- #1 Turmoil
97% matchVery Positive93% of 15,893 reviews2016
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Why similar: Mining 27.8% ★, Capitalism 16.9%, Time Management 13.5%, Management 13.1%, Economy 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the high-pressure capitalist management and resource-extraction loop found in Coal LLC.
- #2 (the) Gnorp Apologue
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,673 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.5 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
Why similar: Mining 26.8% ★, Economy 17.4%, Management 13.7%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: An excellent management game that focuses on scaling up production and economy through satisfying, incremental growth.
- #3 Galactic Mining Corp
96% matchVery Positive84% of 933 reviews2021
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
Why similar: Mining 24.2% ★, Capitalism 19.7%, Economy 13.6%, Management 11.1%, Roguelite 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes the management and economic aspects of mining, tasking you with building an efficient corporate empire.
- #4 Wall World
95% matchVery Positive91% of 12,217 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.7 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 38.1% ★, Roguelite 14.8%, Management 10.5%, Roguelike 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title features a unique mining-focused roguelite experience where you must manage your resources while defending your mobile base.
- #5 Drill Core
94% matchVery Positive85% of 2,374 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Roguelite 30.4%, Management 22.5%, Roguelike 21.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Resource Management 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic roguelite that focuses on drilling deeper into the earth while managing resources and defending against threats.
- #6 Dome Keeper
94% matchVery Positive92% of 20,921 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 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: Roguelike 34.5%, Procedural Generation 24.1%, Resource Management 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, 2D 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deep-underground mining with roguelite tower-defense mechanics, mirroring the survival-under-pressure gameplay.
- #7 Luck be a Landlord
93% matchVery Positive93% of 11,440 reviews2023
Dev: TrampolineTales
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Why similar: Capitalism 23.5%, Roguelite 16.3%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Management 12.1%, Roguelike 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the ruthless capitalist grind and economic strategy of Coal LLC through a unique roguelike deckbuilding format.
- #8 Keep on Mining!
91% matchVery Positive94% of 7,974 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 37.5% ★, Capitalism 24.6%, Economy 14.6%, Resource Management 6.4%, Management 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing idler experience that focuses on the core satisfaction of mining and upgrading your equipment.
- #9 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
91% matchVery Positive86% of 47,393 reviews2025
Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Why similar: Roguelite 57.4%, Procedural Generation 31%, Roguelike 9.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It translates the mining and survival themes of the genre into a fast-paced, roguelite action experience.
- #10 Moose Miners
92% matchMixed69% of 521 reviews2024
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 145.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
Why similar: Mining 30.8% ★, Capitalism 21%, Economy 16.4%, Management 14.6%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy mining game that emphasizes strategy and management in a resource-gathering context.
- #11 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
89% matchVery Positive94% of 1,035 reviews2025
Dev: Merge Conflict Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mine, refine, and sell gemstones in Gemporium, a cute, fast-paced shop management game. Upgrade your tools, expand your store, and master the daily rhythm of digging, polishing, and turning a profit to pay off your debt, one gem at a time.
Why similar: Mining 32.9% ★, Capitalism 13.3%, Time Management 12.7%, Management 12.1%, Economy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A lighter, simulation-focused mining game that emphasizes collection and management in a charming setting.
- #12 Idle Cave Miner
90% matchVery Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Hours
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 128.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
Why similar: Mining 46.6% ★, Management 20.5%, Resource Management 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Cute 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a straightforward mining management loop with incremental upgrades and crafting elements.
- #13 TerraForge
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: OverjoyedGameDevs
Windows · Linux
TerraForge is a mining simulation game mixed with a bit of shop management. You dig for ores, craft items, research new blueprints, improve your shop, sell your items and slowly grow your own little mining town.
Why similar: Mining 32% ★, Time Management 15.5%, Economy 15.1%, Management 12.3%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a cozy, relaxing take on the mining genre with a focus on time-management and simulation.
- #14 Digseum
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,795 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 31.9% ★, Management 16%, Economy 13.9%, Capitalism 12.3%, Resource Management 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines mining with museum management, offering a unique twist on the resource-gathering loop.
- #15 MineMogul
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,767 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 40% ★, Underground 23.9% ★, Management 16.4%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the automation and building aspects of mining, allowing you to scale your operation as you dig deeper.
- #16 SteamWorld Dig 2
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,952 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.5 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 85.8% ★, 2D 6.9%, Indie 3.7%, Colorful 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a polished exploration and mining experience with deep progression systems and satisfying resource management.
- #17 Mining Survivors
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Mining 41.8% ★, Roguelite 18.4%, Roguelike 13.9%, Economy 9.9%, Management 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite action game that keeps the mining theme while introducing intense combat and survival mechanics.
- #18 Big Ambitions
84% matchVery Positive93% of 12,848 reviews2023
Dev: Hovgaard Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
Why similar: Capitalism 28%, Management 25.8%, Economy 24.5%, Time Management 10.8%, Resource Management 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game leans heavily into the capitalist management aspect, allowing you to build and run various businesses in a simulated economy.
- #19 Forager
85% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 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: Pixel Graphics 37.2%, Resource Management 31%, 2D 13.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Indie 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It blends mining, crafting, and management into a highly addictive loop that rewards constant expansion and resource gathering.
- #20 DAVE THE DIVER
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 150,346 reviews2023
Dev: MINTROCKET
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Management 43.1%, Roguelite 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Simulation 8.8%, 2D 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It balances resource gathering with business management, providing a similar feel of juggling multiple tasks to satisfy customers.
- #21 Particul
84% matchVery Positive81% of 579 reviews2026
Dev: MILLION PIXELS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.
Why similar: Mining 62.3% ★, Simulation 17%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Strategy 5.8%, 2D 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based simulation game that captures the satisfaction of mining and resource manipulation.
- #22 Idle Colony
81% matchVery Positive83% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Economy 25.5%, Management 18.4%, Roguelite 14.7%, Nature 10.7%, Resource Management 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends automation and strategy, requiring you to manage a group of workers to maximize mining efficiency.
- #23 Mining Wizards
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: TMA Forge
Windows
Mining Wizards is an incremental mining game. Mine minerals, gather materials, upgrade a massive skill tree, level up, unlock talents, discover artifacts, and attract artifact visitors!
Why similar: Mining 30.6% ★, Capitalism 19.8%, Economy 18.1%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A collectathon-style mining game that uses idler mechanics to manage your resource gathering and strategy.
- #24 Chipmatic
80% matchMixed67% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: Molter
Windows · Linux
Chipmatic is an incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot on a mission to reach Earth’s core. Explore underground, find buried blueprints, research technologies and upgrade yourself to create the best (and only) factory on Earth!
Why similar: Mining 39.6% ★, Underground 29.8% ★, Management 13.1%, Simulation 4.8%, Strategy 4%
Why You'll Like It: A job-simulator style game that focuses on the technical aspects of mining and automation in an underground setting.
- #25 Dwarf Eats Mountain
79% matchVery Positive81% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: Green Wizard
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
Why similar: Mining 35.1% ★, Economy 16.4%, Management 10.8%, Roguelite 10.7%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #26 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
78% matchVery Positive81% of 1,407 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 39.7% ★, Capitalism 25.7%, Economy 13.4%, Resource Management 5.6%, Management 4.9%
- #27 Coal Mining Simulator
82% matchMostly Negative34% of 182 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Mining 60.8% ★, Management 21.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8%, Indie 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A more grounded simulation experience that focuses on the technical and strategic aspects of operating a coal mine.
- #28 Pixel Shopkeeper
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel Prototype
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be a Pixel Shopkeeper! Collect items using inventory management puzzle mechanics. Sell your wares, decorate your shop, craft new products, and expand! Train to beat tougher dungeons, unlock new classes and decor, and furnish your shop smartly to maximize profits!
Why similar: Capitalism 26.8%, Management 22.7%, Economy 17.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and economy side of the mining loop, tasking you with selling your gathered goods for profit.
- #29 Astro Prospector
77% matchVery Positive93% of 2,969 reviews2025
Dev: Incrementalist
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!
Why similar: Capitalism 30.6%, Roguelite 17.4%, Management 15.8%, Roguelike 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #30 EternaMine
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Seyloj
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mine, fight monsters, upgrade your gear, obtain rare items, unlock new powers and mine some more in the massive follow-up to the popular title "Haste-Miner 2". Eternamine offers a casual yet engaging gameplay experience, expand your mining empire and discover the secrets that lie beneath the earth.
Why similar: Mining 50.8% ★, Economy 14%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Nature 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An arcade-style mining game that focuses on the quick, repetitive satisfaction of gathering resources.
- #31 Kin and Quarry
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2026
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An incremental mining adventure where you must dig into the earth to recover essence for your sacred Evertree. Mine, drill, and blast your way to the deepest depths, discovering rare artifacts and recruiting more kin to your cause along the way. Dig. Upgrade. Repeat.
Why similar: Mining 57% ★, Underground 15% ★, Roguelite 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Roguelike 6.8%
- #32 Idle Deepcore
75% matchVery Positive83% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Bluehood Games
Windows
Idle Deepcore is an incremental mining game where you dig ever deeper, smelt ore into ingots, upgrade your pickaxe and machines, and grow several mines in parallel to build a vast underground industry.
Why similar: Mining 37.1% ★, Underground 21.8% ★, Simulation 13.3%, Procedural Generation 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #33 Forest Hustle
75% matchVery Positive90% of 468 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Forest
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 38.2% ★, Capitalism 20.5%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Economy 12.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #34 OREBLAZE
76% matchVery Positive94% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Ludiminal Games
Windows · Linux
Dig up the Adamant Core from a procedurally generated mine, extract ores, sell them for profit, upgrade your equipment, and keep the King happy by sending him tributes before he loses his temper!
Why similar: Mining 39.5% ★, Underground 28.3% ★, Perma Death 13.7%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%
- #35 A Game About Feeding A Black Hole
73% matchVery Positive89% of 2,979 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.
Why similar: Mining 31.4% ★, Economy 12.8%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Strategy 9.9%
- #36 Fracture Field
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 872 reviews2026
Dev: Type-TenPub: Type Ten LLC
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
Why similar: Mining 49.2% ★, Management 13.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Economy 11%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #37 Sin Slayers: Meat & Greed
76% matchMixed57% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Goonswarm Games
Windows
A chill idle-mining sim that lives on your desktop. Dig rocks, collect gems, buy upgrades, feed your greed, and uncover shiny surprises while you do other things.
Why similar: Mining 24.8% ★, Capitalism 22%, Underground 17.1% ★, Economy 15.2%, Management 11.5%
- #38 Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,967 reviews2026
Dev: Odd Dreams DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Animal Evolution Roguelite. Hunt, Flee, Scavenge and Thrive in a living ecosystem. Choose from 125+ Evolutions and Specialisations for unique creature combinations in every run. Adapt to survive the natural curve in order to beat carcinisation... or get Darwin'd trying!
Why similar: Perma Death 19.8%, Nature 15.2%, Roguelite 15%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #39 Rentlord
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 382 reviews2025
Dev: vertyPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Rentlord is a combo-making roguelike real estate game where you buy properties, manage your income, and overcome unique weekly challenges. Strategic property upgrades and plugins with high combo potential, each run offers new opportunities to maximize rent, while avoiding taxes!
Why similar: Capitalism 29.6%, Management 18.4%, Roguelike 13.2%, Roguelite 11.9%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #40 Skeleseller
70% matchVery Positive93% of 365 reviews2026
Dev: Xtonomous
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!
Why similar: Capitalism 44%, Management 23.8%, Simulation 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Colorful 6.3%
- #41 Cocaine Dealer
74% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Stone/Spark Games
Windows
A clicker/management drug dealing simulator. Get your product cut and wrapped quickly and out on the streets. Build your crew, expand your operation, and climb the supply chain. Stay ahead of the cops, keep your crew in line, or pay the price.
Why similar: Capitalism 20.1%, Time Management 19.5%, Management 18.6%, Economy 11.9%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #42 The Meter is Running
70% matchVery Positive81% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: Debt Driven Games
Windows
You inherited a taxi dispatch business but it came with debt attached. Hire drivers, dispatch fares, navigate Istanbul’s chaos, deal with bad customers and worse luck. You have 15 days to pay it off or lose everything. The meter is running.
Why similar: Capitalism 26.5%, Management 18.1%, Economy 16.5%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #43 Gridkeeper
72% matchMixed68% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: pixelwide
Windows
Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.
Why similar: Mining 40.6% ★, Strategy 17.2%, Cute 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #44 ITER-8
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 180 reviews2026
Dev: fluckyMachinePub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably. Each expendable worker pushes the mission forward - one glorious, replaceable iteration at a time.
Why similar: Mining 29.1% ★, Roguelite 14.7%, Management 14.6%, Roguelike 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.3%
- #45 FACEMINER
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,346 reviews2025
Dev: WristworkPub: Wristwork Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.
Why similar: Capitalism 27.9%, Economy 27.9%, Management 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Simulation 8.3%
- #46 Fill Up The Hole
69% matchVery Positive91% of 1,109 reviews2025
Dev: Fluffy Lotus
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 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: Management 40.7%, Resource Management 15.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Simulation 9.5%
- #47 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
73% matchMixed66% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
Why similar: Mining 58.7% ★, Management 21.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 7.8%, Indie 1.1%
- #48 A Game About Digging A Hole™
67% matchVery Positive90% of 19,384 reviews2025
Dev: DoubleBeePub: rokaplay select
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
Why similar: Mining 36.7% ★, Underground 25.1% ★, Economy 18.2%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Simulation 4.3%
- #49 Another Farm Roguelike
71% matchVery Positive82% of 465 reviews2022
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
Why similar: Economy 15.6%, Roguelike 15.4%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Management 13.3%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #50 Ballionaire
68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,509 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!
Why similar: Roguelite 28%, Roguelike 23.6%, Cute 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Strategy 10.3%
- #51 Scritchy Scratchy
66% matchVery Positive94% of 10,188 reviews2026
Dev: Lunch Money GamesPub: Funday Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 12.1 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: Capitalism 24.5%, Economy 18.5%, Management 15.7%, Roguelite 15.5%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #52 Gamblers Table
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,335 reviews2026
Dev: greenpixels
Windows · Linux
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Why similar: Capitalism 32.7%, Economy 21.8%, Management 21%, Resource Management 6.8%, Cute 6.6%
- #53 Rock Crusher
67% matchVery Positive86% of 333 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.
Why similar: Mining 75.7% ★, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 8.7%, 2D 4.1%, Indie 1.3%
- #54 DigDigDrill
67% matchVery Positive95% of 594 reviews2024
Dev: Toorai
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 17.7 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 48.3% ★, Underground 35.2% ★, Resource Management 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, 2D 3.1%
- #55 Piñata Go Boom
66% matchVery Positive92% of 612 reviews2025
Dev: tissue inu
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.
Why similar: Management 28.4%, Economy 25.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #56 Lyca
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,040 reviews2025
Dev: Syphono4
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A small, relaxing, incremental game about restoring a barren wasteland into a lush meadow. Help the magical wolf Lyca run through the land, gather resources, and unlock a vast upgrade tree.
Why similar: Capitalism 24.2%, Management 17.3%, Economy 16.7%, Nature 11.1%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #57 Miner: Dig Deep
69% matchVery Positive91% of 255 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 46.3% ★, Underground 30.4% ★, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Simulation 5%, 2D 3.2%
- #58 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
71% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Management 27%, Economy 21.5%, Capitalism 17.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 9.2%
- #59 Gold Mining Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 16,162 reviews2017
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Why similar: Mining 64.1% ★, Economy 12.2%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 1.9%