HAZARD PAY 

Clock in. Dig deep. Survive the shift.

You've started a mining business on an alien planet. Unfortunately, the locals aren't happy about it.

Start the drill, defend your operation against incoming spider swarms, and turn your earnings into a stronger camp.

MINING · WAVE SURVIVAL · BASE DEFENCE · UPGRADES

Good money. Terrible working conditions.

Every operation is a choice. Check the difficulty and incoming enemies, prepare your defences, then fire up the drill. Some creatures come for you. Others go straight for your livelihood.

YOUR OPERATION

A small business with a big pest problem.

• Choose your risk: select operations with different difficulties and enemy compositions.
• Build your defence: position machinery and deployable defences around your camp.
• Keep production moving: manufacture ammunition, refine ore and manage cargo capacity.
• Work the market: sell resources at changing prices to fund your next investment.
• Grow the company: unlock permanent improvements across combat, industry and survival.

FIRST SHIFT

Getting started

1. Click inside the game to activate mouse control and audio.
2. Walk up to the drill and press E to choose an operation.
3. Defend yourself and the drill until the incoming enemies are defeated.
4. Process your ore at the refinery.
5. Visit the company terminal to sell cargo and purchase upgrades.
6. Collect ammunition from the ammo press and prepare for the next operation.

FIELD MANUAL

Controls

W / A / S / D	Move
Mouse	Look and aim
Left mouse	Fire
R	Reload
Shift	Sprint
E	Interact with nearby machines
Escape	Pause / close menus

Open Settings → Controls for configurable bindings, including base defence placement.

How long can you keep the business alive?

Tell us which operation challenged you, which upgrades felt worthwhile, and what needs improvement. For bug reports, include your platform and the steps to reproduce the issue.