- #1 Dignaut
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Angle Games
Windows
Dignaut is a chill sci-fi space adventure where you drill into alien terrain to uncover rare resources and hidden treasures. Explore a mysterious planet with multiple biomes, upgrade your gear, and uncover the secrets of an ancient, buried alien civilization.
Why similar: Mining 37.3% ★, Sandbox 16%, Underground 15.3% ★, Loot 12.7%, Exploration 7%
- #2 MORA Mining for freedom
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oduvan
Windows
You’re trapped in a mine, forced to repay the debt left behind by your late grandfather. Dig, explore, build, and earn your way out — one rock at a time.
Why similar: Mining 33.2% ★, Sandbox 18%, Loot 11.2%, Underground 11.1% ★, Family Friendly 7.5%
- #3 Infploria
96% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: S19Games
Windows
Infploria is a game about infinitely mining and collecting ores. Upgrade your pickaxe, delve deeper to rarer Ores and attempt to reach to the Core of the Earth to mine Coresium.
Why similar: Mining 42.5% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Hidden Object 13%, Stylized 9.4%, Exploration 7%
- #4 I’m a Wizard, But I Dig
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Growfall Games
Windows
Shorten your journey to the castle by digging a tunnel through the mountain. Use magic and craft: swing your pickaxe, cast spells, blow up obstacles, and light your path with glowing slimes. Trade resources with the Goose, unlock new tools, and uncover the mountain's secrets.
Why similar: Mining 28% ★, Sandbox 20.9%, Loot 10.5%, Underground 8.9% ★, Stylized 8.4%
- #5 The Long Mine
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cold Lynx
Windows
Mine through hand sculpted caves, collect ore, earn money and experience, unlock tools, equipment, buffs and perks, and tear through the caves at insane speed.
Why similar: Mining 45.6% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Underground 11.9% ★, Exploration 5.9%, Loot 5.2%
- #6 Mining My Own Business
94% match4 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: MemaHertz
Windows
Enslaved you're forced underground to mine to buy your freedom. Manage stamina, weight, and torchlight as you dig for valuable ore. Sell when prices are high, upgrade your gear and shelter. Every swing of your pickaxe gets you closer to freedom. Right?
Why similar: Mining 45.3% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Underground 16% ★, Exploration 7.5%, Stylized 5.4%
- #7 Crystal Blast VR
93% matchPositive87% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: +Umbrella
Windows
Crystal Blast is a single-player action-adventure game that offers a visually mysterious VR experience, created with Unreal Engine 5. Our goal is to survive in this mysterious cave and witness the remnants of past events while progressing towards the exit.
Why similar: Mining 40.2% ★, VR 27.7%, Underground 16.5% ★, Stylized 7.5%, Adventure 4.5%
- #8 ULTRA MEGA DRILL
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glupy Cat Games
Windows
ASCII incremental game about digging through a mine and fighting massive hordes of enemies. Upgrade your gear, level up random skills, and dig all the way to the very end.
Why similar: Mining 44% ★, Sandbox 23.1%, Underground 12.5% ★, Exploration 8.8%, Adventure 5.5%
- #9 Cave Digger VR
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 347 reviews2018
Dev: VRKiwi
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Cave Digger VR is a virtual reality mining game in an alternative western setting. Gear up with numerous unique tools and explore the town and the depths of the mountain. Discover secrets, easter eggs and multiple endings!
Why similar: Mining 35.8% ★, VR 23.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Hidden Object 10.5%, Family Friendly 6.9%
- #10 Drill and Delve
90% matchVery Positive93% of 59 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 25.3% ★, Sandbox 22.9%, Loot 11.5%, Stylized 9.8%, Exploration 8.9%
- #11 Meltopia
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows
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 35.6% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Underground 15.2% ★, Loot 13.7%, Exploration 6.4%
- #12 Off-World Prospecting
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prospector
Windows
Off-World Prospecting is a game about exploring and striking out on your own on an alien planet, and becoming the ultimate prospector as you survey the land for valuable fauna, minerals, artifacts and more, and search for your long missing sister in an uncaring yet endlessly enticing landscape.
Why similar: Mining 45.3% ★, Sandbox 21.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Underground 7.7% ★, Colorful 5.1%
- #13 DRILLMASTER 9000
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Petardia Productions
Windows
Dig, collect resources, upgrade your drill and multitool, go deep underground and find a powerful shiny object.
Why similar: Mining 40.8% ★, Sandbox 17.7%, Underground 12.8% ★, Exploration 7.5%, Loot 6.1%
- #14 Miner: Dig Deep
88% matchVery Positive91% of 254 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 41.6% ★, Loot 16.3%, Underground 15.4% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Exploration 6.1%
- #15 MINE THE WORLD
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brilliantcrypto, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Brilliantcrypto presents this brand-new mining spin-off. Travel the world chasing hidden treasures and precious gemstones, in this worldwide mining adventure!
Why similar: Mining 53.1% ★, Loot 18.6%, Hidden Object 9.5%, Adventure 8.3%, Exploration 7.5%
- #16 A Game About Digging A Hole™
85% matchVery Positive90% of 19,048 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 36.6% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Underground 14.2% ★, Loot 12.3%, Exploration 6.8%
- #17 Infinity Islets
86% matchPositive91% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Suspicious Penguin
Windows
Dig. Discover. Collect. Create. From robots to bananas, discover random interdimensional artifacts and craft exhibits limited only by your imagination.
Why similar: Mining 33.2% ★, Sandbox 16.7%, Loot 14.5%, Underground 14.3% ★, Building 6.3%
- #18 Tropical Treasure Hunt
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Anomalie Studio
Windows
A casual treasure hunt on a tropical island. Follow your metal detector, dig some treasures, and upgrade your tools! All on a nice sunny day at the beach.
Why similar: Mining 51.3% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Loot 10.4%, Exploration 9.7%, Adventure 4.6%
- #19 Spell Alchemist
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: hermurx
Windows
Dig to collect resources and process them to craft spells in this cozy resource-gathering and building game with incremental progression. Craft the most powerful healing spell to cure humanity of a mysterious disease.
Why similar: Mining 46.9% ★, Sandbox 15%, Underground 10.1% ★, Exploration 9.2%, Loot 7.2%
- #20 Holy Chick!
84% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2021
Dev: Iron VR
Windows
In a world where bloodthirsty chickens have taken over the planet, it’s hard to keep your cool. You find shelter in a suspicious camper trailer, but angry beaks are pecking at the windows outside. Time is running out. Can you figure out a way out of this predicament?
Why similar: Sandbox 30.4%, VR 28.5%, Hidden Object 17.1%, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 11.2%
- #21 Digging Out
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Logic Liminal
Windows
Digging Out is a realistic co-op digging game for up to 8 players. Work together to dig a tunnel, upgrade your tools, and break into the bank. Every shovel counts plan smart, dig deep, and pull off the perfect underground heist.
Why similar: Mining 58.5% ★, Sandbox 30.6%, Adventure 6.2%, First-Person 3%, Indie 1%
- #22 Mad Miner
82% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Mercimek Games
Windows · Linux
Mad Miner is a mining game where you try to survive in a new order where world life is trapped underground.
Why similar: Mining 41.4% ★, Sandbox 18%, Loot 11.1%, Underground 10.5% ★, Exploration 6.5%
- #23 Demon with a Pickaxe
82% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Challenging Games
Windows
A small game about a demon shattering his way out of an icy prison. Break apart statues, upgrade your demonic tools, and piece together the story of an ancient friendship.
Why similar: Mining 48.7% ★, Underground 15.5% ★, Exploration 9.2%, Comedy 7.6%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #24 DIG
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
Dig, discover, and compete in this digging hole adventure! Unearth rare treasures, sell your findings, upgrade your gear, expand holes uncover hidden secrets beneath the surface. Who will dig the deepest?
Why similar: Mining 38.5% ★, Sandbox 18.7%, Underground 15.7% ★, Loot 9.4%, Exploration 7.7%
- #25 Beldamos Miner
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Beldamos Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Beldamos Miner is a mining game, where you hunt for ore, buy upgrades, and explore. It starts out in a simple world that has an air of familiarity but as you progress in the game, you'll find a more complex and interesting world unfolds. Mine ore, learn spells, buy upgrades, and finish quests!
Why similar: Mining 60.2% ★, Underground 23.1% ★, Exploration 9.9%, Adventure 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #26 Collapsed Horizon
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sheyper
Windows
Travel between galaxies, dig planets, collect ores, sell them, upgrade your equipment, and earn your ticket back to Earth.
Why similar: Mining 51.2% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Stylized 8.6%, Adventure 4.7%
- #27 Orebiters
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Explorer Tales
Windows · Linux
Become an independent miner in worlds full of monsters and dangers that keep living even when you're not around. Dig deeper, gather resources, upgrade your machine, and build a crew. Shape living worlds that react to your every move. Each expedition brings different conditions, threats, and outcomes
Why similar: Mining 55.8% ★, Underground 19.7% ★, Exploration 8.4%, Family Friendly 7.9%, Adventure 5.4%
- #28 The Lab
78% matchVery Positive95% of 6,594 reviews2016
Dev: Valve
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Why similar: VR 79%, Sandbox 10.9%, Family Friendly 4.2%, Adventure 2.6%, First-Person 2%
- #29 Metal Detect: Hidden Treasure
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 52 Weeks
Windows
Grab your metal detector and hunt for buried treasure across a quiet countryside village. Drive your pickup between locations. Take jobs from neighbors and get permission to search their land. Sell what you uncover and upgrade your gear as you get closer to an ancient treasure buried beneath.
Why similar: Sandbox 27.6%, Loot 12.6%, Stylized 11.4%, Comedy 10.3%, Exploration 10.2%
- #30 Another Game About Digging A Hole
76% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: myownyose
Windows
A game about digging in the mines of an unknown and unclaimed planet. Collect resources, sell them and upgrade your equipment - discover all available resources!
Why similar: Mining 45.3% ★, Sandbox 20.7%, Underground 12.5% ★, Hidden Object 12.1%, Exploration 8.6%
- #31 Sbeve
77% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: RTan
Windows
A game of immense adventure and fun excavation potential.
Why similar: Mining 71.3% ★, Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #32 Dig to China Simulator
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Normalno Games
Windows
Dig to China Simulator, is a game about digging a hole in your back yard, until you get to China. Find ores in the holes you dig, sell them, upgrade your equipment to dig faster.
Why similar: Mining 34.3% ★, Loot 14.6%, Sandbox 12.4%, Underground 9.5% ★, Exploration 7.2%
- #33 Puttyface
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: the3dCrew
Windows
A new way to play with putty in VR, smash, morph, push, pull, and swoosh faces in VR!
Why similar: VR 70.9%, Sandbox 25.9%, Indie 3.2%
- #34 Handy Machines VR
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Milan MatonokPub: Fungamesvr
Windows
Send the balls into the hat. You can go through the levels or create your own ways according to your ideas.
Why similar: VR 44.1%, Sandbox 21.5%, Family Friendly 13.1%, Stylized 7.9%, Building 6.3%
- #35 Planet Miners
74% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Ice Games
Windows
Control a mining robot and dig for mineral resources on various planets. Transport the valuable ores with your spaceship. Buy or craft upgrades to improve your tools. Defend yourself against the dangers of each planet to mine even the most valuable treasures!
Why similar: Mining 44.9% ★, Sandbox 19%, Underground 15.2% ★, Loot 11.4%, Exploration 6.4%
- #36 BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure
74% matchMixed61% of 46 reviews2024
Dev: Mana BrigadePub: Fast Travel Games
Windows
BlackForge: A Smithing Adventure is the ultimate VR weaponsmithing simulator! Become a legendary blacksmith, crafting mighty blades and impeccable tools as you hone your trade in a mystical forge.
Why similar: VR 47.5%, Sandbox 21.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Stylized 5.4%, Exploration 5.3%
- #37 Super Motherload
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 930 reviews2014
Dev: XGen Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play.
Why similar: Mining 62.8% ★, Underground 10.8% ★, Loot 10%, Adventure 5%, Family Friendly 4.8%
- #38 Rock the Islands
73% matchVery Positive90% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: HYPE GAME LLC
Windows
Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!
Why similar: Mining 42.3% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Loot 13.2%, Family Friendly 8.9%, Exploration 7.4%
- #39 Planet Centauri
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,359 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into an epic adventure alone or with friends! Explore hidden dungeons, capture and tame fearsome monsters, build and defend your village. Craft powerful weapons, master magical spells, and transform an planet into the cradle of a new civilization!
Why similar: Mining 40.2% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Loot 14.5%, Exploration 8.1%, Building 5.6%
- #40 TankOre Mining
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Rexz Kev
Windows
Descend into the depths of a perilous underground world with your mining tank! Mine rare ores, evade deadly traps, and upgrade your tank to withstand the dangers below in this action-packed mining adventure.
Why similar: Mining 55% ★, Underground 21.3% ★, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 4.6%, Stylized 3.5%
- #41 Blockworks
73% matchVery Positive93% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Elastic Sea
Windows
Blockworks is a creative VR block-building sandbox game. Follow instructions or express your creativity and build anything you can imagine with hundreds of blocks and materials. Decorate your room environment. Share your creations on steam workshop.
Why similar: VR 46.3%, Sandbox 35.3%, Building 10.9%, Physics 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #42 Mining Shift
71% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Toad Porch Games
Windows
Mining Shift is an incremental game about mining minerals and upgrading your skills to master the elemental mines.
Why similar: Mining 70.6% ★, Loot 17%, Underground 9.2% ★, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #43 Sticks And Stones
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unknown
Windows
A physics-based survival game where every discovery feels like a first. Smash, stack, and punch your way through the dawn of civilization as you learn to harness fire, craft tools, and outwit nature (or fail hilariously trying).
Why similar: Mining 30.9% ★, Sandbox 20.2%, Stylized 11%, Comedy 9.3%, Exploration 7.9%
- #44 We Are Busy Digging A Hole
71% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Hole
Windows
A relaxing cooperative digging adventure where you explore colorful underground worlds with friends. Team up to dig deeper, find valuable ores, upgrade your equipment, and collect rare dragons together.
Why similar: Mining 41.9% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Underground 16.7% ★, Hidden Object 9.8%, Exploration 7.1%
- #45 Basement
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Defeng Games
Windows
Basement is a first-person single-player adventure game where you dig and explore underground. Discover various items and face dangerous hazards hidden below. Reach the deepest point and claim the treasure!
Why similar: Mining 67% ★, Exploration 16.5%, Adventure 8.5%, First-Person 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #46 Let's Beer Together!
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small Story Games
Windows
Co-op Tavern Owner simulator
Why similar: VR 43.2%, Sandbox 28.5%, Stylized 12.2%, Adventure 5.9%, Comedy 4.5%
- #47 Star Ores Inc.
69% matchVery Positive83% of 293 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 44.7% ★, Sandbox 22.9%, Exploration 8.8%, Family Friendly 6.1%, Building 5.1%
- #48 Afterdepth
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: DANIEL QUEIROZ DE PONTES TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA (DBA Dannark Studios)Pub: Dannark Studios
Windows · Mac
Explore, build, and survive in the depths of a forgotten world. Manage oxygen, power, and resources as you uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface.
Why similar: Mining 54.4% ★, Underground 13.9% ★, Exploration 8.6%, Stylized 6.4%, Building 5.3%
- #49 Dig Deeper
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IamChris
Windows
Mine, upgrade, and Dig Deeper. A first-person idle-like progression game where you carve through rock, collect ore, and become an unstoppable dwarven force.
Why similar: Mining 40.2% ★, Underground 16.9% ★, Sandbox 11.8%, Loot 11.5%, Exploration 6.2%
- #50 Enchanted Blacksmith
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Tanuki Sun
Windows
Step into the boots of an aspiring blacksmith in a first-person sandbox where exploration and forging go hand in hand. Discover rare ores, master forgotten forging arts, and craft weapons of myth as you uncover secrets lost to time and claim your place among legends.
Why similar: Mining 48.4% ★, Sandbox 18.9%, Stylized 9.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Colorful 5%
- #51 Physics Sandbox VR
70% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2020
Dev: Kodii Games
Windows
No time limits, no objectives .. just physics!
Why similar: VR 51.9%, Sandbox 38.6%, Physics 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #52 Tentacular
68% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Firepunchd Games UGPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Tentacular is a VR game about a gigantic but good-hearted tentacled beast trying to figure out its place in the world.
Why similar: VR 36%, Sandbox 18.3%, Building 8.3%, Stylized 7.9%, Comedy 7.2%
- #53 Hetepheres Tomb - Secrets of the Lost Queen
67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Luca Dreiling
Windows
An interactive, history-based, virtual reality experience joined with a digital exhibition about one of the greatest discoveries made at the Giza necropolis. Retrace the steps of famous archeologists and ancient royals to find and restore their lost treasures.
Why similar: Mining 35.2% ★, VR 28.9%, Underground 13.5% ★, Family Friendly 9.8%, Exploration 9.3%
- #54 Slime Village VR
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Piece Of Voxel
Windows
Slime Village VR is a 3D sandbox in cute Lowpoly graphics, created especially for virtual reality glasses.
Why similar: VR 32.1%, Sandbox 21.6%, Family Friendly 11.9%, Hidden Object 11.8%, Exploration 7.7%
- #55 Cell 413 : Mine & Survive
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Meerkatt Studio
Windows
A survival game in the life of a prisoner digging a hole to escape. Explore the procedurally generated underground, outsmart the guards, build your base, craft tools and find a way out of there!
Why similar: Mining 46.8% ★, Underground 18.1% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Exploration 6.8%, Loot 4.7%
- #56 Marvelous Marbles
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Mindemia
Windows · Linux
Build marble runs where your imagination is the only limit. Use a variety of shapes and materials. When they are not enough, use mechanical contraptions to lift, push and steer your marbles. Can't find the right style or function of a piece? Then you can build your own!
Why similar: Sandbox 30.8%, VR 18.5%, Family Friendly 15%, Moddable 13.4% ★, Physics 7.7%
- #57 Slime Lab
65% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Retrocell LLC
Windows
Become a slime scientist in your own VR lab and play with the most satisfying slimes! Experiment with fluid physics to create endless combinations, using unique colors and charms for your next customer.
Why similar: VR 50%, Sandbox 26.4%, Stylized 10.2%, Physics 6.8%, Colorful 4.3%
- #58 ViRd
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MDMAPub: Plus Ultra Pixel
Windows
Why walk when you can fly?Step right up, folks, and relish in the achieved and exhilarating experience of flying by flapping your arms like a pigeon with psychomotor issues!
Why similar: VR 40.9%, Sandbox 25.7%, Stylized 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Colorful 5.8%
- #59 cyubeVR
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,125 reviews2018
Dev: Stonebrick Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!
Why similar: Mining 41.2% ★, VR 29.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Building 7.1%, Exploration 6.4%