low rewards compared to price we paying. Also interestingly enough, Drilla subscription costs more than Flood, even though it offers less privileges. Here are few ideas: make subscription give players a fixed amount of gems every day, which would be higher than buying a pack of same price; remove all obsolete subscription ranks; make one subscription for all games (that should encourage players check out other games if they already have subscription in one, since they will receive bonuses) and in general, as an idea we would like to see more crossplay with other games. 3) Cheaters have to be dealt with once and for all. Even though the problem is not nearly as bad as it was few months ago, it is still a problem. The main issue game has is that it stores all data, including progress, resources and gems locally on the device, which means that hackers can easily access these files and write whatever they want. This does not encourage anyone to support the game or buy gems. The fix would be to store these files on a server, which has already been partially implemented with backup systems. If that is too hard to implement, there need to be more anti cheating measures (however they must not false ban people that spend money, like what happened previously). Additionally, distribution war rewards could be delayed. To make sure none of the clans decided to cheat last minute. 4) Clans have to have more interactions. Even without described above problems, everyone is getting bored of having no challenge in these games. The gap between clans can be very high which means progress moves slowly, which results in players getting bored quickly. Wars in both games are often not a challenge since top 3 clans can often be placed against WAY out of the league opponents. Here is an idea: make wars ranked. That way strongest clans will compete with each other, and add a reward to top leagues so that people have motivation to progress. Add some in clan interactions, like building facilities in clan or attacking other clans. 5) We need a better communication with developers, as of right now some people have reported that it can take up to a week to receive a reply on urgent cases when people can no longer access their accounts. A lot of veterans quit both games because they have some issues with their accounts that are not resolved in time. We can provide you with our discord or we can help you create your own. We are aware that there is a group in VK that has a lot of announcements, but what about people that speak English? ".
Im in team lol and we want team lol to win 1st plase and lol bye bye.
Hi we love this app we were like omg its so addictive awesome.
We love this game its so cool and the fact that you can dig that deep no matter what is also pretty cool we also like the clan idea as well, this game is so awesome.
Picked the game back up after a year of being away. The number of ads is insane. The game often plays ads when you decline to watch an ad for a bonus. There are more freebies and elements to the game since we last played a year ago but the new additions didnt justify the absurdly large number of ads to us. We understand some ads, but this was a whole new level for us. We rated 4 stars instead of 3 due to the increase in freebies that came with the ads.
It has a long ad for rewards and if you dont watch the long ad for 2 minutes you dont get the reward. The game says you got the ad and you can exit the ad but it doesnt give you the reward. Also you cant buy permanent Magic it is a prescribed 3 month deal it boost you for 3 months which is the highest also 12.99$, and the boost isnt even that good for 12.99$ a month. Another reason this game is bad is because you can set up a clan thing were you can ask for materials and other people will send them, but it is either 24 or 5 hours to receive them (we think it is 24 hours).
We get it, you need to advertise. Forced adds is never the way to a players heart. Within the first 5 mins we watched 2 adds. Next an add offer pops up to give us coins. We rejected the offer only to be forced to watch another add, but now with zero reward. Their are so many great add models out there for these types of games. We were not able to enjoy the game to make a decision if we would consider the paid add removal. Deleted and good luck with your business model.
We like the screen please make more coming of it.
Great work on the game we started a couple days ago and its fantastic so far keep it up.
When we first started playing this game was great but the more you advance in the game the slower it goes. Youd think the deeper you dig and the upgrades would help you go faster not slower! Recent updates have forced you to upgrade only parts and not as you want! The tower game is now pointless as well! Wish we had our money back that we spent on this game!! Cancel the membership only to say we have it until the end of November instead of refunding us the remaining money! Dont waste your money.
Currently has a bad problem going to black screen when exiting ads. Seriously off putting.
Just downloaded the game today. Every time we hit the X after watching an ad, the screen goes all black and we have to force close and reopen the app to fix it. With the amount of ads in the game, you could see how annoying that is.
Theres literally ads ever 2 minutes and then right after the ad the game blacks out.
Really Fun. Would love some crazy updates such as a Bunch of upgrades and different items and different materials. We love digging games and this is one of the best.
The game is amazing nothing more nothing less.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 8.14
- Size: 153.25 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TR
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: CHERNYE MEDVEDI, OOO
Last updated: 19th April 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Simulation | Developer: CHERNYE MEDVEDI, OOO