Games Like Coal LLC

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 27.9% ★, Capitalism 16.8%, Time Management 13.7%, Management 13.1%, Economy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the competitive, capitalist spirit of resource extraction and time-management found in Coal LLC.

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 23.4%, Roguelite 16.3%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Management 12.1%, Roguelike 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the ruthless capitalist economy and roguelite deckbuilding mechanics that make meeting quotas feel both stressful and rewarding.

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 34.2%, Procedural Generation 24.1%, Resource Management 19.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tight roguelite experience that focuses on mining resources under pressure to upgrade your base and survive waves of enemies.

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% ★, Roguelite 15%, Management 10.4%, Roguelike 9.7%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar loop of mining for upgrades while defending your mobile base from encroaching threats.

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 57.7%, Procedural Generation 30.3%, Roguelike 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines the mining theme with a fast-paced roguelite loop that forces you to balance resource collection with survival.

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: Procedural Generation 51.9%, Pixel Graphics 27.8%, 2D 9.6%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: An underground survival and mining game that focuses on base building and resource management in a procedural environment.

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 85.7% ★, 2D 7.1%, Indie 3.7%, Colorful 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished experience centered on mining, exploration, and upgrading your gear to reach deeper, more lucrative depths.

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 28.2% ★, Capitalism 20.6%, Economy 14.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features a blend of mining and management that tasks you with building a profitable space-faring operation.

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 37.3%, Resource Management 31.1%, 2D 13.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the addictive loop of gathering resources, expanding your territory, and managing an economy.

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 42.8%, Roguelite 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Simulation 8.9%, 2D 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong management component where you must gather resources to fuel your business and meet daily quotas.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Management 23.9%, Roguelite 23.2%, Roguelike 17.1%, Procedural Generation 16%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Balances dungeon-crawling resource gathering with the management of a shop to satisfy your capitalist ambitions.

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 35.3% ★, Economy 16.2%, Management 10.6%, Roguelite 10.5%, Resource Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: An incremental mining game that captures the theme of dwarves working underground to extract resources.

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 38.7% ★, Capitalism 24%, Economy 14.1%, Resource Management 6.3%, Management 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, relaxing take on the mining genre that focuses on simple, satisfying progression.

Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!

Why similar: Capitalism 70.2%, Management 13.5%, Cute 6.3%, Simulation 4.4%, Strategy 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential capitalist management game where you must pay off debt through savvy shopkeeping and resource acquisition.

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: Resource Management 36.3%, Management 31%, Strategy 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate test of industrial management and mining, requiring you to optimize your economy to survive on a hostile planet.

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: Management 48%, Pixel Graphics 26.8%, Simulation 14%, 2D 4.9%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a dark, humorous take on management and resource gathering with a focus on building an efficient operation.

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Resource Management 64.2%, Simulation 14.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a large-scale approach to mining and automation, perfect for those who enjoy the management aspects of resource extraction.

Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.

Why similar: Mining 41.9% ★, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 13.9%, Economy 9.7%, Management 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite action game that leans into the mining theme with fast-paced, bullet-hell style combat.

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 40.2% ★, Underground 24% ★, Management 16.2%, Resource Management 8.5%, Strategy 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the automation and building aspects of mining, allowing you to scale your operation efficiently.

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 20.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Cute 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the idle and incremental aspects of mining, allowing for a more relaxed approach to resource accumulation.

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Simulation 64.7%, Singleplayer 19.6%, Indie 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management and economy with a tense, atmospheric loop of gathering goods to upgrade your vessel.

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 30.2%, Roguelite 17.5%, Management 15.7%, Roguelike 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite mining game that focuses on the dangers and rewards of prospecting in space.

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 26.6%, Management 22.7%, Economy 16.8%, Resource Management 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that tasks you with gathering materials and selling them to maintain a profitable shop.

Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.

Why similar: Capitalism 33%, Management 31.3%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 10.1%, 2D 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the economy of crafting and selling goods, requiring careful management of your resources to succeed.

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 27.9%, Management 26%, Economy 24.2%, Time Management 10.7%, Resource Management 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A deep simulation of capitalist enterprise that challenges you to build and manage a business empire from the ground up.

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 60.7% ★, Management 21%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Indie 1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more grounded, simulation-heavy look at the mining industry and resource management.

(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%, Management 13.7%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 5.9%

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 53.1%, 2D 34.8%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 5%

Why You'll Like It: While more combat-focused, it provides the definitive underground mining and progression experience.

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 13.6%, Capitalism 12.2%, Resource Management 7%

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 40.5% ★, Capitalism 24.4%, Economy 13.2%, Resource Management 6%, Management 5.4%

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 33.1% ★, Capitalism 13.1%, Time Management 12.9%, Management 12%, Economy 9.4%

Dig mines, extract resources, and produce goods to restore order to the state. Become a successful businessman and an effective state governor in the late Wild West era!

Why similar: Mining 28.3% ★, Underground 17.7% ★, Management 11.1%, Capitalism 9.5%, Time Management 8.7%

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 30.9% ★, Capitalism 20.8%, Economy 16.2%, Management 14.6%, Resource Management 7.9%

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 29.2% ★, Economy 20.1%, Roguelite 12%, Capitalism 11.9%, Management 9.9%

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 15.7%, Economy 14.8%, Management 12.2%, Procedural Generation 8.1%

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 36% ★, Underground 22.8% ★, Management 16.5%, Resource Management 5.8%, Strategy 4.7%

An incremental mining game where you manage golems, destroy blocks, unlock upgrades, and descend infinitely in search of ever more valuable resources.

Why similar: Mining 34.8% ★, Capitalism 20.6%, Economy 14.1%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 7.4%

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 43.3% ★, Underground 28.5% ★, Roguelike 12.3%, Strategy 4.8%, Simulation 4.7%

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 50.8% ★, Underground 17.7% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Simulation 6.7%, Procedural Generation 6.5%

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 61.6% ★, Simulation 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Strategy 5.7%, 2D 2.9%

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 56.9% ★, Underground 15.3% ★, Roguelite 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Roguelike 6.5%

Lead your stone villagers to build an ever-growing tribe around a mysterious cube. Gather resources, create powerful builds, and maintain the cycle of growth as the entire system spirals into overwhelming floods of effects and numbers.

Why similar: Mining 52% ★, Roguelite 20.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Strategy 7.1%

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 19.9%, Roguelite 15.2%, Nature 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12%, Roguelike 11.6%

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 49.6% ★, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 11.6%, Economy 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%

You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

Why similar: Capitalism 37%, Management 18.6%, Roguelite 17.6%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 6.6%

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%, Management 18.4%, Roguelite 14.8%, Nature 10.9%, Resource Management 6.8%

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 30.6%, Management 22.3%, Roguelike 21.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Resource Management 7.3%

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 39.1% ★, Underground 28.6% ★, Perma Death 13.9%, Procedural Generation 10%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%

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 37.2% ★, Capitalism 20.6%, Procedural Generation 18.2%, Economy 12.8%, Strategy 6.5%

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 24.9% ★, Capitalism 21.8%, Underground 17.4% ★, Economy 15%, Management 11.5%

A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

Why similar: Mining 31.6% ★, Economy 12.2%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 10%

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 39.3% ★, Underground 30.1% ★, Management 12.9%, Simulation 4.9%, Strategy 4%

Turns raw rock into valuable minerals and jewelry grade gemstones through a hands on production chain. Mine ore, crush it into fragments, refine it, and scale your operation with better machines and smarter workflow. Optimize every stage of the pipeline to maximize efficiency, quality, and profit.

Why similar: Mining 31.2% ★, Time Management 23.2%, Capitalism 19.2%, Management 10.4%, Simulation 10.2%

Mine. Smelt. Upgrade. Repeat. Rock Bottom is an incremental mining game where every swing makes you stronger. Descend through 8 unique layers, unlock devastating abilities, and discover what lies at Rock Bottom

Why similar: Mining 44.5% ★, Economy 18.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 10.9%, Resource Management 10.9%

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 30.8% ★, Capitalism 19.7%, Economy 17.8%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 5.1%

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 23.9%, Economy 23.4%, Management 16.9%, Time Management 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

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 48% ★, Underground 24.1% ★, Roguelite 14.2%, Cute 5%, Resource Management 4.8%

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 42.5%, Management 23.9%, Simulation 8%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Colorful 6.7%

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 40.4% ★, Strategy 17.1%, Cute 7.8%, Resource Management 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%