
Bore deep below the earth's surface in your all-terrain mining vehicle. Drill for ores, scan for artifacts, and explore an expansive subnautical cavern system.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Exploration, Adventure, Singleplayer, Indie.

Bore deep below the earth's surface in your all-terrain mining vehicle. Drill for ores, scan for artifacts, and explore an expansive subnautical cavern system.

TankOre Mining
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.

Veridian Expanse
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
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 40.9% ★, Underground 16.7% ★, Survival 12.3%, Tanks 8.5% ★, Exploration 8.1%
Explore the depths as you drill, craft, and fight to escape from a mysterious asteroid deep in the Veridian Expanse!
Why similar: Mining 27% ★, Metroidvania 23.9%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Exploration 7.6%, Top-Down 6.5%
ABYSSAL is a deep-sea survival horror game about fixing underwater structures, securing biohazards, performing maintenance, and more.
Why similar: Mining 29.1% ★, Submarine 26.1% ★, Underwater 11.7% ★, Survival 10.1%, Horror 6.4%
New Haven is a utopia under a red moon, turned into a dystopian nightmare. You are a prisoner with no name, waking up in the middle of an emergency. Fight for survival guided by an enigmatic voice in your head, explore a falling world, solve puzzles, and unravel dark secrets.
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Survival 14.3%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Top-Down 7.2%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Submarine 33.7% ★, Underwater 15.3% ★, Horror 12.9%, Abstract 11.6%, Minimalist 9.3%
An atmospheric underwater drilling roguelite beneath the icy crust of Enceladus. Pilot your submarine, explore the depths, mine resources through procedural caves and upgrade your base. Each dive is darker and more dangerous, and you must face the terrors lurking in the shadows. Live. Dive. Repeat.
Why similar: Mining 26.3% ★, Submarine 18.5% ★, Underwater 15% ★, Metroidvania 12.4%, Survival 12.2%
Submeris is an underwater mining adventure set beneath a mysterious island. Dig, upgrade your gear, survive dangerous depths, and uncover the legendary treasure hidden far below the ocean floor!
Why similar: Mining 30.3% ★, Submarine 28.8% ★, Underwater 13.3% ★, Horror 7.4%, Exploration 6.4%
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.4%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Minimalist 13%, Abstract 8.4%, Top-Down 8%
Explore and navigate an underwater cave in your submarine.
Why similar: Submarine 36.2% ★, Underwater 15.8% ★, Abstract 13.4%, Horror 12.7%, Minimalist 9.7%
Explore a world of secrets and opposition at every turn, and smash through it in fast-paced top-down combat! This game is a short 2–3 hour experience that aims for high quality of life, worldbuilding, and gameplay without demanding weeks of your time!
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.4%, Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Exploration 12.9%, Top-Down 8.1%, 2D 4.6%
Restore color to a vast, empty world. An abstract puzzle metroidvania game focused on exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 44.1%, Abstract 25.1%, Minimalist 14.4%, Exploration 11%, 2D 3%
A short horror game where you pilot a submarine to collect samples on the crushing depths of the ocean.
Why similar: Abstract 27.3%, Simulation 16.5%, Submarine 14.9% ★, Adventure 10.6%, Horror 9.4%
Sunken Veins is a resource management horror game set in a deep sea mining facility. You collect resources deposited by an underwater drill, avoid adaptive monsters and drain away overwhelming floods of water caused from mining operations.
Why similar: Mining 31.3% ★, Submarine 29.5% ★, Underwater 14% ★, Survival 10.6%, Horror 8.3%
"DRILLING" is a relaxing game focusing on the pure joy of digging and moving forward. You play as "Mr. Drill," who has awakened deep underground, and begin an expedition toward the surface. Mine 9 kind of ores found across various layers, and use the resources you gather to upgrade your modules.
Why similar: Mining 62.7% ★, Exploration 12.2%, Simulation 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 5.5%
Tunnels is a single-player mining metroidvania adventure. Delve the alien depths, upgrade your tank, master deep itemization, and uncover the mysteries below.
Why similar: Mining 46.8% ★, Metroidvania 30%, Exploration 8.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%, 2D 3.7%
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 48.1% ★, Survival 14.7%, Underground 12.9% ★, Exploration 9%, Simulation 5.1%
Hop into a ship and escape! With the help of an aquatic ally, you pilot an underwater vessel in an attempt to escape the clutches of the Sea Intelligence Bureau.
Why similar: Submarine 27.8% ★, Metroidvania 22.1%, Underwater 12% ★, Minimalist 8.3%, Survival 7.8%
Sunken Seeker is a short, first-person underwater horror experience. Forced to pilot a decaying submersible, you have 7 days to pay off a massive debt. Navigate pitch-black waters, scan for salvage beyond your headlights, and survive the shift before the Director cuts your life support.
Why similar: Submarine 43.1% ★, Underwater 21.3% ★, Exploration 11.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Horror 9.4%
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 56.7% ★, Underground 22.9% ★, Exploration 11%, 2D 5%, Adventure 4.5%
Follow the Void Guardian as she inspects a space station after receiving a distress beacon from it and help her vanquish the hidden evil.
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.9%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Top-Down 10.6%, Adventure 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%
Mining Shift is an incremental game about mining minerals and upgrading your skills to master the elemental mines.
Why similar: Mining 65.2% ★, Top-Down 11.7%, Underground 8.9% ★, Simulation 8%, 2D 6.2%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
Why similar: Mining 46.6% ★, Metroidvania 38.2%, Adventure 6.5%, Exploration 4.4%, 2D 4.3%
A sci-fi, base-building adventure where you build a 'ship' on an asteroid; explore space, battle slimes, raiders, space rhinos, and more. A story that includes following orders from a mysterious AI, shooting fish with a space grappling hook, invading space stations, fixing the exploded moon, etc.
Why similar: Mining 37.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 13.6%, Survival 11.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%
Navigate an open-world ocean in a rusted submarine with monstrous creatures lurking in the depths. Collect artifacts, upgrade your submarine and descend into even deeper waters. If you didn’t fear the deep sea before, now you will.
Why similar: Submarine 37.6% ★, Underwater 21.4% ★, Survival 13%, Horror 12.7%, Exploration 7.7%
Control a submarine or a diver into the depths of unknown underwater worlds and take photographs of alien animals, plants and artefacts. Continue your journey through this casual, side-scroller, exploration game and collect stars to unlock more secrets before travelling to an alien home planet.
Why similar: Submarine 39.5% ★, Underwater 14.6% ★, Minimalist 10.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Dig deep and fight for survival— solo or with up to six friends! Drill pixel by pixel to gather materials, power up your gear, and meet your extraction quota — or unleash mysterious artifacts to wipe out the competition!
Why similar: Mining 40.3% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Underground 14.5% ★, Minimalist 9%, Top-Down 6.5%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Mining 36.4% ★, Submarine 25.8% ★, Top-Down Shooter 14.3%, Exploration 6.7%, Sci-fi 6.6%
The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.
Why similar: Submarine 41.9% ★, Underwater 21.3% ★, Exploration 11.7%, Horror 9.5%, Simulation 7.8%
Nightmare Pick is a simple mining combat game where you upgrade your equipment with ores to defeat monsters blocking your path and find a way to escape the nightmare.
Why similar: Mining 57.8% ★, Survival 16.8%, Top-Down 11.4%, 2D 5.7%, Exploration 4.3%
An intense VR adventure where you crawl through twisting caves, face unseen terrors, evade creatures, mine for relics, and upgrade your gear as you descend deeper into the hole.
Why similar: Mining 43.9% ★, Horror 13.8%, Simulation 13.5%, Survival 10.4%, Exploration 9.8%
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Submarine 34% ★, Metroidvania 28.5%, Underwater 16.9% ★, Exploration 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
DIG Raiders: Anomaly Extraction is a co-op digging sim where you and your crew burrow through 10+ layers of the unknown—team up to uncover the truth, battle rivals, and race to secure alien gems. Dig deep. Extract the anomaly. Get out alive!
Why similar: Mining 51.6% ★, Horror 13.9%, Exploration 9.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Adventure 6.4%
A fairytale-like atmospheric game about a little foal lost in a dark forest. Find food, hide from the night, meet strange creatures, and slowly grow up - leaving hoofprints along your journey.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.8%, Abstract 21.1%, Minimalist 12%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 10%
A top down single player PVE survival game. Survive, hunt and thrive in The Hunter's Path. Navigate through the terrain, stalk your prey, and craft your needed supplies and base materials.
Why similar: Mining 36.5% ★, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Survival 14.7%, Top-Down 7.9%, Simulation 7.3%
A short exploration game, set in a secluded coastal village in North East Scotland. Explore Kellas Bay and it's surrounding forests, caves and ocean to uncover what lies beneath the fog-covered village.
Why similar: Submarine 27.8% ★, Alternate History 16.2%, Underground 13.3% ★, Abstract 12.9%, Underwater 12.1% ★
SAMA is a hand painted, digging and puzzle adventure where you take the role of a mining ship and the little Alien blob crew hijacked by a pirate ship. Your Aliens have to dig, fight and puzzle their way through the subterranean worlds fulfilling the ransom demand. Can you do it?
Why similar: Mining 38.2% ★, Metroidvania 27.7%, Survival 11.6%, Exploration 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%
Build and navigate your ship as it barrels through space. Machines, pipes, and wiring; all necessities to keep your ship running. Survive and explore.
Why similar: Mining 32.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Survival 13.4%, Exploration 8%, Top-Down 7.9%
A pixel-style mining game with easy AFK gameplay and continuous progression!
Why similar: Mining 64.1% ★, Underground 17.4% ★, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 6.3%
Mine, survive, sell, upgrade, repeat. Descend into a treacherous ice cave filled with relentless monsters and rare loot. Escape with the Miner's Stone to proceed to your next expedition. But watch the frost, if your cabin's temperature drops, your journey ends permanently.
Why similar: Mining 59.3% ★, Survival 19%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%
A game of immense adventure and fun excavation potential.
Why similar: Mining 69.7% ★, Adventure 17.9%, Exploration 12.4%
A first Person Lovecraftian Survival Horror game. Explore uncharted subterranean territory, document your findings and survive the horrors that you uncover.
Why similar: Mining 25.9% ★, Underground 15.8% ★, Underwater 14.4% ★, Alternate History 14.1%, Survival 13.6%
Just a Little Longer is a punishing top-down shooter with the staples of classic action horror games, with a brutal permadeath gambling twist: whenever you die in the recurring nightmare the game takes place in, your save file is instantly deleted.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.6%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Adventure 10.4%, Horror 9.3%, Top-Down 8%
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 51.6% ★, Underground 18.6% ★, Exploration 10%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Adventure 5.5%
An enthralling adventure where a team of intrepid explorers ventures into the enigmatic depths of the lost city of Atlantis. As they delve deeper into the submerged ruins, they encounter a chilling revelation: the once-glorious city is now teeming with malevolent forces and unspeakable horrors.
Why similar: Submarine 32.6% ★, Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Underwater 16.7% ★, Top-Down 9.3%, Horror 8.9%
Rockfall is a 2D mining adventure where you descend into dangerous depths to gather resources, upgrade your gear, and survive hidden dungeons filled with traps, treasure, and danger. Dig deep, explore wisely… and don’t stay underground too long.
Why similar: Mining 59.7% ★, Underground 16.6% ★, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 7.7%, 2D 4.7%
Buy geodes, crack their weak points, find rare crystals and artifacts, and build an automated processing line in this 2D incremental game.
Why similar: Mining 50.3% ★, Underground 15% ★, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 7.2%, Minimalist 5.8%
Stuck at the bottom of the sea floor, escape a sunken ocean liner in this handcrafted 2D METROIDvania! Find powerful upgrades, and fight strange bosses. You may be isolated from your shipmates, but you're not alone...
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.3%, Underwater 16% ★, Exploration 14.8%, Horror 11.1%, Adventure 5.2%
Mine rare ores on a distant planet and sell them to fill your corporate quota. Use your profits to buy upgrades. But beware: the deeper you dig, the greater the dangers waiting in the dark.
Why similar: Mining 50.7% ★, Underground 19.2% ★, Minimalist 12.2%, Exploration 7.7%, Simulation 5.1%
"Miner's Nook" is a strategic idle game blending probability management. Start by clicking, then recruit miners to automate. Use the unique "Destiny Panel" to adjust event odds. Don't leave it to fate—control your luck and build your mining empire.
Why similar: Mining 58.8% ★, Underground 29.6% ★, Simulation 6.5%, 2D 5.1%
Destroy stars, collect stardust, and revive the lost moonlight. Lose yourself in Euphoria.
Why similar: Mining 48.8% ★, Abstract 12.4%, Minimalist 10.7%, Simulation 9.8%, Exploration 9.1%
Action mining game with retro aesthetics and roguelike elements. Collect minerals from procedurally generated asteroids, improve your ship and survive The Anomaly, an unknown entity threatening The Galaxy. Can a simple miner stop The Anomaly and save everyone?
Why similar: Mining 54% ★, Minimalist 16.4%, Exploration 8.6%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
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 33.4% ★, Mining 19.8% ★, Simulation 10.6%, Top-Down 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
Blast rocks, drill tunnels and force your way through every mountain. At the beginning you have enough time and no major problems. Once the TNT charges are placed you can start the blasting to create the tunnel entrance. The excavated material will be loaded by a shovel dozer on a dump truck and transported to the storage site.
Why similar: Mining 68.1% ★, Simulation 31.9%
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 49.4% ★, Underground 21.3% ★, Exploration 11%, Sci-fi 8.9%, Simulation 5.4%
Get your gears in motion for a captivating monochromatic adventure where you play as Lelu, a small but determined clockwork toy who has gained consciousness and found a taste for freedom!
Why similar: Metroidvania 39.1%, Minimalist 13%, Exploration 12.2%, Top-Down 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%
Pilot your submarine to activate and reestablish a network of beacons while carefully utilizing your sonar to navigate the low-visibility depths of the ocean.
Why similar: Submarine 35.7% ★, Underwater 16.5% ★, Minimalist 12%, Horror 10.1%, Exploration 8%
Mine until your arms drop off! In Prison Miner you will rank up through various ranks discovering new mines and materials along the way to be able to upgrade your equipment and mine even faster. Until eventually, you do it all again!
Why similar: Mining 58% ★, Exploration 13.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Top-Down 8.4%, 2D 4.9%
Benthos is a co-op submarine exploration game set in the depths of an alien ocean. Coordinate your crew to pilot the sub, man the guns, hunt monsters, and complete high-risk missions. Build new underwater facilities, upgrade your vessel, and uncover the secrets hidden beneath the ice.
Why similar: Submarine 31.9% ★, Underground 15.2% ★, Underwater 13.9% ★, Survival 12.4%, Horror 8%
Mine Farm is a progressive mining RPG centered on the pure joy of looting. Mine various minerals, challenge colossal entities, and find your way out of the unknown. Be warned: the journey home won't be easy.
Why similar: Mining 63.2% ★, Underground 24.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, 2D 6.1%
Maria Moore is wrongfully imprisoned in the dreaded Mawgate Asylum. To survive she must do things she never thought herself capable of. Fight, hide, solve puzzles, and investigate the illusive dark forces behind the asylum. Maria must escape, or be consumed by the madness of Mawgate…
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27.2%, Exploration 11.6%, Horror 7.3%, Top-Down 6.9%