Sludgineers Launches After a Year of Development

What's here at launch

Sludgineers — described by its three-person team as a "cozy pollution cleaning mining active incremental game" — is now available on Steam after one year of development.

The full release expands substantially on what demo players encountered. According to the launch announcement, the complete version includes:

• A new map featuring progressively larger and more complex levels
• New types of pollution to clean up
• Tools available for upgrade
• New quests
• Reworked and new power-ups
• An expanded upgrade and ability system
• Refinery automation
• Drones

The game's stated goal is to trace the source of the pollution and eliminate it entirely — framed by the developers as potentially "the most important cleaning job in the world."

The announcement comes from Andy, Aaron, and James, the team behind the project, who extended thanks to those who wishlisted the game, played the demo, or created content around it.

For players who tried the demo, the full release represents a meaningful step up in scope — automation and drones in particular suggest the incremental systems have matured well beyond the earlier build.