- #1 Astro Prospector
96% matchVery Positive93% of 2,861 reviews2025
Dev: Incrementalist
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.5 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 30.4%, Roguelite 18.7%, Management 15.2%, Space 15.1%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #2 Geo
97% matchVery Positive85% of 182 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 33.3% ★, Space 15.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 9%
- #3 Keep on Mining!
96% matchVery Positive94% of 7,558 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.6 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 34.7% ★, Capitalism 22.9%, Economy 16%, Collectathon 12%, Loot 5.3%
- #4 Star Valor
95% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Mining 32.9% ★, Space 23.2%, Loot 15.1%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Exploration 7.9%
- #5 Coal LLC
94% matchVery Positive92% of 944 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.
Why similar: Mining 24.4% ★, Capitalism 19.1%, Economy 15.2%, Management 12.3%, Roguelite 11%
- #6 Drill Core
94% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Base Building 19.3%, Roguelite 18.8%, Management 12.5%, Roguelike 10.5%, Space 10.5%
- #7 Digger: Galactic Treasures
93% matchVery Positive88% of 631 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 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: Mining 29.5% ★, Space Sim 25.5% ★, Collectathon 16.6%, Space 10.9%, Crafting 6.9%
- #8 BORE BLASTERS
91% matchVery Positive81% of 735 reviews2024
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.
Why similar: Mining 31.2% ★, Collectathon 18.7%, Loot 12.3%, Roguelite 11.3%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #9 Deep Space Exploitation
91% matchVery Positive96% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: JuhrJuhr
Windows
Deep Space Exploitation is a space mining game featuring 2D physics, fully destructible asteroids, and a story of survival under an exploitative corporation. Use your equipment wisely, upgrade your ship, and make difficult decisions to secure your future!
Why similar: Mining 32.7% ★, Space Sim 21.6% ★, Capitalism 16.4%, Space 11.4%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #10 Star Ores Inc.
90% matchVery Positive83% of 293 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 27.7% ★, Space 13.9%, Management 13.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #11 (the) Gnorp Apologue
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,586 reviews2023
Dev: MycoPub: (Myco)
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 27.4 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 27.1% ★, Economy 21.2%, Management 14%, Building 12.9%, Roguelite 12.3%
- #12 Moose Miners
89% matchMixed68% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 146.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 27.8% ★, Capitalism 17.1%, Economy 16.5%, Management 13.1%, Base Building 11.6%
- #13 To The Core
87% matchVery Positive93% of 5,073 reviews2023
Dev: SomethingExtra
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
To The Core is an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades.
Why similar: Mining 58.5% ★, Procedural Generation 26.4%, 2D 7.8%, Space 7.3%
- #14 Astro Colony
88% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Space 20%, Space Sim 17.8% ★, Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.8%
- #15 Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
86% matchVery Positive84% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: RyanJakob
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.3% ★, Roguelite 23.9%, Space 23%, Roguelike 12.8%, Simulation 6%
- #16 Super Mining Mechs
86% matchVery Positive88% of 784 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Collectathon 34.3%, Mining 33.4% ★, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%, Colorful 4.7%
- #17 Starcom: Unknown Space
83% matchVery Positive93% of 4,082 reviews2024
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
Why similar: Space 32.2%, Space Sim 31.5% ★, Exploration 12.2%, Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #18 Star Crafter
84% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 31.6% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Space 14.8%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 8.1%
- #19 BossConstructor
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 217 reviews2016
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Scavenge modules, combine them in the deadliest and most efficient ways imaginable, and fly your very own spaceship through alien space with BossConstructor. Thousands of procedurally generated galaxies await you and your space-faring collection of assembled modules to explore them.
Why similar: Space 32.7%, Building 20.8%, Management 12%, Simulation 10.6%, Action 7.6%
- #20 Space Station Tycoon
84% matchMixed61% of 215 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Space Sim 15.2% ★, Economy 14.9%, Space 13.1%, Management 12.8%, Base Building 12%
- #21 Idle Cave Miner
82% matchVery Positive80% of 1,058 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Hours
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 125.1 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 48.6% ★, Management 21.3%, Crafting 18.1%, Simulation 4.6%, 2D 3.9%
- #22 Sector Space
82% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Robin M. FarrellPub: Outer Vision Games
Windows · Linux
Explore a procedurally generated galaxy, mine asteroids, refine minerals, colonize planets, build stations, deploy drones, salvage rare items, construct gear, level up, improve your ship, assemble a fleet, engage in combat, and take on the void.
Why similar: Space Sim 38.8% ★, Building 11.6%, Exploration 11%, Crafting 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%
- #23 Rock Crusher
81% matchVery Positive88% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 61.3% ★, Space 18.1%, Sci-fi 7.5%, Simulation 6.6%, Action 3.3%
- #24 Widget Inc.
81% matchVery Positive86% of 740 reviews2024
Dev: Leaping Turtle
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 61.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
Why similar: Base Building 56.7%, Procedural Generation 24.8%, Simulation 12.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #25 GeoDepths
80% matchVery Positive87% of 298 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 41.3% ★, Base Building 21.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Building 9%, Exploration 8.9%
- #26 Astronomics
78% matchVery Positive90% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: Numizmatic
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Top-down action and space exploration meet asteroid mining automation! Navigate to randomly generated asteroids passing by and start mining. Impress your employer, upgrade your equipment, fight off pirates and save up for that ticket to Earth so you can finally come home... for the very first time.
Why similar: Space 30.2%, Procedural Generation 21.5%, Collectathon 18.7%, Exploration 13.4%, Mining 7.5% ★
- #27 Rebots
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Space Sim 19.4% ★, Space 14.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Capitalism 12.5%, Crafting 10.9%
- #28 Prospector
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Space 19.5%, Building 17.7%, Crafting 17.2%, Exploration 9.5%
- #29 Space Trash Scavenger
78% matchVery Positive84% of 514 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Space 17.6%, Space Sim 14.9% ★, Crafting 14.6%, Base Building 14%, Building 12%
- #30 Galaxy Idle Clicker
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,122 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 333.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Space 32.1%, Space Sim 30.5% ★, Management 15%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Simulation 6%
- #31 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
77% matchVery Positive87% of 202 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
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 32.4% ★, Capitalism 21.7%, Collectathon 19.6%, Economy 13.3%, Loot 4.5%
- #32 The Last Starship
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Mining 24.5% ★, Space Sim 17.5% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Space 12.4%, Building 9.7%
- #33 Cosmic Miners
76% matchMixed58% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: bitByte Games
Windows
Explore asteroid fields, trade rare resources, and upgrade your ship in Cosmic Miners. Navigate faction alliances, complete missions, and rise through the ranks in a dynamic space adventure where your choices shape your path to cosmic power.
Why similar: Space Sim 33.7% ★, Space 20.5%, Economy 19.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Exploration 8.5%
- #34 Ad Fundum
74% matchVery Positive93% of 482 reviews2024
Dev: Oldbut Gold
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?
Why similar: Mining 37.5% ★, Collectathon 25.6%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Base Building 9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #35 Eventide Matter
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 772 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 40% ★, Space 20.3%, Crafting 20.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Exploration 6.2%
- #36 Lumencraft
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,264 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Base Building 46.3%, Exploration 25.4%, Colorful 11.4%, Action 9.2%, 2D 7.7%
- #37 Space Architect
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Mining 20% ★, Base Building 18%, Economy 15.7%, Management 14.8%, Building 11.4%
- #38 Mining Wizards
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 60 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: Collectathon 24.3%, Mining 24% ★, Economy 17.5%, Capitalism 16.2%, Management 11.4%
- #39 BLASTRONAUT
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Mining 43.6% ★, Base Building 17.6%, Crafting 12.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Procedural Generation 10%
- #40 Mining Survivors
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Mining 41% ★, Roguelite 20.1%, Roguelike 11.9%, Economy 11.6%, Management 6.7%
- #41 ITER-8
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 156 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 24.6% ★, Roguelite 13.9%, Space 12.6%, Management 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #42 Mining Mechs
71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,395 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 49.5% ★, Crafting 17.8%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Colorful 6.4%
- #43 DigDigDrill
70% matchVery Positive95% of 587 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 38.1% ★, Collectathon 27.1%, Loot 13.4%, Crafting 10.8%, Exploration 8.2%
- #44 TerraForge
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 113 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 30.5% ★, Collectathon 17.7%, Economy 17.2%, Management 11.7%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #45 Hammerting
73% matchMixed57% of 2,576 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Mining 24.8% ★, Economy 16%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 11.5%, Building 9.6%
- #46 AETHUS
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,163 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Mining 31.5% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Space 13.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 11.9%
- #47 MegaFactory Titan
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2022
Dev: Q Switched Productions, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
Why similar: Mining 20.5% ★, Capitalism 14.8%, Economy 12.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 9.6%
- #48 Digseum
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,550 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 26.8% ★, Collectathon 15.3%, Economy 14%, Management 13.4%, Capitalism 10.5%
- #49 Space Rock Breaker
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,972 reviews2025
Dev: WAKA WAKA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.
Why similar: Mining 66.6% ★, Space 28.8%, 2D 4.6%
- #50 Mercury Fallen
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Why similar: Mining 22.3% ★, Base Building 14%, Management 12.2%, Space 10.6%, Building 10%
- #51 Gaia Beyond
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Warp Turtle
Windows
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Why similar: Mining 34.5% ★, Space Sim 26.5% ★, Space 17.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Exploration 7.4%
- #52 Bounty Below
69% matchVery Positive80% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: William Cheek
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bounty below is an idle adventure game about mining and smithing items. While your units are mining for you delve into the endless dungeon to gain even more ore!
Why similar: Capitalism 31.3%, Economy 25.6%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 11.7%, Colorful 5.7%
- #53 Galactic Glitch
65% matchVery Positive90% of 853 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Space 25.2%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 17.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Sci-fi 11%
- #54 Rogue Station
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 228 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Space 18%, Roguelite 16.8%, Management 15%, Building 14.3%
- #55 Swarm Grinder
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,171 reviews2024
Dev: Last Bite GamesPub: Null State Protocol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
Why similar: Mining 28.5% ★, Roguelite 24.6%, Procedural Generation 17.4%, Roguelike 15.9%, Sci-fi 6.1%
- #56 Helium Rain
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 324 reviews2018
Dev: Deimos Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Trade your wares and eliminate the competition in a cutthroat world. Buy new ships and stations to mine and haul resources. Explore the vast emptiness of space.
Why similar: Space Sim 41.9% ★, Space 28.1%, Economy 10.9%, Exploration 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #57 Star Birds
64% matchVery Positive93% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Star Birds is a chill factory building and resource management game. Mine asteroids and create brain-twisting production networks. Level by level, you guide your feathered crew to new interstellar horizons!
Why similar: Base Building 19.7%, Space 12.7%, Building 12.7%, Collectathon 12.4%, Management 11.7%
- #58 Click Space Miner 2
71% matchMostly Negative32% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: PIxelssoftworks
Windows
In Click Space Miner II you take control over a mining company in space. There is a big market, a lot of customers, but therefore also a lot of concurrents so you have to mine fast.
Why similar: Space Sim 46.3% ★, Crafting 20.4%, Procedural Generation 17.2%, Simulation 10.1%, 2D 6%
- #59 Space Miner - Idle Adventures
68% matchMixed46% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: FrontRunnerTek
Windows · Linux
A casual idle / active-idle asteroid mining game where you fly around mining and make the numbers go UP! Lasers, Drones, a dash of humor, RPG, science, research, crafting, games and more.
Why similar: Mining 41.6% ★, Space Sim 26.2% ★, Crafting 16.6%, Space 12.2%, 2D 3.4%