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Players don't have to settle when it comes to endless runners. With the App Store already overflowing with options in this part-platformer, part-coffee break genre, new additions that lack substance will be washed out with the next inevitable rising tide of releases. One of those new hopefuls, Miner Problem, is a playable runner with responsive controls and a charming, pixelated art style. Unfortunately, it doesn't offer much beyond that. Although it can be played without spending a dime, there are too many other, better options available to warrant investing time in this one.

Our protagonist in Miner Problem is a lone, bomber-jacketed pickaxe jockey who has the misfortune of working in a vast mine prone to cave-ins. Each run begins with his work being interrupted by the shudder of a soon-to-be-deadly rockslide, sending him sprinting for his life and any pieces of gold and diamonds he can snag along the way. In standard endless runner fashion, the nameless blonde miner runs ever-onward automatically, leaving players with the task of jumping over obstacles by tapping the left side of the screen and tapping the right to utilize special abilities.