- #1 Terminal Bore
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SDG Games
Windows · Linux
Terminal Bore is a 2D mining game inspired by classics like Motherload. Dig deep, craft upgrades, and overcome obstacles as you become an unstoppable mining machine.
Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Mechs 20.1% ★, Underground 19.1% ★, Sandbox 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #2 Dignaut
96% 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 34% ★, Underground 24.1% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Loot 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #3 Mining Mechs
96% matchVery Positive90% of 2,395 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 24.8% ★, Underground 18.2% ★, Mechs 17.1% ★, Robots 12.6%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #4 Star Valor
95% matchVery Positive89% of 3,325 reviews2022
Dev: Rafael Burgos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
Why similar: Mining 27.3% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Loot 13.2%, Space 11%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #5 Collapsed Horizon
94% 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 36% ★, Sandbox 12.9%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Open World 9.4%, Space 8.4%
- #6 Miner: Dig Deep
94% 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 33.2% ★, Underground 21.2% ★, Loot 14.1%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #7 Hotfix
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: ol-web
Windows
Hotfix is a chromosome enriched solo indie game inspired by Minecraft and Enter the Gungeon. Create your own - near infinite - world full of randomly generated structures filled with guns and loot. Explore, build, and gather resources during the day and avoid robotic "dogs" powering up at night.
Why similar: Mining 21.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 12.2% ★, Loot 11.3%, Robots 11.1%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #8 Cell 413 : Mine & Survive
92% 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 31.5% ★, Underground 21% ★, Open World Survival Craft 14.9% ★, Sandbox 8.7%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #9 Ad Fundum
91% matchVery Positive93% of 482 reviews2024
Dev: Oldbut Gold
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 31.9% ★, Underground 21.8% ★, Mechs 21.1% ★, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Sci-fi 7%
- #10 Terrene - An Evidence Of Life Game
91% matchPositive88% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: JustWallWireHead GamesPub: JustWallWirehead Games
Windows
In this 2D sci-fi pixel art adventure, you can mine, craft and fight your way through an almost endless universe full of procedurally generated planets.
Why similar: Underground 21.2% ★, Mining 20.1% ★, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Loot 9.7%, PvE 8.9%
- #11 Meltopia
90% 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 30.8% ★, Underground 22.8% ★, Loot 12.8%, Sandbox 12.2%, Procedural Generation 10.6%
- #12 Orebiters
89% 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 42.9% ★, Underground 26.2% ★, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Robots 6.1%, Exploration 6%
- #13 Magma Fever
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 米拉桔製作
Windows
"Magma Fever" is a 2D pixel-style mining action-adventure game. You will pilot a mech and dig into an underground volcanic world. Complete missions and confront enemies in various environment, overcome disasters like earthquakes and lava surges, bring back ores to upgrade your mech at the base.
Why similar: Mining 29.3% ★, Mechs 20.7% ★, Underground 20.7% ★, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #14 Meor
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nel
Windows
An experimental voxel sandbox.
Why similar: Mining 31.1% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Open World Survival Craft 11.6% ★, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Open World 8%
- #15 Starfuse
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Devshift
Windows
Embark on an epic sci-fi sandbox adventure across multiple planets in this 2D sidescroller. Explore, fight creatures, craft, and build in in a fully destructible world. Unleash the power of simulated elements, ride vehicles, and customize your character.
Why similar: Mining 19.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 14.8% ★, Sandbox 13.2%, Procedural Generation 10%, Open World 7.9%
- #16 BLASTRONAUT
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Mining 33.8% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Open World Survival Craft 11.9% ★, Open World 8.7%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #17 Cosmorists
86% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Stellar Roots
Windows
You find yourself completely alone on a different yet very familiar looking planet. Explore the planet, craft tools, fight enemies, and build bases! Do science to learn new technologies that will allow interplanetary travel and better tools at your disposal!
Why similar: Mining 22.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 15.6% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Open World 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #18 Off-World Prospecting
85% 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 40.4% ★, Sandbox 16.9%, Underground 11.9% ★, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #19 MORA Mining for freedom
84% 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 33.5% ★, Underground 19.2% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Loot 12.2%, Crafting 6.5%
- #20 Aerial Battle Frame: Vernion
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Nexith Lab
Windows
Control a robot with the mouse and challenge yourself to find the way out of a dark, twisting cave!
Why similar: Mechs 34.2% ★, Robots 22.2%, Underground 18.9% ★, Sci-fi 10.9%, Exploration 5.2%
- #21 Caverns: Lost Sky
84% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Tetravoxel Limited
Windows
Caverns: Lost Sky is a single player action-adventure RPG set in a fully destructible, voxelized subterranean realm. Join Strato in the Tellurian Sector as he battles hordes of Fera in his quest to find the sky. Level up and increase your stats, or ascend the caverns searching for buried treasure.
Why similar: Mining 27% ★, Underground 18.8% ★, Loot 11.9%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Open World 8.1%
- #22 Apexiom
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: QuesoPub: Queso Studios
Windows
Explore an open, procedurally-generated world, loot caves, chests and fight monsters to craft better gear. Can you take on the toughest bosses to unlock new abilties and become increasingly overpowered?
Why similar: Mining 31.3% ★, Open World 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Loot 10%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #23 A Game About Digging A Hole™
81% 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 31.4% ★, Underground 21% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Loot 11.5%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #24 Astromine
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alientrap
Windows
Astromine is a survival mining game about scavenging fully destructible planets. Designed for 1 to 4 players. Land on planets and gather enough materials to fight off alien creatures, fight robot factions, build structures and spaceships, and conquer the solar system
Why similar: Mining 37% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Open World 10%, Procedural Generation 9%, Sci-fi 6.7%
- #25 Sandboxed
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: xOFFSET on tiktokPub: xOFFSET
Windows
Sandboxed is a singleplayer and multiplayer sandbox, where you build and survive in a world where you do whatever your creativity lets you
Why similar: Mining 33.5% ★, Sandbox 16.8%, Open World Survival Craft 15.9% ★, Crafting 7.8%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #26 Shuttle Mining
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ArachnocoderPub: Arahnocoder
Windows
Shuttle Mining is a Noita- and Terraria-inspired cozy & chaotic mining game. Craft your own unique lasers, burn, taze, and make things explode. The goal is to craft new batteries so you can use stronger lasers and dig deeper...
Why similar: Mining 29.5% ★, Underground 26.8% ★, PvE 9.2%, Sandbox 8.2%, Crafting 8%
- #27 Infinity Islets
78% 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 29.4% ★, Underground 21.8% ★, Loot 13.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #28 Rock Digger
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rockin' Games
Windows
Start as a humble rock and evolve into a rock-digging rock star! Dig for resources, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets after crash-landing on an alien planet. Unearth countless upgrades and gain powerful abilities. Explore mysterious new worlds. Reach the core. Ascend to Rock God!
Why similar: Mining 41.3% ★, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #29 Mining My Own Business
78% 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 44.6% ★, Underground 27.2% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Exploration 6.8%, Open World 3.2%
- #30 Fractured Voyage
79% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Jackson Helm
Windows · Mac
In this 2D sci-fi survival based game you must endure the difficulty of surviving on an alien planet, and need to adventure, dig and build your way to freedom.
Why similar: Mining 35.4% ★, Open World Survival Craft 14.9% ★, Procedural Generation 11.9%, PvE 9.7%, Space 9.1%
- #31 Super Mining Mechs
76% matchVery Positive88% of 784 reviews2024
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 23.6% ★, Mechs 22.5% ★, Underground 19.9% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #32 Wonderia
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Wonderia's an open-world, manga-art adventure just waiting to be explored. It's got sci-fi sim elements, deep dungeons, and you can even morph into alien form! Grab up to 7 friends to mine, craft, battle, and level—or farm and fish the day away, if that's more your tempo. There's so much to do!
Why similar: Mining 27.8% ★, Open World Survival Craft 15.4% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Crafting 7%
- #33 DIG
76% 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 32.5% ★, Underground 22.9% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Loot 8.6%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #34 Sustained
75% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: Iconic Studios
Windows
This is a open world Survival Zombie game with survival mechanics in single player and (PVP) (PVE) in Multiplayer or Co-Op. Join a few friends and look who can survive the island full of zombies and other players trying to survive like you, it has base building, Crafting, food, water, Temperatures.
Why similar: Mining 31.1% ★, Sandbox 14.3%, Loot 13.9%, PvE 7.3%, Crafting 7.1%
- #35 Super Motherload
77% 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 51.2% ★, Underground 15.2% ★, Loot 8.8%, Procedural Generation 6.9%, RPG 5.6%
- #36 Tesera
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Frame Technologies LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tesera is a sci-fi sandbox game in a mysterious alien world. Explore an endless voxel world, defend yourself against aggressive creatures and drones, building your dream settlement alone or with friends.
Why similar: Mining 22.4% ★, Sandbox 15%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Robots 12.8%, Open World 10%
- #37 Elsewhere
73% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.
Why similar: Mining 32.8% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 11.6%, Procedural Generation 10%, Crafting 8.4%
- #38 DRILLMASTER 9000
73% 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 38.7% ★, Underground 20.9% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Exploration 6.6%
- #39 Afterdepth
72% 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 44.1% ★, Underground 19.5% ★, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Crafting 6.6%, Exploration 6.4%
- #40 Medusa Frontier
74% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Render Goblin Games
Windows
Medusa Frontier is a budget sci-fi survival game being developed with OpenGL & C++. Gameplay is currently limited to resource gathering and base building on a 1k terrain map.
Why similar: Mining 31.9% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World Survival Craft 13.7% ★, Sci-fi 11.2%, Crafting 8.4%
- #41 Solar System Colonist
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asteroid MinersPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
The conquest of the Solar System has begun – prove yourself as a space colonist! Pilot the spaceship, choose the planet you wish to inhabit and build your new home. However, remember that there are no rules or laws in outer space. Don't underestimate the danger and stay vigilant – enemies are near!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 18.7% ★, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Open World 12.7%, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #42 The Last Dig
72% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Chuckle Interactive
Windows
Dig to the center of the Earth before time runs out. Mine gems to sell on the black market, build up your infrastructure, uncover relics of forgotten civilizations, and upgrade to face the dangers of the deep. Don't get caught by bandits or authorities while you drill into your last dig.
Why similar: Mining 39.8% ★, Underground 26.4% ★, Procedural Generation 11.1%, PvE 8.6%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #43 Cube Universe
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Beosar
Windows
Cube Universe is a first-person voxel RPG. Visit many different, procedurally generated planets. Team up with your friends to fight against fierce enemies in dungeons. Do quests to save the world from the forces of evil - or throw it into chaos.
Why similar: Mining 25.3% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, RPG 14%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Open World 9.1%
- #44 VIFA
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NavySparkStudio
Windows
Vifa is a survival-building game where each hero character brings unique talents that change how you play. Team up with friends, craft and build your base, deploy worker bots to gather resources, and assemble powerful mechs to defend your home.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 19.1% ★, Robots 18.5%, Sandbox 15.5%, Sci-fi 10.4%, PvE 9%
- #45 ULTRA MEGA DRILL
71% 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 43.7% ★, Underground 21.4% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Exploration 8%, Adventure 4.1%
- #46 CryoFall
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,397 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
Why similar: Mining 26.3% ★, Mechs 17.1% ★, Open World Survival Craft 11.5% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, PvE 8.4%
- #47 4D Miner
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mashpoe
Windows
4D Miner is a 4-dimensional survival sandbox game, where you can explore an infinite, procedurally-generated, 4-dimensional world! Collect resources, fight monsters, and craft tools that help you navigate a world with four spatial dimensions!
Why similar: Mining 41.8% ★, Sandbox 19.9%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Open World 9.3%, PvE 6.5%
- #48 Just Keep Digging
69% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: ReltPub: RELT Games
Windows
A mining simulator where you dig deeper and deeper to find the rarest gems and ores to sell, upgrading your gear while meeting the company's increasing weekly profit quota.
Why similar: Underground 47.4% ★, Mining 17.1% ★, PvE 12.6%, Procedural Generation 6.3%, Open World 4.7%
- #49 Star Crafter
68% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
A space survival crafting mining base building and star system building game. Craft rockets to create planets and Dyson Rings, mine and craft advanced materials, terraform the terrain, manage electricity, farm food, and more as you watch the star system evolve into stunning, ever-changing views.
Why similar: Mining 34% ★, Open World Survival Craft 15.1% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Space 9.1%, Crafting 7.7%
- #50 Voltcube
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stein Games
Windows
Discover Voltcube, an infinite, uniquely generated block universe. Create machines, explore a multitude of biomes, and build to your heart's content. Survival or creative, every playthrough offers a unique journey.
Why similar: Mining 35.5% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 6.6%
- #51 Beldamos Miner
70% 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 52.4% ★, Underground 34.7% ★, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 2.8%, Action 2.2%
- #52 Mining Merchant
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
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 18.5% ★, Sandbox 16%, Mechs 12.2% ★, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #53 Tile Miner
70% matchMixed62% of 63 reviews2021
Dev: nalothchrisPub: MadSwan
Windows · Mac
Explore a vast world. Manipulate every tile. Build your kingdom. Conquer the elemental dungeons. The moldable world of Tile Miner is at your fingertips!
Why similar: Mining 32.5% ★, Sandbox 14.6%, Loot 10.5%, Procedural Generation 10.4%, Open World 9.8%
- #54 Underneath The Strata
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 咖啡不加糖
Windows
This is an underground sandbox adventure game where you have to survive alone and fight against bizarre primitive and mutant species. Build shelters, grow food, raise animals, drive mecha, and explore deeper.
Why similar: Mechs 31% ★, Underground 28.4% ★, Sandbox 19%, RPG 7.8%, Exploration 4.5%
- #55 TankOre Mining
68% 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 46.8% ★, Underground 31.3% ★, Exploration 7.2%, Survival 6.3%, Adventure 2.9%
- #56 The Long Mine
67% 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 48.7% ★, Underground 22.1% ★, Sandbox 17.4%, Loot 6%, Exploration 5.8%
- #57 BIG LOOT
66% matchMixed68% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie Clouds
Windows
Roguelike caravan survival game about risk, loot, and smart trading. Every run is a journey of hard choices, clever upgrades, and the eternal question: Do I play it safe... or go for the BIG LOOT?
Why similar: Mining 21.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 17.1% ★, Loot 13.8%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #58 Drill Space
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Futurist3
Windows · Mac · Linux
Drill Space is a rogue-lite survival mining game where gravity shapes your journey. Explore a vibrant, randomly generated solar system, mine for resources, upgrade your ship, and defend against alien invasions. How long can you survive as you conquer the vastness of space?
Why similar: Mining 25.3% ★, Open World Survival Craft 17.6% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Open World 8.5%, Crafting 7.5%
- #59 No Man's Sky
67% matchVery Positive85% of 402,164 reviews2016
Dev: Hello Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 20.2 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: Open World Survival Craft 20.1% ★, Open World 14.1%, Space 13.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%
- #60 waxweaver
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 506 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 24.9% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Underground 14.4% ★, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Open World 9%