Games Like Keep Digging

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 38.5% ★, Sandbox 15%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 9%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, physics-based mining and automation experience that mirrors the progression-heavy gameplay of Keep Digging.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.3%, Crafting 15.7%, Sandbox 15.5%, Co-op 14.7%, Procedural Generation 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sandbox game that perfectly captures the loop of mining, base building, and upgrading gear in a cooperative setting.

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 26.1% ★, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Co-op 13.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Procedural Generation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A focused mining game where you control specialized machinery to dig deep and upgrade your equipment for better efficiency.

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: Co-op 41.4%, Procedural Generation 30.5%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for co-op mining games, featuring intense team-based excavation and procedural cave exploration.

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Co-op 20.7%, Sandbox 20.5%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Crafting 17.3%, Exploration 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on planetary exploration and terrain deformation, allowing players to mine and build in a vibrant, cooperative sandbox.

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: Crafting 24.1%, Co-op 20.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Exploration 8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person exploration with complex mining and factory automation, ideal for players who enjoy the management side of digging.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, Crafting 18.7%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Co-op 13.4%, Online Co-Op 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic 2D sandbox that emphasizes mining, crafting, and boss progression, making it a perfect fit for fans of digging mechanics.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.3%, Crafting 18.5%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Sandbox 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on resource gathering and mining in a cooperative survival environment with satisfying progression.

Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.

Why similar: Destruction 22.1%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Inventory Management 10.3%, Management 9.5%, Sandbox 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the destruction and resource management aspects of simulation, similar to the inventory management found in Keep Digging.

Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

Why similar: Management 36%, Sandbox 35.9%, Simulation 18.6%, 3D 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers large-scale mining and resource management across a galaxy, perfect for those who enjoy the logistics of resource extraction.

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.8%, Crafting 24.7%, Management 16.4%, Co-op 13.4%, Multiplayer 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate automation game where mining is the foundation of building a massive, self-sustaining industrial complex.

A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.

Why similar: Mining 22.8% ★, Sandbox 17%, Management 10.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Realistic 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic mining simulator that emphasizes the technical aspects of extracting resources and managing heavy machinery.

The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.7%, Economy 16.2%, Management 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.2%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative management game that captures the same multiplayer coordination and workflow management as Keep Digging.

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 34.6% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 14.5%, Management 14%, Co-op 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A complex simulation game that requires careful management and mining to survive in harsh, extraterrestrial environments.

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.3%, Sandbox 18.3%, Exploration 15.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Multiplayer 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an infinite universe to explore, with mining and resource gathering serving as the primary way to upgrade your gear and ships.

Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.

Why similar: Mining 45.9% ★, Simulation 13%, Realistic 10.4%, Economy 8.5%, Sandbox 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic look at the gold mining process, focusing on the equipment and patience required to find valuable deposits.

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Sandbox 26.7%, Online Co-Op 19%, Crafting 17.5%, Co-op 13.5%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A space-faring sandbox that focuses on mining, exploration, and building across diverse alien worlds with friends.

SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

Why similar: Mining 79.1% ★, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.1%, Casual 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A polished, exploration-heavy mining game that focuses on the satisfying mechanics of digging and discovering hidden treasures.

Get ready for a thrilling mix of genres: a cooperative, first-person, open-world fantasy tavern simulator, action, fishing, hunting, exploration, and completing fun and diverse quests. And, of course, COOKING! Play with friends, feed and quench the thirst of the entire world!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.8%, Economy 14.3%, Management 13.3%, Co-op 11.7%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative management game that focuses on teamwork and resource gathering to keep a business running smoothly.

Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.

Why similar: Mining 39.5% ★, Sandbox 14.2%, Management 13.2%, Realistic 8.9%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the excavation and collection of fossils, appealing to the discovery aspect of digging.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Voxel 33.7% ★, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Multiplayer 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: Blends mining and base building with survival elements, allowing players to dig tunnels and fortify their positions against threats.

Old Market Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you manage your market by ordering goods, growing produce, raising animals, fishing, and crafting items in your workshop, while hiring employees and expanding your business.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.3%, Management 15.6%, Inventory Management 13.3%, Economy 12.5%, Co-op 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative management game where players must work together to run a shop, mirroring the multiplayer coordination of Keep Digging.

Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.

Why similar: Mining 40.7% ★, Sandbox 16%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a strategic look at the mining industry, focusing on the management and operational side of the job.

Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

Why similar: Economy 30.4%, Sandbox 23.4%, Crafting 20.1%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Simulation 11%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative simulation game where mining and resource management are essential to saving the world from environmental disaster.

Search for valuable items stashed in abandoned barns. Take part in storage auctions, bid high and buy yourself a chance to find exclusive items hidden in the past.

Why similar: Economy 19.3%, Inventory Management 14.7%, Management 12.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: While not mining, it shares the satisfying loop of searching, collecting, and selling items for profit.

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 22.6% ★, Voxel 21.1% ★, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Crafting 8.5%

Dig Island is a 4-player co-op digging game. As you dig deeper, discover new resources, upgrade your equipment, and work with your friends to repair the plane and escape the island.

Why similar: Voxel 20.5% ★, Mining 19.9% ★, Crafting 11.3%, Inventory Management 9.2%, Realistic 8.5%

Grocery Store Simulator is a 1-4 player co-op game where you build and manage your own supermarket by stocking shelves, setting prices, hiring staff, and customizing your store, all while expanding your business and keeping customers happy.

Why similar: Inventory Management 16.9%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Economy 13.4%, Co-op 10.8%, Management 10.5%

An ultimate 1-8 player Co-op Simulation game where you build and manage your gas station completely from scratch. Team up with your friends, provide exceptional service and grow your business! Collaboration (and some chaos!) is the key to success—fuel up, have your fun and rise to the top!

Why similar: Economy 17.4%, Inventory Management 17.2%, Online Co-Op 14.6%, Management 12.3%, Co-op 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and service aspects of running a business with friends, sharing the cooperative simulation vibe.

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Sandbox 36.6%, Crafting 32.7%, Co-op 14.7%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game where you must mine resources to build defenses against nightly waves of enemies.

FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

Why similar: Voxel 24.9% ★, Sandbox 19.4%, Crafting 19.3%, Mining 17.5% ★, Multiplayer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale mining and automation game that focuses on building complex systems deep underground.

Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!

Why similar: Mining 27.2% ★, Economy 15%, Crafting 11.2%, Management 10.7%, Multiplayer 7.7%

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 60.3% ★, Economy 22.4%, Management 7.9%, Casual 7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Do you have the Big Dig Energy!? The best co-op mining game with online multiplayer for up to 4 players! Team up, dig deep, mine energy ore, and upgrade your tools. Reach the planets core to fuel the rocket and leave Earth!

Why similar: Voxel 23.1% ★, Mining 20.2% ★, Destruction 17.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Exploration 6.5%

Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game set in a first person open-world. The King has tasked you to locate the elusive Emberstone. Go forth and use your Dwarven prowess and knowledge to mine, craft and automate through anything standing in your way - Build up or dig down! How far will you go?

Why similar: Mining 22.1% ★, Voxel 21.7% ★, Crafting 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Co-op 9.2%

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: Voxel 36.1% ★, Mining 31.8% ★, Crafting 7.7%, Simulation 5.5%, First-Person 4.5%

Welcome to Wrap House Simulator! Run your own wrap shop, chop, grill, and serve in this cooking adventure. Customize your shop, master the grill, and survive the rush solo or co-op with up to 6 players. Keep up with orders, satisfy customers, and build your dream restaurant!

Why similar: Co-op 13.2%, Inventory Management 12.9%, Economy 12.5%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Management 10%

In iDigging, you’ll balance treasure hunting, home improvement, and the strategy of hiding from curious neighbors and authorities. Upgrade, dig, and create your best life despite all the challenges!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20%, Co-op 18.2%, First-Person 16.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.5%

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Multiplayer 18.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Exploration 16.8%, Realistic 14.2%, First-Person 11.9%

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 29.1% ★, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Sandbox 15.5%, Procedural Generation 12%, Crafting 10.5%

Take over the gas station and convenience store at a roadside rest area and expand by purchasing new businesses. Manage a living world shaped by dynamic economy and random events. Upgrade your facilities, satisfy your customers, and play solo or with friends.

Why similar: Economy 17%, Inventory Management 15.6%, Co-op 14.1%, Management 13.8%, Simulation 10.4%

EARLY ACCESS – Create and expand your dream supermarket. Manage your aisles, inventory, machines, cleaning, deliveries, and staff. Welcome your customers and decorate every corner. Play solo or with up to 6 players and transform a small shop into a retail empire!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.2%, Economy 15.6%, Co-op 14.3%, Sandbox 13.2%, Management 12.1%

Camping Simulator lets you experience what camp means by preparing your backpack wisely for challenging conditions of nature. You can play all the experiences with up to 8 friends in multiplayer mode or single player mode.

Why similar: Co-op 16.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Crafting 16.5%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 8.6%

Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.2%, Destruction 14.2%, Co-op 11%, Economy 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 16.9%, Sandbox 16.1%, Co-op 15.5%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Realistic 9.3%

Run your tobacco shop. Sign contracts with leading brands, order products, hire workers, expand your store, and never let your customers leave the store empty-handed. Play with friends or go solo, and enjoy the growth of your shop.

Why similar: Economy 15.9%, Online Co-Op 15%, Sandbox 11%, Inventory Management 10.2%, Co-op 10.1%

Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.

Why similar: Economy 21%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Management 15.8%, Realistic 10.4%, Multiplayer 9.6%

Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.

Why similar: Destruction 26.6%, Online Co-Op 17%, Co-op 15.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 7.8%

Ready to create your own world of flavor? Play solo or co-op with up to 8 players, prepare sandwiches with your friends, deliver online orders to the courier and run your sandwich restaurant. Clean, expand, and keep your customers happy!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.5%, Economy 16%, Co-op 15.4%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Management 9.2%

Grab a shovel and let's get digging! Join the adventure, hire miners and dig for a treasure

Why similar: Mining 56.1% ★, Co-op 8.2%, Exploration 7.5%, Simulation 6.8%, Casual 5.7%

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: Voxel 29.5% ★, Mining 22.6% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Exploration 9.5%, First-Person 7.7%

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 29.7% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 13.8%, Management 12.5%, Exploration 6.9%

Vacuum your way through a massive junk pit in search of a lost hard drive worth millions. Suck, sell, upgrade, and uncover absurd items, pop culture relics, and unsettling secrets in this dangerously addictive, satirical dig-'em-up.

Why similar: Voxel 23.6% ★, Mining 23.2% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Inventory Management 13.3%, Simulation 7.9%

Have you always dreamed of searching for gold? Then start your own adventure now - alone or together with friends. Explore a huge map and dig for gold using a variety of methods, vehicles and wash plants.

Why similar: Mining 32.5% ★, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Co-op 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Sandbox 8.8%

Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18.4%, Economy 16.5%, Management 13.7%, Co-op 13.2%, Sandbox 11.4%

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 44.2% ★, Destruction 28%, Crafting 13%, Exploration 8.6%, Casual 3.1%

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: Mining 36.6% ★, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 12%, Voxel 7.4% ★, Adventure 6.5%

Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.

Why similar: Mining 27.7% ★, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Crafting 14.5%, Co-op 12.7%, Exploration 7.2%

Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

Why similar: Voxel 24.5% ★, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Co-op 10.5%

Finnish Cottage Simulator is the ultimate cottage experience. Relax and enjoy the Finnish summer nature, go to the sauna, get drunk, grill food or play games with others!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19%, Crafting 12.6%, Multiplayer 12.2%, Realistic 11.1%, Sandbox 11%