TAP! DIG! MY MUSEUM! is one of those rare gems that manages to be incredibly relaxing while maintaining a satisfying loop of progression. The pixel art is charmingly minimalist, and there's a genuine sense of wonder every time you uncover a new bone fragment. It’s not just a 'clicker'; it’s a management game that respects your time. Watching your museum slowly fill up with massive dinosaur skeletons that you personally excavated is surprisingly rewarding.
The gameplay loop is simple but effective: you dig for fossils, assemble them, and then watch the visitors pour in to give you the gold needed for your next expedition. The strategy comes in deciding whether to upgrade your digging tools, increase your museum's capacity, or hire more staff. It’s the perfect 'coffee break' game—easy to pick up for two minutes, but polished enough to keep you coming back for months.
Available on: iPhone, iPad, iPod
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Create an exhibition stand to display your fossils.
Gradually restore and develop the run down museum.
-Set out to excavate fossils.
Discover fossils to display in the exhibition stand. You can choose your dig site from the map. Enjoy wondering about what kind of dinosaur fossil you will unearth!
Please the visitors to the museum by collecting and assembling every part of the fossils.
-Raise your level.
Raise the level of your museum. Eventually you will receive many visitors.
Raise the level of your character. You can increase the number of excavations.
Raise the level of your pickaxe. This widens the range of rocks that you can destroy.
-Collect fossils.
You can collect your fossils in the storehouse and install your preferred fossils wherever you like.
(However, some fossils cannot be displayed depending on the type of exhibition stand.)
-Earn money.
Visitors will pay to come and see your fossils.
The amount of money they spend will vary depending on the type of customer and their satisfaction level (based on the state of your fossil collection.)
With the money you earn you can fund excavations, make exhibition stands, and level up.
Enjoy a fun museum management game with puzzle-like fossil excavations and simple controls! You will always be excitedly anticipating your next fossil discovery!
Collect many fossils, and aim to create your own wonderful museum with cute pixel art characters that move around!
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.Create an exhibition stand to display your fossils.
Gradually restore and develop the run down museum.
-Set out to excavate fossils.
Discover fossils to display in the exhibition stand. You can choose your dig site from the map. Enjoy wondering about what kind of dinosaur fossil you will unearth!
Please the visitors to the museum by collecting and assembling every part of the fossils.
-Raise your level.
Raise the level of your museum. Eventually you will receive many visitors.
Raise the level of your character. You can increase the number of excavations.
Raise the level of your pickaxe. This widens the range of rocks that you can destroy.
-Collect fossils.
You can collect your fossils in the storehouse and install your preferred fossils wherever you like.
(However, some fossils cannot be displayed depending on the type of exhibition stand.)
-Earn money.
Visitors will pay to come and see your fossils.
The amount of money they spend will vary depending on the type of customer and their satisfaction level (based on the state of your fossil collection.)
With the money you earn you can fund excavations, make exhibition stands, and level up.
Enjoy a fun museum management game with puzzle-like fossil excavations and simple controls! You will always be excitedly anticipating your next fossil discovery!
Collect many fossils, and aim to create your own wonderful museum with cute pixel art characters that move around!






TAP! DIG! MY MUSEUM! is a delightful management game where you take charge of an abandoned museum. To bring it back to life, you must head out on excavations to find dinosaur fossils. Each dig site is a puzzle where you have a limited number of moves to uncover bones hidden under the earth. Once a skeleton is complete, you display it in your gallery to earn coins from visitors, which you then use to upgrade your tools and expand your museum.
Addictive fossil-hunting puzzles
Adorable retro pixel art style
Satisfying museum management loop
Dozens of dinosaur species to discover
Focus on clearing the middle of the dig site first. Since bones are often multi-tile objects, hitting the center gives you the best chance of spotting an edge, allowing you to conserve your pickaxe durability for guaranteed hits.
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Sensor Tower - Fri Feb 28 2025
Create an exhibition stand to display your fossils. Gradually restore and develop the run down museum. -Set out to excavate fossils.
AppAdvice - Sat Dec 28 2019
As you earn money from visitors, prioritize opening new exhibition stands. A museum with five partially finished dinosaurs generates more passive income than a museum with one completed T-Rex early on.
Duplicate fossils are used to 'polish' your existing skeletons, increasing the amount of money visitors pay to see them.