- #1 MORA Mining for freedom
97% 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 18.7% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Underground 10.4% ★, Loot 10.1%
- #2 Lumber and Plunder
96% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Cozy FoxPub: Sailing Fox Studios
Windows
An exploration-focused game set on a remote island said to hide a long-forgotten treasure. Scavenge resources, sell what you find, upgrade your gear, and carve your way through a mysterious forest. Uncover scattered clues, piece together a legend, and conquer the mountain- at your own pace.
Why similar: Simulation 20.8%, Sandbox 19.9%, Adventure 15.2%, Casual 14.2%, Loot 11.7%
- #3 Dig to China Simulator
96% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Normalno Games
Windows
Dig to China Simulator, is a simple game about digging a hole in your back yard, until you get to China. Find ores in the holes you dig, sell them, upgrade your equipment to dig faster. No Monsters, No Fall Damage, 500 meters of pure digging.
Why similar: Mining 15.2% ★, Loot 10.6%, Adventure 9.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Casual 9.3%
- #4 Tropical Treasure Hunt
95% 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 25.3% ★, Sandbox 12.6%, Casual 9.3%, Exploration 9%, Loot 8.3%
- #5 Meltopia
94% 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 19.7% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Underground 13.8% ★, Loot 12%, Simulation 7.9%
- #6 DRILLMASTER 9000
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Petardia Productions
Windows
Dig, collect resources, upgrade your drill and multitool, go deep underground and find a powerful shiny object.
Why similar: Mining 21.5% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Underground 11.2% ★, Simulation 9.2%, Exploration 7.4%
- #7 A Game About Digging A Hole™
92% 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 19.3% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Underground 12.2% ★, Loot 10.3%, Simulation 8.6%
- #8 Gold Digging Simulator
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Grab your shovel and dig into a world of hidden riches. Destroy the terrain, uncover gold, upgrade your gear, blast through the earth with dynamite, and see how deep you can go.
Why similar: Mining 24.2% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Underground 10.4% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Exploration 8.7%
- #9 Metal Detect: Hidden Treasure
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 52 Weeks
Windows
Grab your metal detector and hunt for buried treasure across a quiet countryside village. Drive your pickup between locations. Take jobs from neighbors and get permission to search their land. Sell what you uncover and upgrade your gear as you get closer to an ancient treasure buried beneath.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 22.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Loot 10%, Exploration 9.5%
- #10 Firefly Forge: Autumn Bastion
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alchemist
Windows
"Firefly Forge: Autumn Bastion" is a survival adventure game that allows for free exploration, construction, and interaction. Witnessing the transformation of the Shangri La by hand gradually forming a unique ecological cycle, allowing players to find their own rhythm of life in this breathing land.
Why similar: Simulation 23.1%, Sandbox 21.8%, Casual 17.3%, Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 7.5%
- #11 Pickup Trash Simulator Remastered
90% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Newboon
Windows
Pickup Trash Simulator Is A Game Where You Use Physics To Your Advantage In A Park And Throw Trash Into Your Two Dumpsters! Whether Your Old Or Young Or Super Environment Friendly This Game Is For You.
Why similar: Simulation 28.4%, Sandbox 26.1%, Casual 20.3%, First-Person 8.8%, Stylized 7.9%
- #12 Astralyte
89% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Minvwiz
Windows
Mine rocks, gather materials, and craft crystals in a calm, system-driven world. A relaxing single-player experience focused on mining, progression, and discovery.
Why similar: Sandbox 27%, Casual 20%, Simulation 18.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Stylized 7.6%
- #13 Eunoia
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TinkerBloom
Windows
A cozy farming and life sim set inside a long forgotten cave. Restore a ruined village, farm unique crops, build and decorate, manage NPCs, collect items, earn achievements to unlock special rewards, and uncover magical changes between day and night.
Why similar: Mining 14.9% ★, Simulation 14.2%, Casual 13.9%, Adventure 13.5%, Underground 10.9% ★
- #14 Drill and Delve
87% 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: Sandbox 21.6%, Mining 15.1% ★, Adventure 13.6%, Loot 10.6%, Exploration 9.6%
- #15 Guitar Maker
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devilnest Productions Sp. z o.o.
Windows
In the game "GuitarMaker" you play the role of a guitar craftsman. Build unique electric guitars. Develop your skills, choose the best wood and components, body shapes, varnish them and select electronics, to create perfect instruments. Gain recognition from customers and open your own music store.
Why similar: Simulation 28.5%, Sandbox 27.1%, Casual 20.8%, First-Person 8.8%, 3D 6.7%
- #16 Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Four Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trapped in a pit with a chainsaw, you dig down through the ice, sell what you haul up, and buy upgrades and dynamite to go deeper, faster.
Why similar: Mining 23.5% ★, Underground 16% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Loot 11.1%, Simulation 7.1%
- #17 SpaceFabrica
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StefanowskyPub: StefCorp
Windows
SpaceFabrica is a space game focused on exploration, building, and automation. Discover planets and asteroids, gather resources, build your own bases, and create increasingly large and advanced factories. Explore the vastness of space and expand your industrial empire.
Why similar: Simulation 23.6%, Sandbox 22.6%, Mining 21.2% ★, Casual 16.9%, Exploration 9.5%
- #18 Prospector Collector
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kevuru GamesPub: Dragonbird Studio
Windows
A first-person exploration and prospecting adventure where players pan, sluice, sift, and mine to discover rare gemstones and precious metals, each generated with realistic gemological attributes and unique natural shapes, where every expedition brings the feeling that you're not alone.
Why similar: Mining 19% ★, Sandbox 19%, Simulation 18.3%, Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 10.8%
- #19 Infinimine
84% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2023
Dev: Slikey Games
Windows
Welcome to the world of Infinimine! Start with a basic pickaxe and upgrade your gear as you mine your way deeper into the abyss. Mine an assortment of ores with your guildies as a party or solo to level up your guild for buffs as well as unlocking other mining classes..
Why similar: Simulation 23.1%, Sandbox 21.3%, Mining 17.2% ★, Adventure 16%, Exploration 8.9%
- #20 YBR-You Break Rocks
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lemon games
Windows
A first person game where you play as an ant. Move rocks, experiment with your rocks and explore at your own pace. A short experience focused on interaction, discovery and simple fun.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.2%, Simulation 26%, Casual 20.8%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 6.2%
- #21 Being John Gogh
83% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Procrast Games
Windows
"Being John Gogh" is a life simulation game where you play as John, navigating through a world rendered in the style of Van Gogh's paintings, focusing on improving relationships, managing health, and enhancing charisma to find happiness on Bozca Island.
Why similar: Simulation 24.8%, Sandbox 21.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Casual 17%, Stylized 5.9%
- #22 Trash Island
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Disaster
Windows
Set off on a 1-4 player co-op adventure on an island buried in trash! Collect garbage, grind it into useful materials, build your shelter, and clean up the island. Craft your own boat from scrap, head out to sea, and hunt for valuable debris drifting across the ocean.
Why similar: Simulation 21.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, Casual 16%, Adventure 14.2%, Exploration 7.7%
- #23 Alterworld
82% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Poonpoonza
Windows
Explore the infinite world! Play with the fully destructible voxel terrain! Craft and split items! Build and customize a house or any building! And many more! This is the ultimate sandbox survival game where you can do almost anything you can dream!
Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Adventure 17.1%, Exploration 11.2%, Casual 8.6%, First-Person 8.3%
- #24 Junkman101
81% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: MaryIsHere
Windows · Mac
在一个程序化生成的 2D 像素沙盒世界中探索、挖掘和建造。收集矿物并熔炼,合成物品,升级标签。挑战怪物、发现遗迹,体验自由的冒险与创造之旅。
Why similar: Simulation 28%, Sandbox 25.9%, Casual 21.1%, Adventure 12.6%, Exploration 10.8%
- #25 Lumber in Space
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KenshiDev
Windows
A relaxing game about cutting weird types of trees in space. Whack space trees, collect drops, send them to space HUB and upgrade your gear.
Why similar: Simulation 24.1%, Sandbox 23.9%, Casual 17.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 7.5%
- #26 The Last Ores
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIB Lab
Windows
Dig the earth, collect ores and sell them to upgrade your equipment. Explore a mysterious depths. And the deeper you go… the more you realize something ancient has been waiting for you down there, in the dark, for a very long time.
Why similar: Mining 21.1% ★, Casual 19.9%, Exploration 13%, Sandbox 12.6%, First-Person 9.5%
- #27 Miner: Dig Deep
79% matchVery Positive91% of 257 reviews2020
Dev: Substance Games
Windows
A cozy mining platformer game. Dig deep into the earth in search of riches. Create your mine, improve your equipment, but don't get too greedy.
Why similar: Mining 24.8% ★, Loot 15.6%, Underground 15.2% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Simulation 10.1%
- #28 ULTRA MEGA DRILL
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glupy Cat Games
Windows
Buy geodes, crack their weak points, find rare crystals and artifacts, and build an automated processing line in this 2D incremental game.
Why similar: Mining 27.1% ★, Sandbox 23.2%, Underground 12.8% ★, Casual 11.5%, Adventure 10.4%
- #29 Star Ores Inc.
77% 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 23.1% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Simulation 12%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 7.7%
- #30 House Sitter
78% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2020
Dev: Eric SteinbergPub: N/A
Windows
Explore the wacky world of House Sitter, and discover what secrets lie in wait. Meet new friends! Choose their fate!... Uncover who you truly are. But most importantly, get those chores done before Mom comes home.
Why similar: Simulation 35.5%, Casual 23.6%, Adventure 23%, Sandbox 12.7%, Indie 4.8%
- #31 Off-World Prospecting
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prospector Games
Windows
Off-World Prospecting is a game about exploring and striking out on your own on an alien planet, and becoming the ultimate prospector as you survey the land for valuable fauna, minerals, artifacts and more, and search for your long missing sister in an uncaring yet endlessly enticing landscape.
Why similar: Mining 27.5% ★, Sandbox 21%, Simulation 10.2%, Exploration 9.3%, Underground 7.8% ★
- #32 DIG
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
A chaotic online co-op digging game for 1-4 friends. Dig a hole together and keep digging deeper: smash blocks and ore, dig up silly hats, craft goods from lost blueprints and ship orders by cargo boat. Every hole gets deeper, richer and weirder. Just don't fall in.
Why similar: Mining 25.3% ★, Sandbox 19.1%, Simulation 11.2%, Exploration 9%, First-Person 7.1%
- #33 Digging the Forgotten Cave
75% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Cavernauts
Windows
Dig deep, unearth treasures. Upgrade your tools to uncover the secrets of the mystical caves. This is also an inner journey of relaxation, where your intuition can guide you as you dig deeper into the mysteries.
Why similar: Sandbox 19.8%, Mining 18.1% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Underground 10.1% ★, Adventure 9.8%
- #34 Fossil Keeper
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Dig up and collect fossils from Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, build complete skeletons from them, then display them in your customisable museum! Earn museum donations and renown in order to gain access to more dig sites, unlocking new species for you to collect.
Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Sandbox 22.7%, Adventure 17.5%, Casual 16.4%, Exploration 9.5%
- #35 Mining My Own Business
75% match4 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: MemaHertz
Windows
Enslaved you're forced underground to mine to buy your freedom. Manage stamina, weight, and torchlight as you dig for valuable ore. Sell when prices are high, upgrade your gear and shelter. Every swing of your pickaxe gets you closer to freedom. Right?
Why similar: Mining 29.3% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Underground 17.2% ★, Exploration 9.1%, Adventure 6.4%
- #36 Metal Detecting Days
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ganta
Windows
A relaxing metal detecting simulator where you manually sweep your detector, interpret realistic signals, and explore beautiful locations at your own pace. Dig up historical coins, relics, and forgotten curiosities, upgrade your gear, and build a personal collection.
Why similar: Simulation 25.1%, Casual 16.4%, Adventure 16%, Sandbox 12.9%, Exploration 5.8%
- #37 Wash It
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Andrei Ivashentsev
Windows
Wash It is a relaxing and satisfying cleaning game where you blast away dirt, grime, and chaos. Watch the world shine again as you unwind and get lost in pure cleaning zen.
Why similar: Simulation 29%, Sandbox 28.3%, Casual 20.7%, First-Person 7.7%, 3D 7.1%
- #38 Pictura
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ASoloGameDev
Windows
Pictura is an atmospheric photography game where you explore new worlds, while working on your photo skills. Find the best shots and become a world famous photographer.
Why similar: Simulation 28.9%, Casual 27.4%, Adventure 26.7%, Exploration 11%, Relaxing 5.9%
- #39 Mole a Hole
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: Wenkly Studio
Windows
In Mole a Hole, you become a determined mole on a mission to dig deeper than ever before. Excavate tunnels, collect valuable items, upgrade your equipment, and explore a playful underground full of surprises, challenges, and rewarding discoveries - perfect for immersive VR fun.
Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Sandbox 21.2%, Loot 10.2%, Underground 8.9% ★, Stylized 8.2%
- #40 cookie planet: cosmic bakery
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Luka Yeaman
Windows
Explore colourful cookie worlds in a first-person incremental clicker. Click giant cookies, automate production, evolve a living bakery town, complete Cosmic Orders, uncover secrets, build a rocket, and journey toward the mysterious END.
Why similar: Simulation 30.8%, Casual 20.1%, Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 7.2%, First-Person 6.2%
- #41 MakeShift Mayhem
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juan Dos Santos
Windows
A Chaotic co-op adventure about building Makeshift Vehicles to solve puzzles and go Home. Team up with friends and build wild vehicles.
Why similar: Simulation 23.9%, Sandbox 23%, Adventure 17.6%, Casual 16.6%, First-Person 7.2%
- #42 Autotelic
70% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Jettson GobervillePub: doctor ohio studios
Windows
mess about with a unique array of tools, items and characters in a stylized homemade game engine.
Why similar: Sandbox 30.6%, Simulation 26.9%, Casual 14%, Stylized 12.4%, First-Person 6.3%
- #43 Grass and Cash
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: VirginMage Pub: VirginMage
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bad news: you're in debt. Good news: there's cash buried in the grass. Worse news: you're starting with nail scissors. Start mowing.
Why similar: Simulation 31.3%, Sandbox 25.1%, Casual 14%, Relaxing 7.2%, First-Person 6.7%
- #44 Wizards Owl: Magic Delivery
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Me GAMES
Windows
Wizard's Owl invites you into a captivating world of wizards, owls, and a quest to save the magical realm. In this adventure, you take on the role of a determined owl working for a prestigious mail and parcel delivery service. Your aspiration is to become a personal owl for the main wizard.
Why similar: Simulation 43.6%, Casual 28.4%, Adventure 18.5%, First-Person 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #45 Tribal Mischief
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tikashu
Windows
A co-op mischievous adventure in the Stone Age.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.9%, Adventure 19.4%, Casual 18.2%, Exploration 11.8%, Stylized 7.7%
- #46 THE FERRY
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex OlinkiewiczPub: A.O.Games
Windows
A ferryman. An old but trustworthy cable ferry. A peaceful night job. What could possibly go wrong?
Why similar: Casual 26.8%, Simulation 23%, Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 9.3%
- #47 CapyCam
69% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: ZERO5GAMES
Windows
There's no fuss here. There's only golden light, rustling grass, and dozens of friendly faces. Look for capybaras in the thicket, but remember the most important rule of photography: to capture the perfect shot, sometimes you just need to lower the camera.
Why similar: Simulation 25.2%, Sandbox 22.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Casual 17.3%, Loot 14.2%
- #48 The House in the Forest
71% matchMixed58% of 48 reviews2020
Dev: _k.y.
Windows
The House in the Forest is a short, first-person exploration game about a family who moved out to go live a lonely life. You'll play as a person who got lost on the way back to his house ends up discovering clean but an abandoned house.
Why similar: Simulation 31.9%, Casual 21.2%, Adventure 21%, Sandbox 8.7%, Exploration 5.2%
- #49 Liminality
69% matchMixed62% of 37 reviews2025
Dev: Lory Games
Windows
Liminality is a single-player experience focused on liminal spaces. Dive into the eerie but relaxing lukewarm water of the poolrooms. Navigate through the liminal spaces, where reality blurs, and uncover the secrets that lie beneath the surface.
Why similar: Simulation 21%, Sandbox 18.4%, Exploration 17.8%, Adventure 13%, First-Person 10.2%
- #50 Oil-Manager
70% match8 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Josh
Windows
Who hasn't dreamed of building an oil empire? Make the dream come true.
Why similar: Simulation 29%, Sandbox 27.7%, Casual 20.8%, First-Person 9.1%, 3D 6.9%
- #51 Dragon Ranch
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KK-Forge
Windows
Dragon Ranch is a first-person open-world co-op game with touches of exploration. In which you can capture and raise adorable monsters and get the resources they generate to improve your facilities, enter the planet and discover the secrets that await you.
Why similar: Simulation 17.7%, Exploration 15.4%, Adventure 14.6%, Sandbox 13.6%, First-Person 12.7%
- #52 Dig to Escape
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Biscoto Gang
Windows
Dig to Escape is a co-op digging game where you search a mysterious island for buried objects. Turn your discoveries into scrap, upgrade your tools and uncover the missing boat motor parts you need to escape. Play alone or dig irresponsibly with your friends.
Why similar: Simulation 23.4%, Sandbox 22.2%, Adventure 16.2%, Loot 9.9%, First-Person 6.4%
- #53 Rasvyat Nuclear Power Station
67% matchVery Positive80% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Thxtnt
Windows
A co-op RBMK reactor simulator, with a detailed control room, realistic physics and authentic sound design
Why similar: Simulation 30.3%, Sandbox 29.3%, Casual 21.7%, First-Person 9.4%, 3D 7.3%
- #54 CellSar
68% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: DrSamatha
Windows
A sandbox game about collecting cells, building machines and organs out of cells and keeping them alive.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.7%, Simulation 27.4%, Adventure 19.4%, Exploration 7.9%, 3D 7.7%
- #55 Astro Miner
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 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 33.7% ★, Simulation 20.3%, Casual 16.3%, Adventure 11%, Exploration 8.8%
- #56 When The Shutter Stops
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Remort Studios
Windows · Mac
The child detective that grew up. The murderer that walked. The mystery unsolved, and the lies that connect them. A visual novel.
Why similar: Simulation 41.4%, Casual 31%, Adventure 27.6%
- #57 City Park Simulator
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SimuLand
Windows
City Park Simulator is a relaxing walking simulator set in a peaceful urban park. Stroll through scenic paths and admire nature.
Why similar: Simulation 32.5%, Sandbox 30.8%, Casual 16.3%, Exploration 12.9%, 3D 7%
- #58 Pixel Sand
67% matchVery Positive85% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: Kongroth
Windows
Mix elements like a mad scientist on a particularly spicy date with destiny! Embark on a journey through the mystical caves of Dormacom with our hero Vurhne as he seeks out the ultimate power for no good reason at all!
Why similar: Simulation 39.8%, Casual 32.4%, Adventure 27.8%
- #59 What is snowman made of?
65% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel JenikovskýPub: Ateliér Duchů
Windows
An atmospheric mini game that let's you explore a snowcapped yard in which you build your very own snowman.
Why similar: Sandbox 38.2%, Casual 17.9%, Adventure 13.4%, First-Person 12.4%, 3D 9.4%
- #60 Welcome Home, Love
67% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: A Trifle Odd
Windows
What lies in store for Jess? Experience her world and find the secret buried at the end. Welcome Home, Love is a narrative-driven VR experience with hundreds of interactable items, and fully voiced dialogue for all characters and pickups.
Why similar: Simulation 40.7%, Casual 30.7%, Adventure 28.6%