Below the Orchard

Digging upgrade game
1 player
Phones and computers

Below the Orchard is a digging upgrade game that plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, for one player.

You dig a cellar under an apple tree, fill your basket with ore, and climb back to the hut to sell it, refill the oil for your lamp and buy better spades, baskets and lamps. You only see the ground near your lamp, and cut roots grow back. Something waits at the very bottom, and digging it out ends the game.

Play Below the Orchard

How to play

Use the arrow keys, or hold beside the digger, to dig downOn a touch screen: Hold beside the digger to dig that way
Dig into ore to put it in your basket
Lamp oil runs down as you dig. Go back up to sell and refill
Buy upgrades at the hut. A better spade digs harder ground
Roots grow back. Something waits at the very bottom

The game shows these steps as you play, the first time.

Below the Orchard gameplay — Below the Orchard in play

Controls

Arrows or WASD dig and move
Or hold beside the digger
At the hut, tap to buy or press 1 to 4

Tips

A step through a dug tunnel costs half a unit of oil and a dig hit costs one, so the climb back from 40 rows down needs about 20 oil.
Stone needs a level 2 spade, deep rock level 3, and the hollow and the seed level 4; the first spade costs 200 coins, paid for by copper and silver.
A cut root grows back 45 seconds later unless you are standing on it, so a long passage through the old roots will not stay open for the climb home.

What happens when the lamp oil runs out in Below the Orchard?

Your lamp goes out and you are carried back up to the hut, and half of the ore in your basket is dropped on the way. The rest sells as usual and the oil refills. Oil only refills at the surface, so the oil tank upgrades, from 60 up to 330, are what let you make longer trips.

Can the cellar run out of ore?

No. After every trip down, four new deposits settle in the layers you have already reached, so there is always something to sell before the next spade becomes affordable. Each layer has its own ores, from copper at 6 coins in the topsoil to relics at 500 in the hollow, and the seed waits at the bottom centre.

About this game

Made by Sucia in Houston, Texas. Built with AI assistance, designed and tested by Sucia. Last updated October 7, 2026. It plays in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with no download and no sign-in; your best scores and progress stay in this browser on this device. Without a pass, every game is free for 5 minutes a game and 30 minutes a day; an Arcade pass removes the limit. How Sucia makes and tests its games.

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