Your objective is to collect all GOLD in the mines with your special grade GRABBER. Grab all the gold spreaded through each mine (10 points each). It is transported via long PIPES to the surface. Your competitive miners sends evil creatures named DANGEES to destroy your pipes. Luckily you can grab them too (10-255 points depending on type and depth). Dont grab the BOMB... it will explode when it is crushed by your grabber! Your pipes are safe from it. The TREASURE chest that popups once in a while is worth 1000 points. Every 10000 points gets you an extra grabber. Each level contains a magic DIAMOND. If you collect it all enemies will temporary slow down. You have 99 seconds to complete a level.
You control your grabber with the relative tap pad. The direction of the grabber is determined by comparing the latest relative touch position to the previous one. This works quite comfortable for this game.
The gameplay of Golds Well is similar to classic games like Oils Well or Anteater.