- #1 Prison Miner
97% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Data Leak Games
Windows
Mine until your arms drop off! In Prison Miner you will rank up through various ranks discovering new mines and materials along the way to be able to upgrade your equipment and mine even faster. Until eventually, you do it all again!
Why similar: Mining 47.8% ★, Crafting 18.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Relaxing 6.4%, Simulation 6.1%
- #2 Break The Ice
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BeyondRealm
Windows
Mine, survive, upgrade, repeat. Descend into a treacherous ice cave filled with relentless monsters and rare loot. Escape with the Miner's Stone to upgrade your gear, but watch the frost, if your cabin's fading fire goes out, your journey ends permanently.
Why similar: Mining 60.6% ★, Crafting 20.9%, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 4.6%, Casual 1.6%
- #3 First miner
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MrGames
Windows
You took shelter in some unknown cave, so now you don't have a choice but to mine your way to greatness! Reach new depths with tools of your choice, explore new zones, collect rare minerals, get passive and active abilities, solve some puzzles, customize your character and more in "First Miner"!
Why similar: Mining 41.1% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Exploration 11.9%, Relaxing 8.2%, Casual 7.9%
- #4 Duck the Miner
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Atlas Brightway
Windows
Your ultimate goal was to achieve the dream of living on Mars, but the journey didn't go as planned. After a rough ride that left your engine destroyed, you are now stranded on space and must mine asteroids to repair your ship to try finish the voyage.
Why similar: Mining 58.6% ★, Crafting 20.7%, Exploration 5.4%, Pixel Graphics 5%, 2D 3.8%
- #5 Doug The Digger
94% match7 user reviews83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Rapid Iterations
Windows
Doug The Digger is a casual, single-player mining and crafting game where you aim to escape a crash landing by crafting a rocket. The gameplay is simple but addictive—play at your own risk!
Why similar: Mining 52.1% ★, Crafting 16.3%, Exploration 8.9%, Relaxing 6.9%, 2D 4.5%
- #6 Tempered Hue
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zugalu Entertainment
Windows
Tempered Hue is a third-person grim-cozy game about running a blacksmith shop. Craft unique tools and items, sell your wares, and explore local caverns to gather crafting materials. Navigate treacherous caverns with your trusty grappler alone or with friends in this blacksmith slice of life sim.
Why similar: Mining 47.8% ★, Crafting 22.4%, Simulation 10.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 3.8%
- #7 My Little Blacksmith Shop
93% matchMixed70% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: DasiusPub: Noble Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
Why similar: Crafting 32.6%, Mining 29.1% ★, Relaxing 14.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Exploration 5.3%
- #8 Astro Miner
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 47 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyLabsPub: QubicGames
Windows
Embark on a Colorful Journey Through the Galaxy! Explore new planets and mine various minerals using your vacuum gun!
Why similar: Mining 61% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Exploration 9.2%, Relaxing 8%, Casual 6.6%
- #9 Tropical Treasure Hunt
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anomalie Studio
Windows
A casual treasure hunt on a tropical island. Follow your metal detector, dig some treasures, and upgrade your tools! All on a nice sunny day at the beach.
Why similar: Mining 57.6% ★, Relaxing 15.1%, Exploration 11.7%, Simulation 5.1%, Casual 4.7%
- #10 Lumber Valley
90% matchNo user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Dairycow22
Windows
Lumber Valley is a logging simulation game where you build and grow a logging business. Cut wood, process materials, and complete contracts to expand your operations. Unlock upgrades, automate production, and explore a quarry to uncover valuable resources while overcoming various challenges.
Why similar: Mining 47.3% ★, Crafting 20.5%, Exploration 13.7%, Relaxing 11.5%, Casual 4.6%
- #11 Click Click Dig: Idle Mine
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bacon Bandit GamesPub: Burn Rate Games
Windows
Click Click Dig is an idle mining game that lets you dig deep into the core of several planets. Complete quests, unlock unique character skins, compete in challenges, upgrade planets - the choice is yours!
Why similar: Mining 55.7% ★, Crafting 22.3%, Simulation 6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #12 Sbeve
91% matchMixed69% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: RTan
Windows
A game of immense adventure and fun excavation potential.
Why similar: Mining 74.6% ★, Exploration 12%, Adventure 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #13 Glintseeker Island
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Half Soup LabsPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Descend into mysterious caves with countless treasures to excavate in a mining exploration adventure. Upgrade your gear, fight bosses, uncover secrets and save the island from an ancient threat below!
Why similar: Mining 55.2% ★, Crafting 13.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #14 Click Mage
87% matchVery Positive92% of 2,477 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Crow Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.
Why similar: Mining 45.7% ★, Crafting 19.1%, Relaxing 11.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #15 Far Below
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small Rock Studios
Windows · Linux
A calm, relaxing mining game about digging deeper and deeper below the surface. Gather ores, carve your own tunnels, and unwind as you descend into the quiet depths. Keep going until you're truly… Far Below.
Why similar: Mining 36.5% ★, Exploration 15.5%, Crafting 13.9%, Relaxing 12.2%, 2D 6.3%
- #16 Backyard Digger
86% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2025
Dev: Milord
Windows
A relaxing physics-based game about digging in your backyard. Find precious metals, explore caves, avoid dangers, and upgrade your tools as you dig deeper and deeper.
Why similar: Mining 65.3% ★, Crafting 20.9%, Exploration 5.8%, Relaxing 3.9%, Adventure 3.3%
- #17 Star Ores Inc.
86% matchVery Positive82% of 314 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 46% ★, Crafting 21.3%, Exploration 9.7%, Simulation 6.6%, Relaxing 6.5%
- #18 Basement
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Defeng Games
Windows
Basement is a first-person single-player adventure game where you dig and explore underground. Discover various items and face dangerous hazards hidden below. Reach the deepest point and claim the treasure!
Why similar: Mining 70.8% ★, Exploration 18.7%, Adventure 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%, Indie 1.9%
- #19 Arcadius
85% matchMixed70% of 856 reviews2022
Dev: Atlas Interactive
Windows
Arcadius is a relaxing but grindy multiplayer resource gathering sim. Explore an open world while collecting and gathering 100s of unique resources with other players. Compete to be the best at your skill & enjoy over 90 achievable achievements on launch.
Why similar: Mining 67.9% ★, Crafting 9.4%, Exploration 6.1%, Simulation 6.1%, Casual 4.6%
- #20 Core Miners
83% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Trotter Studio
Windows
A pixel-style mining game with easy AFK gameplay and continuous progression!
Why similar: Mining 72% ★, Pixel Graphics 11.8%, 2D 6.8%, Casual 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #21 Corner World
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Lactose Free
Windows
Game where you can build, break or craft things.
Why similar: Mining 50.4% ★, Crafting 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Casual 9.4%, 2D 7.8%
- #22 Deskeroes
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManafishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deskeroes is a desktop idle game allows you to build and dispatch heroes to battle monsters, farm resources, mine, manage stores, and engage in other interesting activities within a fantasy world.
Why similar: Mining 45.2% ★, Crafting 23.9%, Relaxing 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Simulation 5.5%
- #23 EternaMine
82% 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 60.2% ★, Simulation 10.3%, Exploration 7.8%, Casual 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #24 Mining Shift
79% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Toad Porch Games
Windows
Mining Shift is an incremental game about mining minerals and upgrading your skills to master the elemental mines.
Why similar: Mining 77.3% ★, 2D 7.1%, Simulation 6.5%, Casual 5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #25 DigWorld
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Edgar IXPub: Ed Gar IX Games
Windows
DigWorld is a cozy 2D digging extraction sandbox, 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 60.1% ★, Crafting 14.8%, Exploration 9%, Relaxing 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #26 Mining & Tunneling Simulator
84% matchVery Negative19% of 139 reviews2014
Dev: United Independent Entertainment GmbH
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Blast rocks, drill tunnels and force your way through every mountain. At the beginning you have enough time and no major problems. Once the TNT charges are placed you can start the blasting to create the tunnel entrance. The excavated material will be loaded by a shovel dozer on a dump truck and transported to the storage site.
Why similar: Mining 75.6% ★, Simulation 24.4%
- #27 Afterdepth
79% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: DANIEL QUEIROZ DE PONTES TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA (DBA Dannark Studios)Pub: Dannark Studios
Windows · Mac
Explore, build, and survive in the depths of a forgotten world. Manage oxygen, power, and resources as you uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface.
Why similar: Mining 58.3% ★, Crafting 16.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Simulation 4.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #28 Another Game About Digging A Hole
78% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: myownyose
Windows
A game about digging in the mines of an unknown and unclaimed planet. Collect resources, sell them and upgrade your equipment - discover all available resources!
Why similar: Mining 51% ★, Crafting 19.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Simulation 6.4%
- #29 Spell Alchemist
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: hermurx
Windows
Spell Alchemist is a short incremental resource-gathering and crafting game about digging for resources and processing them into powerful spells. Craft the most powerful healing spell to cure humanity of a mysterious disease.
Why similar: Mining 51.1% ★, Crafting 20.8%, Exploration 9.2%, Relaxing 8%, Simulation 3.7%
- #30 Cave Explorer
80% matchMixed64% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: CnockCnockPub: kazakovstudios
Windows
Cave Explorer: Become a gem hunter exploring ancient caves. Find the sapphire, but watch out for hostile locals and treacherous fire. Can you reach the final level? Embark on this thrilling underground adventure now!
Why similar: Mining 48.3% ★, Crafting 20%, Exploration 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%, 2D 4.3%
- #31 Miner Open Chests
76% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Flash Engine Studio
Windows
You are a miner, but you only have a shovel. You need to find various interesting tools to open your way to the treasure chests in a unexplored mine. You can also use mechanics or airborne stunt movements to pass through. There is a cute pixel mode bring you back to 1990's game world.
Why similar: Mining 58% ★, Exploration 11.3%, Relaxing 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, 2D 4.4%
- #32 SantaCraft
78% matchVery Positive97% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Dig your way through snow, cut down gingerbread trees, and mine candy canes as you try to rescue your missing reindeer, rebuild Santa's Village, and save Christmas! In the latest FREE update: trains you can ride, new quests, new items, new puns, and more!
Why similar: Mining 46.7% ★, Crafting 22.5%, Relaxing 7.4%, Exploration 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #33 Mining Goblins Idle
74% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: CrytimePub: NintaiStudios
Windows
Hire goblins. Build mines. Watch everything go chaotically wrong in this short incremental game
Why similar: Mining 73.4% ★, Simulation 7.4%, 2D 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 5%, Casual 4.9%
- #34 Digcremental
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Steele Studios
Windows
A mining adventure with incremental roots where you must delve deep to find and stop The Anomaly. Dig and upgrade your weapons, abilities and even the Mine itself, to discover the truth.
Why similar: Mining 83.2% ★, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, 2D 4.6%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #35 Gold Mining Simulator
77% 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 74.8% ★, Simulation 14.5%, Exploration 3.3%, Relaxing 2.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #36 Shovelware
73% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: GrindalfGames
Windows
Dig your way to the bottom in one hundred levels of block digging mayhem. Avoid TNT, collect gems, save kittens, collect potatoes and more in this colourful fun filled game.
Why similar: Mining 69.1% ★, Casual 9%, Relaxing 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, 2D 4.4%
- #37 MORA Mining for freedom
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oduvan
Windows
You’re trapped in a mine, forced to repay the debt left behind by your late grandfather. Dig, explore, build, and earn your way out — one rock at a time.
Why similar: Mining 49.2% ★, Crafting 18.3%, Exploration 11.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Relaxing 8%
- #38 My Little Universe
73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,099 reviews2023
Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
Why similar: Mining 54.1% ★, Crafting 19%, Exploration 9.9%, Relaxing 9.3%, Simulation 5%
- #39 Mystery Digger: Definitive Edition
71% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Gepnito Games
Windows · Linux
A small and peaceful mining simulator where you explore underground secrets. Find hidden items, upgrade your drilling machine, fight your way forward, and escape the strange tunnel.
Why similar: Mining 62.1% ★, Exploration 12.4%, Simulation 8.5%, 2D 5.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #40 Dwarves Mining Idle
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2024
Dev: Litty GamesPub: Solistic Studios
Windows
Starting with a lonely Dwarf, endlessly mine to gather materials and use them to progress farther. Have more Dwarves join in, craft resources, face enemies and more! The mines of the idle Dwarves await you!
Why similar: Mining 44.7% ★, Crafting 21.8%, Simulation 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, Casual 6.5%
- #41 Astrodescent
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: winterSteve25
Windows
Mine the stars. Build your empire. CONSUME THE GALAXY. Astrodescent is a 2D space-mining adventure where you dig through worlds, harvest rare materials, and upgrade your gear to unstoppable levels
Why similar: Mining 55.8% ★, Crafting 17.9%, Relaxing 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, Casual 4.2%
- #42 Geo
76% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Geo is a game about building and expanding an intergalactic mining corporation. Explore uncharted space and discover comets, moons, Planets and gas giants before heading in and drilling the cash out of them! Expand your HQ, build new rooms and facilities to increase your drilling stats.
Why similar: Mining 56.1% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Adventure 7.3%, Indie 5.5%
- #43 Minecremental
71% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Jamoss
Windows
Minecremental is a top-down pixel art idle incremental game about mining. Dig ores, earn gold, hire NPC workers, and unlock upgrades to build your mining empire. When progress slows, prestige for permanent bonuses and push even deeper. One more upgrade. One more prestige. Just one more...
Why similar: Mining 73.1% ★, Simulation 13%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #44 Kyma
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Kidness
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kyma is a wacky game blending RPG and life simulation. Help Fropin manage the city, customize it, decorate your house, create factories and gardens. Look for your missing mother by discovering amazing places and characters!
Why similar: Mining 45.2% ★, Crafting 19.4%, Relaxing 10.4%, Exploration 8.3%, Simulation 6.5%
- #45 Rockhopper
72% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Limited Bits
Windows
Become a space mining astronaut in this chill rogue-lite mining game. Explore, mine and complete objectives while unlocking and upgrading your equipment along the way.
Why similar: Mining 50.7% ★, Crafting 19.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Relaxing 8.8%, 2D 3.7%
- #46 Orebiters
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Explorer Tales
Windows · Linux
Become an independent miner in worlds full of monsters and dangers that keep living even when you're not around. Dig deeper, gather resources, upgrade your machine, and build a crew. Shape living worlds that react to your every move. Each expedition brings different conditions, threats, and outcomes
Why similar: Mining 62% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Exploration 11%, 2D 4.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%
- #47 Idle Cave Miner
70% 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 56.7% ★, Crafting 22%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Simulation 5.6%, 2D 4.8%
- #48 Mr.Mine
70% matchVery Positive92% of 18,415 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 100.1 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 56.4% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, 2D 4.4%
- #49 Otar Island
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erkol Games
Windows
Farm, mine, raise animals, fish, build, and progress through crafting on Otar Island; uncover the island’s secrets as you solve puzzles, raise magical Otars, and challenge dungeons. Play solo or with friends and build your island from the ground up.
Why similar: Mining 52.4% ★, Crafting 19.4%, Exploration 9.4%, Relaxing 9%, Simulation 4.9%
- #50 VegeMine
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Under tier upon tier of dark stratas, there grows endless vegetables, dig them, merge them, then eat them! This is a rouge-lite strategy game in which you play as a rabbit digging for vegetables, increasing your power as you advance through layers until you reach the final treasure!
Why similar: Mining 85.5% ★, Casual 5.4%, Relaxing 4.9%, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #51 I’m a Wizard, But I Dig
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Shorten your journey to the castle by digging a tunnel through the mountain. Use magic and craft: swing your pickaxe, cast spells, blow up obstacles, and light your path with glowing slimes. Trade resources with the Goose, unlock new tools, and uncover the mountain's secrets.
Why similar: Mining 41.5% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Crafting 9%, Casual 8.4%
- #52 Ship Miner
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pixel Core Games
Windows · Linux
Relaxing mining experience that merges combat elements and 1-bit pixel art aesthetics. Collect minerals from procedurally generated asteroids, improve your ship and survive The Anomaly, an unknown entity threatening The Galaxy. Can a simple miner stop The Anomaly and save everyone?
Why similar: Mining 64.1% ★, Relaxing 12.6%, Exploration 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%, 2D 3%
- #53 Beldamos Miner
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Beldamos Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Beldamos Miner is a mining game, where you hunt for ore, buy upgrades, and explore. It starts out in a simple world that has an air of familiarity but as you progress in the game, you'll find a more complex and interesting world unfolds. Mine ore, learn spells, buy upgrades, and finish quests!
Why similar: Mining 71.8% ★, Exploration 12.6%, 2D 6.1%, Adventure 3.3%, Casual 2.5%
- #54 DigDigDrill
66% 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 52.2% ★, Crafting 15.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Relaxing 9%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #55 InfinityMine
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HayaseWorks
Windows
No enemies—debt and a volatile ore market are your true foes. Mine a dungeon that changes every day. Drop to 0 HP and you lose the day’s mined ore. Upgrade tools, manage carry limits, time sales, and descend to the deepest layer.
Why similar: Mining 65.5% ★, Crafting 24.6%, Exploration 5.1%, Adventure 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #56 The Long Mine
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cold Lynx
Windows
Explore claustrophobic caves, crawl through tight spaces, mine valuable minerals, upgrade your tools, and unlock perks as you level up.
Why similar: Mining 67.5% ★, Simulation 10.5%, Exploration 9.5%, Relaxing 7.2%, Casual 4.1%
- #57 Eventide Matter
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Mining 49.5% ★, Crafting 25.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Exploration 6.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #58 Mining And Achievements 挖矿与成就
67% match8 user reviews13% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: 贪玩狗工作室
Windows
Mining and getting Steam achievements, this is a casual idle game. Players travel to a world where mining is king. As long as you mine day and night, you can dominate the world; unlock powerful weapons and creatures, and let them join your mining army!
Why similar: Mining 60.4% ★, Exploration 9.3%, Relaxing 8.5%, Simulation 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #59 Forgefolk
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunseed Games
Windows
Forgefolk is a blacksmithing simulator set in the workshop of a master dwarf. Gather resources, smelt, forge, and complete orders. Upgrade your workshop, craft better tools, and earn gold. If you’re looking for a calm yet satisfying gameplay loop, step up to the anvil.
Why similar: Mining 62% ★, Crafting 22.2%, Simulation 8.3%, Casual 4.6%, Indie 2.1%
- #60 PickCrafter
69% matchVery Positive86% of 7,092 reviews2017
Dev: Fiveamp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Conquer PickCrafter, the hit indie idle game! Break blocks, forge equipment, and collect powerful Pickaxes. Prestige to legendary tiers with the new Ascension Skill Tree. Discover biomes and battle epic bosses. Make meaningful choices and invent complex builds in this addictive endless adventure!
Why similar: Mining 53.1% ★, Crafting 20%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Simulation 6%, 2D 5%