Earth Inc.

Earth Inc. places the player in charge of a small mining business with the goal of turning it into a company that controls resources across the universe. The game uses a satirical corporate premise rather than a character-driven story. Profit is treated as the main objective, even when mining damages the environment or exhausts an entire planet. Expansion eventually moves beyond Earth and continues through additional worlds and galaxies.

Turning Rock into Revenue

Mining begins with direct input. The player taps deposits to break coal, gold, diamonds, artifacts, and other materials, which are converted into money. Early progress depends heavily on active tapping because workers and machines have limited power. Income can then be invested in stronger mining damage, faster production, additional employees, and industries that increase the value of extracted resources.

Replacing Manual Work with Automation

Autominers continue breaking deposits without constant player input. Hiring and upgrading them gradually changes the game from an active clicker into an idle management system. Manager cards provide bonuses to production, damage, or other company systems, while the headquarters and business tower offer additional upgrades. The company also generates income while the player is away, allowing saved profits to fund the next group of improvements.

The normal development cycle includes:

• Tap rocks and deposits to extract resources.
• Collect money produced by the mining operation.
• Upgrade tapping power and automated mining damage.
• Hire more workers to increase company production.
• Improve autominers so they clear stronger deposits.
• Collect and upgrade manager cards for permanent bonuses.
• Complete quests and claim rewards for additional resources.

From Underground Layers to New Planets

Earth Inc. contains many progression levels, but they are not traditional stages with separate stories. Miners move through increasingly durable underground layers, and later planets introduce much higher costs and resource values. The company expands across continents before reaching space, where new galaxies and planets continue the incremental progression. Some updates also include planetary bosses, quests, card rarities, and long-term objectives.

As upgrade prices rise, players must decide which system currently provides the largest increase in income. Improving only tapping damage can slow idle progress, while relying entirely on automation may make active sessions less effective. Manager bonuses, artifacts, galactic knowledge, and higher-level industries multiply existing profits and become more important than basic upgrades later in the game. Moving to another planet may reset part of the current economy, but permanent bonuses make the following mining cycle faster. The long-term objective is to repeat this process, reach deeper layers, unlock new worlds, and expand Earth Inc. into a multigalactic mining corporation.