- #1 Hydroneer
97% matchVery Positive86% of 28,157 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 51.4% ★, Sandbox 21.1%, Simulation 6.4%, Crafting 6.4%, First-Person 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on physics-based mining and terrain manipulation to uncover valuable resources.
- #2 ASTRONEER
96% matchVery Positive92% of 138,510 reviews2019
Dev: System Era Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 44.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Sandbox 35.1%, Exploration 20.7%, Crafting 17%, Adventure 6.6%, Simulation 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features core mechanics of terrain deformation and resource gathering in a minimalist, sci-fi setting.
- #3 Drill and Delve
96% matchVery Positive89% of 98 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 20.7% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Loot 14.8%, Underground 12.3% ★, Exploration 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person sandbox game that mirrors the exploration and mining focus of the seed game.
- #4 SnowBot
95% matchVery Positive90% of 191 reviews2026
Dev: inoutofit
Windows
Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Snow 55.3% ★, Exploration 10.3%, Physics 9.1%, Atmospheric 7%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the atmospheric, snowy exploration and indie charm found in Meltopia.
- #5 Deep Rock Galactic
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 377,640 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Loot 37.6%, Procedural Generation 29.6%, Exploration 13.2%, First-Person 12.6%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers excellent underground exploration and mining mechanics with a strong focus on cooperative discovery.
- #6 A Game About Digging A Hole™
94% matchVery Positive89% of 19,626 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 19.7% ★, Underground 16.7% ★, Loot 10.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist take on mining and exploration that shares the seed game's core loop.
- #7 Ad Fundum
93% matchVery Positive92% of 516 reviews2024
Dev: Oldbut Gold
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 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 38.2% ★, Underground 33.3% ★, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Exploration 6.4%, Simulation 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features underground mining and collection mechanics with a distinct, stylized aesthetic.
- #8 Subnautica
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 375,391 reviews2018
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 39.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Exploration 21.9%, Crafting 21.7%, Sandbox 21.4%, First-Person 14.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an immersive experience of exploration and resource gathering in a mysterious, alien world.
- #9 Core Keeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 65,308 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Sandbox 26.6%, Procedural Generation 25.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Exploration 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mining and exploration with a rewarding focus on artifact collection and boss progression.
- #10 Miner: Dig Deep
91% matchVery Positive91% of 255 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 27.1% ★, Underground 22% ★, Loot 17.3%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Sandbox 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing mining and loot collection game that emphasizes casual progression.
- #11 Star Ores Inc.
90% matchVery Positive82% of 321 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 35.9% ★, Sandbox 17.4%, Crafting 10%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on sandbox exploration and resource gathering in a space-themed setting.
- #12 MineMogul
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,006 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.4 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 32.5% ★, Underground 23.9% ★, Sandbox 11.7%, Physics 11.4%, Crafting 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates mining and automation within a physics-based, underground world.
- #13 Digger: Galactic Treasures
89% matchVery Positive88% of 697 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.5 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 49.2% ★, First-Person 7.2%, Crafting 7%, Simulation 6.9%, Adventure 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Utilizes voxel-based adventure mechanics to encourage hidden object discovery.
- #14 Forever Skies
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,551 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 31.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Crafting 25.2%, Exploration 23.3%, First-Person 17.1%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Adventure 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person scavenging and exploration in a ruined, atmospheric environment.
- #15 Keep on Mining!
86% matchVery Positive94% of 8,155 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 58.8% ★, Loot 14.2%, Economy 11.7%, Casual 7%, Indie 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, incremental approach to mining and exploration that is easy to pick up.
- #16 No Man's Sky
88% matchVery Positive85% of 411,162 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.1 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 24.6%, Sandbox 21.3%, Exploration 17.5%, First-Person 10.5%, Crafting 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers vast procedural exploration and mining across mysterious, diverse planets.
- #17 The Long Dark
86% matchVery Positive89% of 122,628 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Sandbox 21.3%, Exploration 18.9%, First-Person 15.4%, Crafting 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes survival and exploration within a harsh, snowy wilderness.
- #18 GeoDepths
85% matchVery Positive87% of 302 reviews2023
Dev: A Little More Games
Windows
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.
Why similar: Mining 60.6% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Exploration 12%, First-Person 8.4%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features resource management and base-building within a deep, underground setting.
- #19 Forest Hustle
84% matchVery Positive91% of 506 reviews2026
Dev: Mike Forest
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are dropped into a forest with one goal - making money and paying off your 100k debt. Collect resources, make deals, upgrade, build and hire workers to do the job for you. 🐕
Why similar: Mining 25.1% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Exploration 10.5%, Loot 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual sandbox game that shares the exploration and incremental progress themes of the seed game.
- #20 OREBLAZE
84% matchVery Positive93% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Ludiminal Games
Windows · Linux
Dig up the Adamant Core from a procedurally generated mine, extract ores, sell them for profit, upgrade your equipment, and keep the King happy by sending him tributes before he loses his temper!
Why similar: Mining 32.8% ★, Underground 29.1% ★, Loot 19.5%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Casual 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-inspired title focused on underground mining and exploration.
- #21 Keep Digging
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,191 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Why similar: Mining 32.1% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Economy 8.2%, Crafting 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-focused mining game that emphasizes exploration and discovery.
- #22 Alaska Gold Fever
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 920 reviews2026
Dev: Baked GamesPub: Baked Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 49.6% ★, Crafting 12.3%, Exploration 10.4%, First-Person 10.1%, Simulation 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines exploration and mining in a snowy, western-themed environment.
- #23 DigDigDrill
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 606 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 33.7% ★, Underground 30.4% ★, Loot 18.7%, Exploration 6.6%, Crafting 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on underground exploration and mining with a simple, direct gameplay loop.
- #24 Chipmatic
81% matchMixed66% of 167 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 40.7% ★, Underground 38% ★, Crafting 7.3%, Simulation 6.3%, Exploration 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game focused on underground mining and automation tasks.
- #25 Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 978 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 49.7% ★, Sandbox 18.9%, First-Person 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the excavation and assembly of ancient remains, similar to the Mammoth collection goal.
- #26 Techtonica
79% matchMixed65% of 3,219 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Sandbox 27.9%, Exploration 16.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Simulation 13.3%, First-Person 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features underground base-building and mining in a mysterious, alien environment.
- #27 Gold Mining Simulator
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 16,248 reviews2017
Dev: Code Horizon
Windows
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 58.7% ★, Simulation 13.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, Economy 6%, First-Person 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a more realistic take on the mining and resource management experience.
- #28 Mining Mechs
77% matchVery Positive90% of 2,688 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.7 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 28.6% ★, Underground 26.5% ★, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Crafting 6.4%
- #29 Digging the Forgotten Cave
78% matchVery Positive81% of 63 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: Mining 29% ★, Underground 21.5% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Simulation 7.8%, Adventure 4.9%
- #30 Super Mining Mechs
77% matchVery Positive88% of 843 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Underground 30% ★, Mining 27.9% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Crafting 6%
- #31 Barn Finders
78% matchVery Positive82% of 4,407 reviews2020
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Sandbox 17.2%, Economy 16.1%, Simulation 15%, Exploration 11.2%, Physics 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A casual, indie-focused game about exploring and collecting hidden items.
- #32 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
75% matchVery Positive81% of 1,639 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 56.8% ★, Loot 13.1%, Economy 10.4%, Casual 9.2%, Colorful 4.7%
- #33 Smash Hit Museum
76% matchVery Positive86% of 273 reviews2025
Dev: InIt Games
Windows
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 42.4% ★, Loot 27.7%, Physics 10.2%, Simulation 5.4%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #34 Coal Mining Simulator
79% matchMostly Negative34% of 183 reviews2023
Dev: GamePlanet
Windows
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 42.5% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Physics 11.9%, Exploration 8.2%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy simulation focused on the logistics of mining operations.
- #35 waxweaver
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 585 reviews2025
Dev: kaiakairos
Windows
A short sandbox rpg game that takes place on a square planet. Explore the world, gather resources, build a home and become stronger.
Why similar: Mining 25.8% ★, Underground 19% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Exploration 8.3%
- #36 Mining Merchant
74% matchVery Positive89% of 388 reviews2026
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 35.8% ★, Underground 22.2% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Crafting 7.7%
- #37 Gemporium: A Cute Mining Sim
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,093 reviews2025
Dev: Merge Conflict Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Mine, refine, and sell gemstones in Gemporium, a cute, fast-paced shop management game. Upgrade your tools, expand your store, and master the daily rhythm of digging, polishing, and turning a profit to pay off your debt, one gem at a time.
Why similar: Mining 70% ★, Economy 10.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Colorful 5.5%, Casual 3.7%
- #38 What is snowman made of?
76% matchVery Positive88% of 83 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 33.1%, First-Person 13.6%, Physics 13.1%, Crafting 9.6%, Casual 8%
- #39 Berry Bury Berry
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 7,893 reviews2026
Dev: Get(Color) Games
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A juicy first-person incremental game about growing berries and tossing them down an ominous hole. Earn money and upgrades. Make new friends with sentient berry pals. Grow and control the hole as you unearth why nobody leaves this accursed garden. Bury it all, Berry everything.
Why similar: Physics 21.7%, Underground 17.6% ★, First-Person 16.2%, Sandbox 13.5%, 3D 7%
- #40 FROGGY HATES SNOW
72% matchVery Positive92% of 426 reviews2026
Dev: CRYING BRICKPub: Digital Bandidos
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A survival roguelike where a frog digs through freezing snow, uncovers treasures, unlocks upgrades, and battles mystical creatures. Find the escape door — or defeat the final boss to survive.
Why similar: Snow 39.7% ★, Mining 32.6% ★, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 4.7%
- #41 Unboxathon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 259 reviews2025
Dev: Skye <3Pub: EVIL CORP GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Loot 63%, Simulation 14.3%, Colorful 8.5%, Economy 6.7%, Casual 6.2%
- #42 TerraForge
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: OverjoyedGameDevs
Windows · Linux
TerraForge is a mining simulation game mixed with a bit of shop management. You dig for ores, craft items, research new blueprints, improve your shop, sell your items and slowly grow your own little mining town.
Why similar: Mining 46.5% ★, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Economy 11.5%, Crafting 7.2%, Simulation 6.5%
- #43 Elsewhere
71% matchVery Positive96% of 77 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: Mining 34.8% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Exploration 8.5%
- #44 Snow Plowing Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 417 reviews2025
Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Experience the serene joy of snow plowing in this relaxing simulation game! Drive powerful plows, clear roads, and keep your town safe. Uncover a surprising story, face survival challenges, and tackle advanced weather systems. Embrace winter's chill and become the ultimate snow-clearing hero!
Why similar: Snow 48.9% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, First-Person 8.4%, Exploration 7.9%, Simulation 6.4%
- #45 Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
74% matchMixed66% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Grande GamesPub: GamePlanet
Windows
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 41.3% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Physics 12%, Exploration 7.8%, Simulation 6.9%
- #46 My Little Universe
70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,198 reviews2023
Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
Why similar: Mining 47.5% ★, Sandbox 17.2%, Crafting 10%, Exploration 9.6%, Simulation 5.3%
- #47 One Man´s Trash
69% matchVery Positive85% of 320 reviews2025
Dev: Jony Pazu Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Mining 34.2% ★, Sandbox 24%, Simulation 9.6%, First-Person 8.7%, Casual 6.1%
- #48 Out of Ore
70% matchVery Positive86% of 4,000 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 28.1% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Exploration 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%, First-Person 8.5%
- #49 Mining Wizards
69% matchVery Positive80% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: TMA Forge
Windows
Mining Wizards is an incremental mining game. Mine minerals, gather materials, upgrade a massive skill tree, level up, unlock talents, discover artifacts, and attract artifact visitors!
Why similar: Mining 57% ★, Economy 17.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Colorful 5%, 3D 4.6%
- #50 Orbitmine
68% matchVery Positive82% of 441 reviews2026
Dev: vibemaker1
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Exploration 34.8%, Casual 19.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Colorful 14.5%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #51 Astro Miner
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 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 58.3% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Exploration 9.8%, Casual 8.5%, Adventure 5.9%
- #52 Far Mining
67% matchVery Positive96% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: LostVolBytes
Windows
Far Mining is a short and relaxing incremental game about mining asteroids. Mine resources, upgrade your ship, unlock new tools, and find your way out of deep space.
Why similar: Mining 70.5% ★, Loot 9.8%, Casual 7.3%, Indie 4.3%, Colorful 4.2%
- #53 Orebound
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 944 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Mining 35.7% ★, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Sandbox 14.2%, Crafting 9.7%, Exploration 8%
- #54 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: Simulation 36.4%, Adventure 23.9%, Exploration 23.4%, 3D 9.2%, Indie 5.3%
- #55 You Know The Drill
66% matchVery Positive94% of 759 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 48.7% ★, Underground 39.3% ★, Simulation 6.6%, Casual 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #56 AETHUS
65% matchVery Positive95% of 1,920 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 13.0 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 50.4% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Crafting 12.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 4.2%
- #57 Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
67% matchVery Positive88% of 2,469 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Fresh Start is a relaxing single player game, in which you embark on a mission to clean up the world and restore nature to its fresh and colorful shape. Watch as the world changes in front of your eyes as you help animals, solve puzzles and grow plants around you.
Why similar: First-Person 26%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 15.9%, 3D 10.9%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #58 Arcadius
69% matchMixed70% of 856 reviews2022
Dev: Atlas Interactive
Windows
Arcadius is a relaxing but grindy multiplayer resource gathering sim. Explore an open world while collecting and gathering 100s of unique resources with other players. Compete to be the best at your skill & enjoy over 90 achievable achievements on launch.
Why similar: Mining 57.9% ★, Simulation 6.3%, Exploration 5.8%, Casual 5.3%, Atmospheric 5.1%
- #59 Dig Island
65% matchVery Positive86% of 272 reviews2026
Dev: FiftyEight Studios
Windows
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 35% ★, Exploration 11.8%, Crafting 11.4%, First-Person 10.9%, Simulation 9.4%
- #60 My Little Blacksmith Shop
66% matchMixed70% of 1,171 reviews2025
Dev: DasiusPub: Noble Games Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Craft weapons, armor and tools, manage resources and expand your workshop. Experience realistic physics-based forging, unlock new recipes and special orders, and interact with a medieval town's inhabitants as you work to become the greatest blacksmith in the land.
Why similar: Mining 28.1% ★, Crafting 18.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Simulation 11%, Exploration 5.7%
