- #1 SteamWorld Dig 2
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,134 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Mining 76.8% ★, Adventure 9.3%, Exploration 7.7%, Colorful 2.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title perfectly captures the core loop of digging, upgrading gear, and uncovering deep-earth mysteries.
- #2 Core Keeper
96% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.7%, Crafting 24.5%, Procedural Generation 21.8%, Exploration 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar sense of discovery and progression through mining in a vast, mysterious underground world.
- #3 Hydroneer
96% matchVery Positive86% of 28,536 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 50.1% ★, Sandbox 20.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Simulation 6.8%, First-Person 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the economy and automation of mining, mirroring the resource management aspect of the seed game.
- #4 Dome Keeper
95% matchVery Positive92% of 22,498 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 33%, Physics 22.9%, Exploration 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Adventure 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines the satisfying loop of mining for resources with strategic upgrades and base defense.
- #5 Wall World
94% matchVery Positive91% of 12,734 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
Why similar: Mining 65.5% ★, Procedural Generation 20.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: It features a unique digging mechanic where you explore and mine while defending your mobile base.
- #6 Dig or Die
94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,291 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.5%, Crafting 38.9%, Physics 11.7%, Adventure 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: It challenges you to mine and build defenses to survive in a hostile, procedurally generated environment.
- #7 Mining Mechs
93% matchVery Positive90% of 2,746 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Mining 28.1% ★, Underground 23.8% ★, Crafting 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the satisfying progression of upgrading mining equipment to reach new depths and efficiency.
- #8 SteamWorld Dig
92% matchVery Positive94% of 11,032 reviews2013
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Mining 79.7% ★, Exploration 6.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Sandbox 3.3%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: The original title that defined the modern digging-exploration genre with its tight controls and rewarding progression.
- #9 Terraria
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,558,339 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.9 hrsMean: 152.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Sandbox 44.6%, Crafting 29.5%, Exploration 12.9%, Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides an expansive sandbox experience where digging is the primary method for exploration and progression.
- #10 UnderMine
91% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Mining 52.4% ★, Procedural Generation 31.8%, Adventure 10.7%, Singleplayer 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends mining mechanics with roguelike exploration and discovery in a charming pixel-art style.
- #11 Mr.Mine
90% matchVery Positive92% of 18,682 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 99.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 56.8% ★, Crafting 19.2%, Simulation 10.3%, Sandbox 7.1%, Casual 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the incremental, addictive nature of digging deeper and deeper over time to find rare resources.
- #12 To The Core
89% matchVery Positive93% of 5,200 reviews2023
Dev: SomethingExtra
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
To The Core is an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades.
Why similar: Mining 54.6% ★, Procedural Generation 28.2%, Casual 8.2%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, arcade-style mining game that emphasizes the satisfying loop of breaking blocks and upgrading.
- #13 ASTRONEER
88% matchVery Positive92% of 139,497 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.7%, Crafting 25.2%, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Simulation 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features terrain deformation and resource collection in a vast, sandbox exploration setting.
- #14 Digseum
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,169 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Monthly
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!
Why similar: Mining 49.5% ★, Economy 20.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Exploration 8%, Colorful 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and collection aspects of a mining-themed simulation.
- #15 Super Motherload
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 950 reviews2014
Dev: XGen Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play.
Why similar: Mining 51.3% ★, Underground 17.4% ★, Loot 11.4%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Adventure 4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a puzzle-like approach to mining with a focus on uncovering secrets buried deep within the earth.
- #16 My Wife Threw Out My Card Collection (So I Bought a Dump to Find Them All) ⭐
87% matchMixed66% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: PolnochPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A cozy garbage-cleaning simulator. Dig through the dump, find ultra-rare collectible cards, rescue tangled birds, and relax.
Why similar: Loot 28.7%, Sandbox 15.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Economy 9.3%, Physics 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the digging-through-junk premise and the focus on finding hidden treasures in a mundane setting.
- #17 Drill and Delve
85% matchVery Positive87% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: noOne
Windows
You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.
Why similar: Voxel 21.6% ★, Mining 16% ★, Sandbox 13.4%, Loot 10%, Underground 8.7% ★
Why You'll Like It: Offers a 3D exploration experience centered around the act of digging and discovering new areas.
- #18 Keep on Mining!
84% matchVery Positive93% of 8,439 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!
Why similar: Mining 56.4% ★, Economy 19.7%, Loot 11.7%, Casual 6.1%, Colorful 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental game that mirrors the satisfying, repetitive nature of digging for profit.
- #19 Miner: Dig Deep
86% matchVery Positive91% of 257 reviews2020
Dev: Substance Games
Windows
A cozy mining platformer game. Dig deep into the earth in search of riches. Create your mine, improve your equipment, but don't get too greedy.
Why similar: Mining 28.3% ★, Underground 21% ★, Loot 15.8%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Sandbox 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward, relaxing mining game that focuses on the core loop of exploration and loot.
- #20 Digging the Forgotten Cave
84% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Cavernauts
Windows
Dig deep, unearth treasures. Upgrade your tools to uncover the secrets of the mystical caves. This is also an inner journey of relaxation, where your intuition can guide you as you dig deeper into the mysteries.
Why similar: Mining 25.9% ★, Underground 17.5% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Simulation 7.7%, Mystery 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a narrative-driven adventure that uses mining as a vehicle for exploration.
- #21 Deep Rock Galactic
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 380,437 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 76.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Loot 30.6%, Procedural Generation 26%, Exploration 12.8%, First-Person 11.4%, Horror 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes cooperative mining and exploration in a procedurally generated, dangerous environment.
- #22 DigDigDrill
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 629 reviews2024
Dev: Toorai
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
DigDigDrill is an underground mining and resource collecting game. Dig freely for minerals and treasures. Use the items you collect to forge your original drills in a hack-and-slash style equipment system.
Why similar: Mining 33.8% ★, Underground 27.9% ★, Loot 16.4%, Crafting 10.3%, Exploration 7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mining with a collectathon approach to exploration and character progression.
- #23 Hole Is Mine
81% matchVery Positive91% of 801 reviews2026
Dev: Incrementalist
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying a divine Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'Ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'Ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!
Why similar: Mining 44.7% ★, Economy 29.5%, Loot 15.4%, Simulation 6.6%, Casual 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economic and incremental aspects of building a mining empire.
- #24 Forager
82% matchVery Positive89% of 44,137 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Crafting 44.5%, Sandbox 28.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 6.1%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the addictive loop of gathering resources and expanding your base of operations in a compact world.
- #25 Subnautica
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 380,795 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Why similar: Crafting 25%, Horror 22.3%, Exploration 15.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: While underwater, it captures the same sense of mystery and resource gathering in a hostile, alien environment.
- #26 DAVE THE DIVER
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 162,908 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Why similar: Crafting 31.3%, Exploration 24.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Adventure 11.5%, Casual 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration and resource collection with a strong economy-management loop.
- #27 DigWorld
79% matchVery Positive87% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Edgar IXPub: Easy Grind Games
Windows
DigWorld is a cozy 2D digging extraction sandbox with roguelite elements, where each run is a race against the clock to get the best rewards. Collect as many items as you can before time runs out. Sell. Upgrade. Repeat.
Why similar: Mining 37.9% ★, Underground 21.1% ★, Loot 18.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawler that uses mining mechanics to drive exploration and loot collection.
- #28 Berry Bury Berry
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,949 reviews2026
Dev: Get(Color) Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A juicy first-person incremental game about growing berries and tossing them down an ominous hole. Earn money and upgrades. Make new friends with sentient berry pals. Grow and control the hole as you unearth why nobody leaves this accursed garden. Bury it all, Berry everything.
Why similar: Physics 21.2%, First-Person 17.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, 3D 11.2%, Colorful 9.9%
- #29 Meltopia
78% matchVery Positive86% of 1,754 reviews2026
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A minimalist game where you melt snow with a heat cannon to explore a mysterious frozen world. Uncover glacial secrets, collect valuable resources and ancient artifacts — and ultimately find and assemble the remains of an ancient Mammoth.
Why similar: Mining 19.7% ★, Underground 16.7% ★, Loot 10.7%, Sandbox 8.4%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #30 Graveyard Keeper
80% matchVery Positive85% of 56,175 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Crafting 44%, Sandbox 29%, Simulation 12.9%, Mystery 6.1%, Adventure 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the quirky, simulation-heavy approach to resource management and uncovering dark secrets.
- #31 Keep Digging
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,285 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Why similar: Mining 22.4% ★, Voxel 21.5% ★, Economy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.2%, Crafting 8.5%
- #32 One Man´s Trash
77% matchVery Positive85% of 333 reviews2025
Dev: Jony Pazu Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Vacuum your way through a massive junk pit in search of a lost hard drive worth millions. Suck, sell, upgrade, and uncover absurd items, pop culture relics, and unsettling secrets in this dangerously addictive, satirical dig-'em-up.
Why similar: Voxel 23.4% ★, Mining 21.7% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Horror 9.3%, Simulation 6.8%
- #33 The Spotter: Dig or Die
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2026
Dev: Puppyroar GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.
Why similar: Mining 19.5% ★, Voxel 18.4% ★, Underground 15.8% ★, Economy 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #34 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
76% matchVery Positive88% of 3,544 reviews2025
Dev: AarimousPub: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.
Why similar: Mining 41.1% ★, Economy 15.7%, Simulation 13.3%, Casual 10.6%, Colorful 10.5%
- #35 Digger: Galactic Treasures
75% matchVery Positive88% of 736 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Voxel 33.8% ★, Mining 28.4% ★, Crafting 6.9%, Simulation 4.4%, Mystery 4.3%
- #36 Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,587 reviews2025
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?
Why similar: Underground 34.5% ★, Physics 13.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 9%
- #37 Forest Hustle
74% matchVery Positive91% of 583 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Forest
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You are dropped into a forest with one goal - making money and paying off your 100k debt. Collect resources, make deals, upgrade, build and hire workers to do the job for you. 🐕
Why similar: Mining 24.2% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Exploration 10.7%, Loot 8.1%
- #38 Dig & Deal
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: ToYa Games
Windows
Dig & Deal is a game where you dig underground to find valuable items and bargain with customers to sell what you find. Upgrade your tools, grow your shop, and make the best deals to build your fortune.
Why similar: Mining 26.3% ★, Underground 22.1% ★, Economy 15.5%, Sandbox 10.6%, Exploration 6.8%
- #39 A Game About Chopping Trees
73% matchVery Positive85% of 1,212 reviews2026
Dev: Space Raccoon Game StudioPub: Spaghetti Cat
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Grab your axe, hop on the handcar, and lose yourself in the forest. Chop trees, upgrade your gear, and enjoy the ride - alone or with a friend
Why similar: Sandbox 20.1%, Physics 15.6%, Exploration 13.4%, Simulation 11.5%, First-Person 11%
- #40 Leaf it Alone
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,585 reviews2025
Dev: Eternity
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Finally, it's that time of the year to clean up this leafy mess. It's been a while since the last time you've done it, so don't waste any second and derust your raking skills!
Why similar: Simulation 29%, Physics 24.7%, First-Person 19%, Casual 11.9%, 3D 9.1%
- #41 Dig Island
73% matchVery Positive86% of 362 reviews2026
Dev: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
Dig Island is a 4-player co-op digging game. As you dig deeper, discover new resources, upgrade your equipment, and work with your friends to repair the plane and escape the island.
Why similar: Voxel 24% ★, Mining 23.3% ★, Crafting 12.8%, Exploration 8.1%, First-Person 7%
- #42 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,909 reviews2026
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Mining 41.2% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Economy 12.4%, Crafting 7.9%, Simulation 7.7%
- #43 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
72% matchVery Positive80% of 1,930 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!
Why similar: Mining 54.9% ★, Economy 17.1%, Loot 11.3%, Casual 8.1%, Colorful 6.5%
- #44 Diggin
71% matchVery Positive81% of 668 reviews2026
Dev: Longshot Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Drill into the depths of a meteor crater in this incremental adventure. Mine ores, unlock upgrades and find the cosmic treasure that lies below! Can you uncover what happened to the Moles that came before you?
Why similar: Mining 45.6% ★, Underground 32% ★, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 3.7%, Casual 3.5%
- #45 You Know The Drill
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,074 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You Know The Drill is a relaxing incremental mining game about digging underground to harvest ores. Collect resources and use them to upgrade your drill and go even deeper!
Why similar: Mining 50.3% ★, Underground 36.8% ★, Simulation 7.5%, Casual 4.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #46 iDigging
73% matchMixed69% of 866 reviews2025
Dev: TWEN
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In iDigging, you’ll balance treasure hunting, home improvement, and the strategy of hiding from curious neighbors and authorities. Upgrade, dig, and create your best life despite all the challenges!
Why similar: Underground 46.9% ★, Physics 15.4%, First-Person 10.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Colorful 6.5%
- #47 MineMogul
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Mining 32.7% ★, Underground 21.4% ★, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Physics 9.8%
- #48 Lumberjacked
71% matchVery Positive83% of 701 reviews2025
Dev: Inner Realm StudiosPub: Dumb Duck Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You wake up in a strange cabin deep in a mysterious forest, axe in hand, with only one way forward—through. Chop trees, sell logs, purchase and upgrade gear, and uncover the secrets hidden deep in the forest.
Why similar: First-Person 22%, Atmospheric 15.4%, 3D 14.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Adventure 12.1%
- #49 Cash Cleaner Simulator
69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,064 reviews2025
Dev: Mind Control GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 48.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...
Why similar: Sandbox 33.6%, Physics 21.6%, First-Person 14.7%, Simulation 11%, Colorful 10.3%
- #50 Underminer
70% matchVery Positive93% of 999 reviews2024
Dev: Team GongMyeongPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Welcome to Underminer, an underground adventure game set in a subterranean world. Mine minerals, earn money, upgrade your drill machine and descend deeper into the earth. The truth about 'legendary minerals' and an exciting underground world are waiting for you!
Why similar: Mining 52% ★, Simulation 35.1%, Adventure 7.1%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #51 Mining Merchant
68% matchVery Positive88% of 429 reviews2026
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Mining Merchant is a relaxing mining and shopkeeping adventure game. Mine by day to uncover rare ores and gems, then craft jewelry to sell in your shop by night. Rebuild your uncle’s business solo or in co-op and uncover the mystery behind the nightly earthquakes.
Why similar: Mining 34% ★, Underground 19.5% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Crafting 12.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #52 Fill Up The Hole
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,208 reviews2025
Dev: Fluffy Lotus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.
Why similar: Simulation 78.9%, Singleplayer 21.1%
- #53 Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!
66% matchVery Positive94% of 26,298 reviews2026
Dev: ArtRising
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! is a single-player simulation. You need return scattered books to proper places in an Arcane Library. As completed rows of bookshelves, you can learn ability to improve your efficiency. Use your skills and strategies to shelve 3,072 books as quick as you can.
Why similar: Simulation 29.7%, Atmospheric 21.9%, 3D 20.6%, Casual 16.7%, Singleplayer 11.1%
- #54 Super Mining Mechs
69% matchVery Positive87% of 898 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Why similar: Mining 27.5% ★, Underground 26.7% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Crafting 10%
- #55 Scritchy Scratchy
65% matchVery Positive94% of 16,176 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
Why similar: Economy 65.7%, Simulation 24.8%, Casual 9.4%
- #56 Dig Deep
70% matchMixed69% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyLabsPub: QubicGames
Windows
Grab a shovel and let's get digging! Join the adventure, hire miners and dig for a treasure
Why similar: Mining 63.6% ★, Exploration 9%, Simulation 7.1%, Casual 6.1%, 3D 5.9%
- #57 Dig For Your Lives
67% matchVery Positive85% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Cool Birb Studio
Windows
Dig for resources, upgrade your gear and defend your gate against relentless zombie hordes as you uncover the mystery hidden beneath the world. Play solo or with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Mining 45.3% ★, Voxel 39.8% ★, Exploration 5.9%, Simulation 3.9%, Adventure 2%
- #58 Colony 37
66% matchVery Positive96% of 232 reviews2025
Dev: Valen
Windows
Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources. Spend your money on buying various trinkets and instruments that will help you along the way to earn even more profit.
Why similar: Underground 40.8% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Procedural Generation 18.9%, First-Person 9.5%, 3D 5.8%
- #59 Supermarket Simulator
64% matchVery Positive92% of 84,255 reviews2025
Dev: Nokta Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.
Why similar: Economy 42.9%, Simulation 24.5%, Sandbox 13.2%, First-Person 9.3%, 3D 4%
- #60 CloverPit
64% matchVery Positive90% of 26,165 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Horror 32.9%, First-Person 23.6%, Simulation 15.6%, 3D 14.3%, Adventure 7.7%
