Games Like Keep on Mining!

An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

Why similar: Clicker 32%, Idler 30.9%, Economy 9.7%, Collectathon 6.4%, Resource Management 6%

Why You'll Like It: As the definitive clicker game, it provides the same addictive, exponential growth and upgrade-focused gameplay found in Keep on Mining!.

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Resource Management 48.9%, Indie 16.1%, 2D 14.2%, Casual 12.8%, Singleplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a perfect blend of mining, crafting, and permanent progression that feels like a more expansive version of the seed game's mechanics.

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 76.4% ★, Casual 9.2%, Colorful 5.6%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It directly focuses on the mining and upgrading loop, tasking players with digging deeper and improving their equipment to reach new depths.

Blow leaves, upgrade your gear, and automate your progress as you explore the Leaf Universe. A satisfying incremental idle game where every leaf blown brings you closer to the next big upgrade. Simple, relaxing, and endlessly rewarding. Let the leaves fall, and your progress rise!

Why similar: Idler 36.8%, Clicker 29.4%, Collectathon 11%, Relaxing 9.6%, Casual 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the relaxing, satisfying nature of incremental games while offering a massive variety of upgrades and prestige mechanics.

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

Why similar: Idler 25.9%, Clicker 22%, Mining 20.9% ★, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, strategy-heavy take on the incremental genre that emphasizes economy and building, similar to the seed's skill tree focus.

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 29.4% ★, Idler 28%, Clicker 23.2%, Resource Management 6.4%, Casual 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic mining-focused incremental game that shares the exact premise of digging deeper to find better resources and upgrades.

To The Core is an incremental game about extracting and using resources from planets to buy upgrades.

Why similar: Clicker 36.7%, Mining 31.4% ★, Idler 9.9%, Arcade 7.8%, Casual 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on mining through procedural layers, providing the same satisfying destruction and upgrade loop.

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Mining 71.4% ★, Resource Management 11.3%, Strategy 6.3%, Management 5.9%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines mining exploration with a persistent upgrade system, creating a similar sense of progression and discovery.

Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!

Why similar: Mining 20.6% ★, Idler 18.9%, Clicker 16.6%, Capitalism 6.8%, Economy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual mining management game that shares the same focus on resource collection and incremental upgrades.

Idle Slayer is an incremental game with idle and active playstyle mechanics, medieval pixel art visuals and retro 8-bit sounds and music.

Why similar: Idler 49.4%, Clicker 34.5%, Casual 8%, 2D 2.6%, Strategy 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong focus on incremental mining and combat progression that aligns perfectly with the arcade-style feel of the seed.

Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.

Why similar: Mining 31.3% ★, Idler 26.5%, Clicker 22.3%, Resource Management 7.5%, Management 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game is a direct thematic match, focusing on mining and idle management within a cave environment.

Click and Conquer is a short, relaxing incremental game. Drop bombs through the fog of war, uncover hidden enemies, collect rewards, and spend currency to boost passive income, increase bombing power, and unlock new maps.

Why similar: Idler 26.9%, Clicker 24.3%, Economy 10.5%, Relaxing 9%, Resource Management 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines casual simulation and clicking mechanics to create a progression loop similar to the seed.

Craft a complex production line, earn idle cash and become an industrial tycoon!

Why similar: Idler 29.8%, Clicker 27.3%, Capitalism 14.9%, Economy 9.3%, Casual 5%

Why You'll Like It: The focus on crafting materials and managing production chains makes this a strong thematic and mechanical match for the seed game.

Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

Why similar: Clicker 44.6%, Idler 34.3%, Management 5.8%, Casual 5.5%, 2D 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a foundational incremental game that shares the core clicker mechanics and permanent upgrade progression found in the seed.

Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.

Why similar: Idler 52.8%, Mining 29.4% ★, Casual 5.2%, Minimalist 4.5%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a massive, skill-based progression system that rewards long-term planning and resource management.

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 34.4% ★, Idler 24.5%, Clicker 22.5%, Arcade 4.9%, Minimalist 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on mining and strategy, providing a similar experience to the seed's core gameplay loop.

Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!

Why similar: Idler 51.4%, Clicker 28.1%, Strategy 6.4%, Resource Management 5.6%, Casual 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is widely considered the gold standard for deep, satisfying incremental progression and exponential growth.

Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.

Why similar: Idler 35.3%, Clicker 28.3%, Resource Management 10.7%, Relaxing 7.1%, Minimalist 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a scientific twist on the incremental genre with satisfying, layered progression systems.

Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!

Why similar: Clicker 54.9%, Idler 25.8%, Resource Management 6.3%, Strategy 5.4%, Casual 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep economy management and complex progression systems that will appeal to fans of the seed's skill tree mechanics.

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 35.7% ★, Idler 30.1%, Clicker 26.3%, Casual 4.2%, Indie 2%

Why You'll Like It: A mining-themed idle game that emphasizes resource management and incremental growth.

Click Mage is a unique 2D resource gatherer and building game. Mine and process resources, upgrade your clicking power and construct buildings on an idyllic island with beautiful pixel art graphics.

Why similar: Mining 34% ★, Clicker 31.5%, Resource Management 13.4%, Relaxing 11.5%, Casual 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game uses resource management and clicking to drive its progression, making it a solid, relaxing alternative.

Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!

Why similar: Idler 26.9%, Clicker 23.6%, Capitalism 22.7%, Relaxing 10.1%, Management 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the 'capitalism' theme and incremental growth loop that defines the seed game's progression.

Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!

Why similar: Idler 45%, Clicker 40.1%, Casual 7.2%, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, relaxing idle game that focuses on incremental growth and satisfying visual feedback.

A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

Why similar: Clicker 23.4%, Idler 20.8%, Mining 13.4% ★, Relaxing 9.6%, Resource Management 5%

Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.

Why similar: Mining 29.6% ★, Idler 26.3%, Clicker 25.2%, Casual 8.3%, Arcade 7.9%

In Plantera you build your own garden and watch it grow with new plants, bushes, trees and animals. As you play and expand your garden you will attract Helpers, round blue creatures that will help you with your harvesting tasks.

Why similar: Idler 35%, Clicker 30.7%, Collectathon 12.5%, Relaxing 9.7%, Casual 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a relaxing, casual incremental experience that focuses on building and managing a growing resource garden.

Click your way to a fortune in Treasure Chest Clicker! Discover gold, level up and find all the rare treasures hidden inside the chests!

Why similar: Idler 35.7%, Clicker 33.7%, Collectathon 11.9%, Casual 5.5%, Minimalist 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the collectathon and clicking mechanics that drive the satisfying feedback loop of the seed.

Gridkeeper is an incremental game about managing "Grids" and using their power to run MineBots, research tech, and grow your mining empire by getting better Grids.

Why similar: Idler 28.4%, Clicker 26.3%, Mining 19.4% ★, Strategy 6.5%, Relaxing 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of strategy and building that aligns with the upgrade-heavy nature of the seed game.

Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.

Why similar: Idler 27.2%, Clicker 23.5%, Relaxing 9.3%, Resource Management 9.1%, Economy 7.7%

Click! Place gears, click! Make money, click! Place more gears, click! Make even more money, click, click and above all click!

Why similar: Idler 32%, Clicker 30.6%, Capitalism 11.6%, Economy 9.9%, Resource Management 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on economy and idle management, providing a similar sense of progression and building.

Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?

Why similar: Idler 22.2%, Clicker 21%, Capitalism 14.9%, Economy 10%, Resource Management 8.3%

Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!

Why similar: Idler 27%, Clicker 16.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Relaxing 10.2%, Arcade 6.7%

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 19.3% ★, Idler 17.5%, Clicker 16.2%, Capitalism 11%, Relaxing 6.2%

Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.

Why similar: Idler 51.3%, Clicker 28.2%, Casual 7.3%, 2D 3.9%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends management and incremental progression in a way that feels very similar to the arcade-style loop of the seed.

Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

Why similar: Idler 24.3%, Clicker 18.7%, Capitalism 18.6%, Economy 11.1%, Minimalist 5.5%

Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

Why similar: Idler 31.6%, Clicker 29%, Relaxing 8.5%, Arcade 6.6%, Casual 5.7%

A small, relaxing, incremental game about restoring a barren wasteland into a lush meadow. Help the magical wolf Lyca run through the land, gather resources, and unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Why similar: Idler 25%, Clicker 21%, Capitalism 14.5%, Relaxing 9%, Economy 8.8%

Unboxathon is a cute content-packed incremental game about opening mystery boxes. Find rare items, upgrade your skills, and unlock new boxes & features! Collect shiny items, pop bubble wrap, and materialize artifacts out of thin air. Can you find your lost childhood plush?

Why similar: Idler 25.5%, Clicker 25.4%, Relaxing 10.1%, Capitalism 10.1%, Loot 9.3%

5 minutes to get started, play anytime! This is a relaxing fishing-themed incremental game. You will join the Cat Captains to explore global fishing grounds, catch fish, and collect resources. Every rewarding voyage will have you shouting, "One more round!"

Why similar: Clicker 24.8%, Capitalism 16.2%, Relaxing 10.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, Casual 6.8%

Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.

Why similar: Idler 27.5%, Mining 25.4% ★, Clicker 25.1%, Casual 7.9%, Relaxing 5.7%

A small incremental game about smashing piñatas, collecting toys, and climbing the corporate ladder as you unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Why similar: Clicker 25.6%, Idler 24%, Economy 10.3%, Relaxing 8%, Arcade 6.5%

A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

Why similar: Clicker 28%, Idler 27.8%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 6%, Casual 5.3%

Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

Why similar: Idler 32.5%, Clicker 27.7%, Economy 13.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Casual 3.4%

Smash stones. Collect artifacts. Build the world’s most profitable museum. A short clicker game set in the archeology room of a museum. Build up your collection and Upgrade until you break it.

Why similar: Mining 21.3% ★, Idler 18.7%, Clicker 16.5%, Capitalism 11.6%, Collectathon 6.3%

Heads or tails? Coin Flipper is an idle clicker game that is all about flipping lots of coins. Upgrade your coin flips and get even more coins to flip!

Why similar: Idler 34%, Clicker 28%, Collectathon 10%, Relaxing 9%, Casual 4.7%

Endless Coffee is out! Build your ship, survive 21 Days and break the Universe- Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining coffee and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!

Why similar: Capitalism 33.3%, Clicker 29.5%, Arcade 9.6%, Casual 6.5%, Management 5.8%

Scratchers is an incremental game where you scratch cards to earn cash, unlock upgrades, and hire little scratchers to do the scratching for you. Discover rare cards, and optimize your earnings as you climb to scratcher supremacy!

Why similar: Idler 27.5%, Clicker 25.7%, Relaxing 7.8%, Casual 7.5%, Economy 6.4%

DEFRAG is a game about cleansing corrupted sectors and refining them through optimization to build a stronger system. Collect resources, adjust configurations, and complete your build as you progress.

Why similar: Idler 22.2%, Clicker 15%, Mining 12.8% ★, Resource Management 8.8%, Relaxing 8.2%

Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.

Why similar: Mining 37.2% ★, Capitalism 24.7%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 6.4%, Management 5.6%

Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

Why similar: Idler 32%, Clicker 29.5%, Resource Management 11.9%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 4.3%

Deep Space Cache is a short & simple semi-idle bullet heaven incremental asteroid miner game.

Why similar: Idler 34.9%, Clicker 19.7%, Casual 11.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 6.6%

Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold.

Why similar: Clicker 24.5%, Idler 15.9%, Relaxing 12.4%, Capitalism 10.6%, Minimalist 7.4%

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 28.3% ★, Idler 23%, Capitalism 14.8%, Economy 10.6%, Resource Management 8.1%

PegIdle is a Pachinko idle game! Aim and shoot your balls to clear all the pegs on the board. Recieve gold by hitting the golden pegs or by landing balls into the moving bucket. Purchasing auto ball drop will automaticly drop balls onto the board. Spend your gold on new balls and ball upgrades!

Why similar: Idler 29.9%, Clicker 24.5%, Cozy 9.6%, Relaxing 9.2%, Collectathon 6.3%

Snake, but with a skill tree

Why similar: Clicker 26.1%, Idler 22.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Economy 10%, Arcade 7.4%

A short incremental game about feeding Glonk! Make Glonk bigger, get more money, and explore the skill tree to upgrade your abilities, and get more Glonks!

Why similar: Idler 31.8%, Clicker 28.1%, Arcade 8.2%, Relaxing 7.9%, Casual 5.9%

Trainatic is an explosive incremental train-building game! Upgrade your cars, gather resources, and unlock powerful synergies to chug further down the track.

Why similar: Clicker 34.4%, Idler 31.7%, Arcade 8%, Casual 7.2%, Strategy 5.5%

Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.

Why similar: Idler 40.7%, Clicker 36.2%, Resource Management 7.9%, Management 5.3%, Strategy 4%

Tiny Biomes is a relaxing idle game where animals peacefully produce resources and you gather wood in a calm harvesting zone. Build small biomes, earn gold, and enjoy steady progression without pressure, timers, or stress. Play at your own pace and unwind.

Why similar: Idler 30.3%, Clicker 23.7%, Relaxing 10.3%, Economy 9%, Resource Management 5.1%

Click on the cursor to receive clicker gold. Upgrade your clicks with your clicker gold. Click on the falling cursors to receive more clicker gold! Purchase projectiles in the shop that will clean out the falling cursors for you.

Why similar: Idler 28.1%, Clicker 23.9%, Economy 14%, Relaxing 10.3%, Cozy 7.3%