Games Like 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 16.1%, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 15.6%, Co-op 14.8%, Procedural Generation 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the underground survival, mining, and co-op crafting loop found in the seed game.

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 37.9% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Co-op 14.8%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Crafting 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the tactile mechanics of mining, smelting, and building complex machinery to process resources.

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 41.7%, Procedural Generation 30.3%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive co-op experience for underground mining, destruction, and fighting through procedurally generated caves.

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: Online Co-Op 17.5%, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 13.5%, Management 12.2%, Co-op 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person factory-building game set entirely underground that focuses on mining and resource management.

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

Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, Crafting 18.5%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Co-op 13.4%, Online Co-Op 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sandbox experience that emphasizes mining, exploration, and progression through crafting and boss encounters.

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: Online Co-Op 23.2%, Co-op 19.6%, Crafting 19.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar sense of survival and resource gathering while focusing on transforming a hostile environment.

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 24.4% ★, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Co-op 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based automation game that captures the mining and base-building aspects of the seed game in a co-op setting.

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 19.1%, Crafting 17.1%, Exploration 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features extensive exploration and mining across procedurally generated planets with a strong emphasis on co-op play.

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 23.9%, Co-op 20.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Exploration 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep automation and mining mechanics in a vast, open world that rewards efficient resource management.

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 26.2%, Crafting 18.4%, Co-op 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Sandbox 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust survival and crafting experience with a heavy focus on exploration and collaborative base building.

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 25.8% ★, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Co-op 13.3%, Crafting 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Directly focuses on the mechanical aspect of mining and upgrading equipment to reach deeper levels.

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 33.6% ★, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines mining and base building with survival mechanics and co-op defense against waves of enemies.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Crafting 29.8%, Exploration 18%, Sandbox 17.1%, Multiplayer 14.3%, First-Person 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: While underwater, it captures the same sense of isolation, exploration, and resource-based progression found in deep mining games.

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.8%, Crafting 21%, Sandbox 16.2%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Exploration 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival game that emphasizes crafting and exploring complex, underground-style facilities.

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: Voxel 24.2% ★, Mining 24.1% ★, Crafting 11%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Sandbox 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: An automation and resource management game set in a sandbox world that emphasizes building and mining.

The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

Why similar: Crafting 29.8%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Sandbox 17.7%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive survival game that relies heavily on mining, resource gathering, and building defenses against other players.

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 22.4%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Inventory Management 10.1%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses specifically on the destruction and resource extraction mechanics that are central to the seed game.

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Why similar: Co-op 25%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Crafting 19.5%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on gathering resources from the environment to expand a base, mirroring the progression loop of the seed game.

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 23% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Crafting 10.7%, Management 10.6%, Realistic 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy game that focuses on the logistics and machinery required for large-scale mining operations.

The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

Why similar: Co-op 23.7%, Crafting 19.3%, Multiplayer 18.8%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Sandbox 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features survival, crafting, and exploration in a unique setting with a strong emphasis on co-op play.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Co-op 27%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Online Co-Op 16.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Sandbox 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging co-op survival game with deep crafting systems and a focus on managing resources to survive.

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 18%, Economy 13.9%, Management 13.3%, Co-op 11.8%, Sandbox 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features co-op management and crafting loops that appeal to players who enjoy the base-building progression of the seed game.

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 60.8% ★, Economy 21.9%, Management 7.7%, Casual 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A lighter, incremental take on the mining and progression loop for players who want a more casual experience.

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 45.4% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Realistic 10.5%, Economy 8.4%, Sandbox 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a realistic take on the mining and processing aspect of the seed game for those who enjoy the simulation side.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Crafting 25%, Online Co-Op 22.5%, Sandbox 19.4%, Multiplayer 16.4%, Exploration 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival, base building, and progression with a strong emphasis on cooperative play and resource gathering.

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 34.1% ★, Crafting 14.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Management 13.7%, Co-op 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers complex management and survival systems for players who enjoy the technical side of base building and resource processing.

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

Why similar: Procedural Generation 20%, Sandbox 18.3%, Exploration 15.5%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Crafting 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an expansive universe for mining, crafting, and exploration with deep multiplayer integration.

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 22.4% ★, Voxel 21.3% ★, Economy 10.6%, Sandbox 9.2%, 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: Mining 20.5% ★, Voxel 20.3% ★, Crafting 11.2%, Inventory Management 9.1%, Realistic 8.5%

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 26.2%, Crafting 25.8%, Sandbox 21.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Simulation 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A collaborative survival game where players must work together to manage resources and build a sustainable society.

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 19.1%, Inventory Management 14.7%, Management 12.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration and resource gathering loop, rewarding players for finding hidden items and managing inventory.

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 16.8%, Online Co-Op 14.4%, Economy 13.1%, Co-op 11%, Management 10.4%

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 26.9% ★, Economy 14.7%, Crafting 11.2%, Management 10.6%, Multiplayer 8%

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 25.6% ★, Voxel 23% ★, Economy 11.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.5%

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 23.2% ★, Mining 19.9% ★, Destruction 17.2%, Sandbox 12.9%, Exploration 6.5%

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 32.1% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Economy 8.2%, Crafting 7.1%

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 28.9% ★, Online Co-Op 19.4%, Sandbox 15.7%, Procedural Generation 12%, Crafting 10.5%

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 19.7%, Co-op 18.6%, First-Person 16.1%, Simulation 12.2%, Multiplayer 12%

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: Inventory Management 16%, Economy 14.3%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Co-op 12.2%, Management 11.6%

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 31.9% ★, Crafting 7.6%, Simulation 5.5%, First-Person 4.5%

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 18.5%, Management 15.6%, Inventory Management 13.1%, Economy 12.2%, Co-op 10.3%

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 29.4% ★, Mining 22.9% ★, Sandbox 18.6%, Exploration 9.4%, First-Person 7.6%

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: Simulation 18%, Exploration 17.6%, Multiplayer 15.8%, Realistic 14.8%, First-Person 11.9%

Mining Merchant is a relaxing mining and shopkeeping adventure game. Mine by day to uncover rare ores and gems, then craft jewelry to sell in your shop by night. Rebuild your uncle’s business solo or in co-op and uncover the mystery behind the nightly earthquakes.

Why similar: Mining 33.4% ★, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Procedural Generation 8.7%

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 17%, Sandbox 16.6%, Crafting 16.4%, Management 11.1%, Simulation 8.6%

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 60.6% ★, Economy 20.1%, Casual 9.7%, Management 7.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.9%, Crafting 15.7%, Co-op 15.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Procedural Generation 10.9%

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 24.1%, Economy 15.5%, Management 14.1%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Simulation 10.9%

Voxel Eras is a game about collecting, crafting, and automating within an infinite 3D voxel world. Taking your humble workshop made with your own two fists through eras of technology. Design, build, and evolve your operations, all in the name of progress.

Why similar: Voxel 26.3% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Crafting 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 9.4%

Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

Why similar: Co-op 18.8%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Crafting 15.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Multiplayer 12%

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 43.6% ★, Destruction 28.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Exploration 8.6%, Casual 3.1%

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: Crafting 16.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, Co-op 15.5%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%

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

Why similar: Mining 55.5% ★, Co-op 8.3%, Exploration 7.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Casual 5.7%

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: Inventory Management 17%, Economy 17%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Management 12.2%, Co-op 11.9%

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% ★, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Co-op 12%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Sandbox 8.8%

Explore, survive, and push the boundaries of the horizon in a vast, procedurally generated world. Customize your vehicle, face unpredictable events, gather resources, and embark on a unique adventure, alone or with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.6%, Co-op 18.2%, Realistic 13.3%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Exploration 10.3%

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 29.5% ★, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 13.8%, Management 12.3%, Exploration 7%

A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

Why similar: Voxel 28% ★, Online Co-Op 13%, Crafting 12%, Sandbox 11.9%, Co-op 11.2%

Join the Early Access journey with this immersive driving-survival game. Explore the harsh American wilderness in the Long Drive North. Drive & repair your trusty RV, scavenge for parts, upgrade your vehicle, hunt & cook to survive; alone or with up to 4 players. SHARED RV MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE.

Why similar: Voxel 27.6% ★, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Co-op 11.4%, Crafting 11.3%, Sandbox 10.6%

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: Online Co-Op 13.5%, Co-op 13.3%, Inventory Management 12.5%, Economy 11.8%, Sandbox 9.9%