- #1 AETHUS
97% matchVery Positive95% of 2,015 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.6 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 14.5%, Automation 13.7%, Resource Management 11.7%, Crafting 10.1%
- #2 MineMogul
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,237 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.3 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 28.8% ★, Automation 20.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Crafting 10%
- #3 Hydroneer
96% matchVery Positive86% of 28,389 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 22.2 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 31.5% ★, Automation 19.3%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Building 7%
- #4 Star Ores Inc.
95% matchVery Positive82% of 330 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 32% ★, Resource Management 14.3%, Crafting 13.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Exploration 6.9%
- #5 Outpath
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,103 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Automation 22.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 17%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 8.9%
- #6 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 45.5% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Indie 6.2%
- #7 Techtonica
93% matchMixed65% of 3,253 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 24.7%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Building 9.4%
- #8 The Planet Crafter
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 73,089 reviews2024
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 21.7 hrsMean: 38.5 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 23.4%, Automation 19%, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 13.7%, Building 9.7%
- #9 Orebound
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 976 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 26.2%, Mining 17.2% ★, Automation 13.9%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 9.9%
- #10 Astro Colony
90% matchVery Positive81% of 2,699 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 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 25.1%, Automation 24.4%, Resource Management 17.4%, Crafting 10%, Building 8%
- #11 Galactic Mining Corp
91% matchVery Positive84% of 939 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 50.2% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 12.9%, Building 11.1%, Exploration 9%
- #12 Volcanoids
89% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 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 34.3%, Crafting 24.6%, Building 15.7%, Exploration 12.2%, First-Person 9.1%
- #13 Fracture Field
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,187 reviews2026
Dev: Type Ten
Windows
Median: 25.9 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 44.2% ★, Automation 25.4%, Resource Management 18.8%, Building 7.4%, Strategy 2.4%
- #14 Prospector
89% 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 20.5%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 17.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 9%
- #15 Sandustry
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,449 reviews2026
Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Resource Management 16%, Crafting 14.9%, Building 10%
- #16 Cosmodrill
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 174 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 23.5%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Indie 2.3%
- #17 Meltopia
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,678 reviews2026
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 60.4% ★, Exploration 12.2%, Crafting 12.1%, First-Person 8.4%, Indie 3.1%
- #18 Lightyear Frontier
86% matchVery Positive84% of 4,679 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.2 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: Base Building 28.6%, Resource Management 24%, Crafting 20.1%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 9.8%
- #19 The Last Caretaker
83% matchVery Positive86% of 13,056 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 36.3 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 24%, Base Building 21.7%, Resource Management 17.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #20 Idle Deepcore
84% matchVery Positive85% of 356 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 47.7% ★, Automation 32.1%, Resource Management 9.4%, Crafting 8.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #21 Star Crafter
84% matchMixed70% of 106 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 15.5%, Automation 14.7%, Resource Management 13%, Crafting 11.1%
- #22 Astrometica
82% matchVery Positive83% of 3,181 reviews2024
Dev: BeryMeryPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 23.6%, Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 17%, Resource Management 14.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #23 Drill Core
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,444 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Base Building 37.1%, Exploration 15.8%, Resource Management 14.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #24 You Know The Drill
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,015 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 90.3% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #25 Diggin
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 592 reviews2026
Dev: Longshot Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 45.5% ★, Automation 22.4%, Resource Management 13.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Strategy 5.3%
- #26 Nova Lands
80% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 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 27.4%, Base Building 23%, Resource Management 16.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Building 7.4%
- #27 Mining Mechs
79% matchVery Positive90% of 2,723 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 60.7% ★, Crafting 20.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Adventure 3.3%, Indie 3.2%
- #28 The Spotter: Dig or Die
78% matchVery Positive85% of 1,832 reviews2026
Dev: Puppyroar GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 45.8% ★, Base Building 20.6%, Crafting 15.6%, Exploration 8.5%, First-Person 6.3%
- #29 Digger: Galactic Treasures
79% matchVery Positive88% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 67.1% ★, Crafting 14.6%, First-Person 7.2%, Exploration 6%, Adventure 4.3%
- #30 Alaska Gold Fever
76% matchVery Positive80% of 1,009 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 49.1% ★, Crafting 18.7%, Building 11.8%, Exploration 9.6%, First-Person 7.3%
- #31 Return from Core
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,809 reviews2025
Dev: 顽核社 Funcore ClubPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 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 25.6%, Mining 23.8% ★, Base Building 22.5%, Crafting 13.2%, Building 6.5%
- #32 Moose Miners
78% matchMixed69% of 525 reviews2024
Dev: Lingon Studios
Windows
Median: 13.7 hrsMean: 144.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
Why similar: Mining 34.6% ★, Automation 19.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 16.1%, Building 8.4%
- #33 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,850 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 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 71.8% ★, Resource Management 19.3%, Indie 4.1%, Strategy 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 The Crust
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Base Building 25.4%, Resource Management 19.9%, Building 9%, Sci-fi 7.1%
- #35 Space Drilling Station
74% 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 35.3%, Resource Management 28.4%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 6%
- #36 Out of Ore
75% matchVery Positive86% of 4,149 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 32.5% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 11.1%, Exploration 9.9%
- #37 Hammerting
77% matchMixed57% of 2,601 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 28.1% ★, Automation 17.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Crafting 10.5%
- #38 Rock Crusher
73% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 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 76.4% ★, Sci-fi 12.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 1.9%
- #39 Orbitmine
73% matchVery Positive82% of 489 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 39%, Sci-fi 29.1%, Exploration 15.3%, Strategy 12%, Indie 2.8%
- #40 Drill and Delve
72% matchVery Positive87% of 106 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 45.1% ★, Exploration 17%, First-Person 11.5%, Resource Management 8.3%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #41 Ad Fundum
71% matchVery Positive92% of 528 reviews2024
Dev: Oldbut Gold
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 62.2% ★, Base Building 15%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Exploration 9.6%, Adventure 2%
- #42 Facteroids
73% 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 27.4% ★, Automation 22.4%, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 16.5%, Building 8.4%
- #43 Keep on Mining!
69% matchVery Positive94% of 8,329 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 69.5% ★, Resource Management 20.8%, Strategy 5%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #44 Kin and Quarry
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 473 reviews2026
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 73.7% ★, Automation 22.3%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #45 Starvester
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 788 reviews2026
Dev: Syphono4Pub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 35.7% ★, Automation 24.7%, Resource Management 18.9%, Building 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #46 Satisfactory
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 278,339 reviews2024
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 33.2 hrsMean: 112.6 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 26.1%, Base Building 25.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Crafting 13.3%, Building 8%
- #47 Builderment
72% matchMixed68% of 128 reviews2023
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows · Mac
Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!
Why similar: Automation 27.3%, Base Building 22.9%, Resource Management 18.5%, Crafting 15.3%, Building 8.6%
- #48 Chipmatic
70% matchMixed66% of 173 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 47.8% ★, Automation 28.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Exploration 5.9%, Strategy 4.4%
- #49 Captain of Industry
69% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 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 28.8%, Base Building 23%, Resource Management 21.7%, Mining 12.9% ★, Building 6.2%
- #50 Planet Driller
74% 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 51.3%, Adventure 24.7%, Indie 24%
- #51 Deep Crafter
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Deep Crafter StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.
Why similar: Automation 30.3%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 14.5%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Exploration 9.2%
- #52 A Game About Digging A Hole™
67% matchVery Positive89% of 20,036 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 57.1% ★, Crafting 19.6%, Exploration 11.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Adventure 2.9%
- #53 Rock Bottom
66% matchNo user reviews94% of 1,536 reviews2026
Dev: Logan Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 55.8% ★, Resource Management 25%, Strategy 13.1%, Adventure 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #54 Super Mining Mechs
68% matchVery Positive87% of 882 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.6 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 24%, Adventure 3.3%
- #55 Planet Miner
71% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Exploration 41.4%, Adventure 28.5%, Action-Adventure 20.2%, Indie 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #56 Elsewhere
67% matchVery Positive96% of 83 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 21.8% ★, Mining 20% ★, Automation 13.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #57 DigDigDrill
67% matchVery Positive95% of 617 reviews2024
Dev: Toorai
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 17.5 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 54.7% ★, Resource Management 15.8%, Crafting 14.9%, Exploration 10%, Action-Adventure 2.5%
- #58 Mr.Mine
68% matchVery Positive92% of 18,628 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 100.0 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 51.1% ★, Resource Management 17.5%, Crafting 15.5%, Building 6.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #59 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,534 reviews2026
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Mining 39.5% ★, Automation 22.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 6.8%, Building 6.8%