- #1 Hydroneer
97% matchVery Positive86% of 28,536 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 31.6% ★, Automation 19.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 7.1%
- #2 AETHUS
96% matchVery Positive95% of 2,081 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 26.1% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Automation 13.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%
- #3 MineMogul
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Why similar: Mining 28.6% ★, Automation 20.9%, Base Building 14%, Resource Management 10.9%, Crafting 10%
- #4 Star Ores Inc.
95% matchVery Positive82% of 341 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 31.9% ★, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Exploration 7%
- #5 Techtonica
94% matchMixed65% of 3,273 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 14.3%, Crafting 11%, Building 9.6%
- #6 Outpath
93% matchVery Positive93% of 3,137 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 22.1%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 16.7%, Crafting 14%, Building 9%
- #7 Geo
94% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.4 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 45.2% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Indie 6.2%
- #8 Lightyear Frontier
92% matchVery Positive84% of 4,735 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Mining 28.5% ★, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 13.3%, Crafting 11.5%
- #9 Astro Colony
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 25.2%, Automation 23.9%, Resource Management 17%, Crafting 10.1%, Building 8%
- #10 The Planet Crafter
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 74,281 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Why similar: Base Building 23.6%, Automation 18.7%, Crafting 13.8%, Resource Management 13.7%, Building 9.8%
- #11 Orebound
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Resource Management 25.8%, Mining 17.2% ★, Automation 13.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10%
- #12 Galactic Mining Corp
89% matchVery Positive84% of 941 reviews2021
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 16.6 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 49.9% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 13%, Building 11.1%, Exploration 9.1%
- #13 Diggin
87% matchVery Positive81% of 668 reviews2026
Dev: Longshot Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Drill into the depths of a meteor crater in this incremental adventure. Mine ores, unlock upgrades and find the cosmic treasure that lies below! Can you uncover what happened to the Moles that came before you?
Why similar: Mining 45.6% ★, Automation 22.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Exploration 9.4%, Strategy 5.3%
- #14 Volcanoids
89% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Base Building 34.2%, Crafting 24.6%, Building 15.7%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 9.1%
- #15 Prospector
88% matchMixed70% of 152 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: Automation 20.1%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 17.2%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 9.1%
- #16 Sandustry
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.
Why similar: Automation 23.7%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 9.9%
- #17 Fracture Field
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,264 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 23.6 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 44.6% ★, Automation 25.1%, Resource Management 18.6%, Building 7.5%, Strategy 2.4%
- #18 Cosmodrill
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Morse Morse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the vastness of space, dig deep into planets to find resources, upgrade your ship and survive against alien life in this short space mining adventure! How far are you willing to travel into the dark unknown?
Why similar: Mining 46.3% ★, Resource Management 23%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Exploration 8.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #19 Nova Lands
84% matchVery Positive89% of 3,544 reviews2023
Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!
Why similar: Automation 27%, Base Building 23.2%, Resource Management 16.5%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 7.5%
- #20 You Know The Drill
82% matchVery Positive93% of 1,074 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
You Know The Drill is a relaxing incremental mining game about digging underground to harvest ores. Collect resources and use them to upgrade your drill and go even deeper!
Why similar: Mining 90.2% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #21 Digger: Galactic Treasures
83% matchVery Positive88% of 736 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Digger: Galactic Treasures is a space adventure where you drill into asteroids to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore the galaxy, upgrade your gear, and discover the secrets of the universe!
Why similar: Mining 66.8% ★, Crafting 14.7%, First-Person 7.3%, Exploration 6.1%, Adventure 4.4%
- #22 Star Crafter
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 110 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 27.8% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Automation 14.4%, Resource Management 12.7%, Crafting 11.2%
- #23 Meltopia
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,754 reviews2026
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A minimalist game where you melt snow with a heat cannon to explore a mysterious frozen world. Uncover glacial secrets, collect valuable resources and ancient artifacts — and ultimately find and assemble the remains of an ancient Mammoth.
Why similar: Mining 60.1% ★, Exploration 12.3%, Crafting 12.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Indie 3.1%
- #24 The Last Caretaker
81% matchVery Positive86% of 13,935 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 37.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Automation 23.6%, Base Building 21.9%, Resource Management 17.3%, Crafting 15.5%, Sci-fi 8%
- #25 Astrometica
81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,211 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Astrometica is a space exploration and base-building survival game. After a catastrophic event, explore vast space, gather resources, build bases, and uncover cosmic mysteries. Use advanced technology, craft tools, and discover new blueprints to survive and thrive in the unknown.
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Base Building 20.8%, Crafting 17.2%, Resource Management 14.2%, Sci-fi 9%
- #26 The Crust
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Why similar: Automation 26.6%, Base Building 25.7%, Resource Management 19.6%, Building 9%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #27 Idle Deepcore
79% matchVery Positive86% of 399 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 47.8% ★, Automation 31.9%, Resource Management 9.3%, Crafting 8.8%, Indie 1.8%
- #28 The Spotter: Dig or Die
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2026
Dev: Puppyroar GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.
Why similar: Mining 45.6% ★, Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Exploration 8.6%, First-Person 6.3%
- #29 Moose Miners
80% matchMixed69% of 528 reviews2024
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 144.2 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 34.8% ★, Automation 19.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 15.9%, Building 8.6%
- #30 Mining Mechs
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,746 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Why similar: Mining 60.4% ★, Crafting 20.8%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 3.4%, Indie 3.2%
- #31 Nightwater
77% matchVery Positive86% of 138 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ashty
Windows
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
Why similar: Farming 20.2% ★, Automation 17.2%, Mining 15.1% ★, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 11.3%
- #32 Fantasy Miner: Idle Depths
77% matchMixed65% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: SuperioritaPub: Kai
Windows
Dig for ore, discover new resources, smelt ingots, and unlock hundreds of upgrades in this fantasy mining idle game. Mine faster, dig deeper, and watch your progress grow.
Why similar: Automation 32.5%, Crafting 18.2%, Strategy 17.6%, Exploration 16.2%, Building 13.4%
- #33 Alaska Gold Fever
75% matchVery Positive80% of 1,056 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!
Why similar: Mining 38.3% ★, Automation 21.5%, Crafting 14.4%, Building 9.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #34 Out of Ore
76% matchVery Positive85% of 4,211 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 12.7 hrsMean: 42.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own mining company from the ground up. Extract resources, operate heavy machinery, construct infrastructure, and grow from a laborer to the King of Klondike.
Why similar: Mining 32.8% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 11.2%, Exploration 9.9%
- #35 Rock Crusher
75% matchVery Positive85% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 76.3% ★, Sci-fi 12.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 1.9%
- #36 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
74% matchVery Positive80% of 1,930 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Keep on Mining! – Worlds is an incremental mining game where you mine rocks, collect resources, and travel through many unique worlds, finding artifacts, crafting pickaxes, and purchasing many permanent upgrades!
Why similar: Mining 72% ★, Resource Management 19%, Indie 4.1%, Strategy 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #37 Return from Core
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,824 reviews2025
Dev: 顽核社 FuncoreClubPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.
Why similar: Automation 25.2%, Mining 23.8% ★, Base Building 22.6%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 6.5%
- #38 Rock Bottom
72% matchNo user reviews95% of 1,819 reviews2026
Dev: Logan Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 55.9% ★, Resource Management 24.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #39 Space Drilling Station
73% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Base Building 35.4%, Resource Management 27.9%, Sci-fi 15%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 6%
- #40 Orbitmine
73% matchVery Positive82% of 505 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Orbit a planet, fire your laser, and mine it to the core. Upgrade your ship and conquer seasonal hazards across four unique zones. A satisfying incremental mining game set in space.
Why similar: Automation 38.3%, Sci-fi 29.5%, Exploration 15.5%, Strategy 12%, Indie 2.8%
- #41 Hammerting
76% matchMixed57% of 2,605 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 28.2% ★, Automation 17.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 12.5%, Crafting 10.6%
- #42 Occupy Mars: The Game
72% matchMixed70% of 3,170 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Why similar: Mining 26% ★, Base Building 20.2%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 7.2%
- #43 Drill Core
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 37.3%, Exploration 15.9%, Resource Management 13.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #44 Drill and Delve
71% matchVery Positive87% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: noOne
Windows
You've been trapped in a mine. You'll need to use your tools to dig your way to the exit in a fully destructible 3D voxel terrain. Manage your oxygen and equipment, and uncover the dark mystery buried deep within the mine.
Why similar: Mining 44.8% ★, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #45 Orebits
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Upgraded StudioPub: Molter
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bounce your pickaxe and smash through asteroids in this futuristic mining incremental! Explore a roguelite tech tree, discover gravitational anomalies, and deliver resources back to Earth. Upgrade and explore space to discover what secrets it holds!
Why similar: Mining 74% ★, Sci-fi 16.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #46 Keep on Mining!
68% matchVery Positive93% of 8,439 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Keep on Mining! is a short incremental mining game. Mine rocks, gather materials, find artifacts, craft pickaxes and spend your materials on permanent upgrades inside the big skill tree!
Why similar: Mining 69.8% ★, Resource Management 20.4%, Strategy 5%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #47 Facteroids
71% matchVery Positive80% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Facteroids is a 3D factory building game about asteroid mining in space. Prospect, mine and manage your production lines in a variety of scenarios and procedurally generated worlds across the entire Solar system.
Why similar: Mining 27.5% ★, Automation 22.1%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 16.3%, Building 8.5%
- #48 Starvester
69% matchMixed70% of 810 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!
Why similar: Mining 35.9% ★, Automation 24.4%, Resource Management 18.7%, Building 8.9%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #49 Captain of Industry
69% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 28.9%, Base Building 23.1%, Resource Management 21.4%, Mining 12.7% ★, Building 6.5%
- #50 Mineral Mining Simulator
68% matchVery Positive82% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: Bewolba Studios
Windows
Build and automate a mining operation from the ground down. Survey deposits, extract and refine valuable gems and metals, synthesize high-value composites, hire workers, and ship your products to expanding markets. Optimize every stage of the pipeline to maximize efficiency, quality, and profit.
Why similar: Mining 45.8% ★, Automation 28.6%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Indie 2%
- #51 Stationeers
70% matchVery Positive88% of 9,306 reviews2017
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 85.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!
Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 11%
- #52 Planet Driller
73% matchMixed62% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Oryzhon StudiosPub: Immanitas Entertainment GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Planet Driller is a mining game where you need to find DarkMatter in order to save the earth. To do this, drill your way through a procedurally generated planet full of minerals that you can sell for cash, then use the cash to upgrade your ship and make the job a lot easier!
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Adventure 25.1%, Indie 24%
- #53 Satisfactory
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 280,086 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 113.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Automation 25.8%, Base Building 25.7%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 8.1%
- #54 Elsewhere
67% matchVery Positive97% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
Why similar: Farming 22% ★, Mining 20% ★, Automation 13.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #55 Super Mining Mechs
67% matchVery Positive87% of 898 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Why similar: Mining 72.7% ★, Crafting 23.9%, Adventure 3.4%
- #56 A Game About Digging A Hole™
65% matchVery Positive89% of 20,153 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 56.9% ★, Crafting 19.6%, Exploration 11.8%, First-Person 7.6%, Adventure 2.9%
- #57 Chipmatic
67% matchMixed66% of 178 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 48% ★, Automation 28%, Crafting 13.3%, Exploration 6%, Strategy 4.4%
- #58 Planet Miner
70% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Exploration 41.2%, Adventure 28.7%, Action-Adventure 20.3%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #59 Ad Fundum
66% matchVery Positive92% of 542 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 61.7% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 2%