- #1 Mining Mechs
97% matchVery Positive90% of 2,746 reviews2023
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 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: Mechs 16.4% ★, Underground 14.9% ★, Mining 14% ★, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Side Scroller 8.6%
- #2 Mining Merchant
96% matchVery Positive88% of 429 reviews2026
Dev: Delayed Victory
Windows
Median: 8.0 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 15.7% ★, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Underground 11.3% ★, Sandbox 9.3%
- #3 Ad Fundum
96% matchVery Positive92% of 542 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: Mechs 18.1% ★, Steampunk 17.6% ★, Mining 16% ★, Underground 15.9% ★, Collectathon 12.5%
- #4 My Little Universe
95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,265 reviews2023
Dev: EstotyPub: SayGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 20.9 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 32.9% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Character Customization 13.9%, Crafting 11.4%, Open World 10.5%
- #5 DigDigDrill
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 629 reviews2024
Dev: Toorai
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Underground 24.5% ★, Mining 23.6% ★, Collectathon 19.4%, Character Customization 10.5%, Crafting 6.9%
- #6 Hydroneer
94% matchVery Positive86% of 28,536 reviews2020
Dev: Foulball Hangover
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 38.2% ★, Sandbox 20.6%, Open World 14.3%, Co-op 11.3%, Crafting 7.7%
- #7 Keep on Mining! - Worlds
93% matchVery Positive80% of 1,930 reviews2026
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 41.8% ★, Collectathon 27.1%, Relaxing 14.7%, Casual 7.8%, Colorful 6%
- #8 Keep Digging
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,285 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Dog
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.9 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 28.9% ★, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Procedural Generation 12%, Crafting 10.4%
- #9 Core Keeper
91% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 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: Online Co-Op 19.6%, Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 14.6%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Crafting 12.8%
- #10 Rock the Islands
91% matchVery Positive90% of 337 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 22.9% ★, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Sandbox 12%, Character Customization 11.1%, Crafting 9%
- #11 Miner: Dig Deep
90% matchVery Positive91% of 257 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 27.3% ★, Underground 25.6% ★, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Relaxing 8.3%
- #12 BORE BLASTERS
89% matchVery Positive81% of 767 reviews2024
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.
Why similar: Mining 31% ★, Steampunk 27.3% ★, Collectathon 22.1%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%
- #13 Luma Island
87% matchVery Positive84% of 12,744 reviews2024
Dev: Feel Free Games
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Why similar: Mining 21.4% ★, Online Co-Op 18.9%, Character Customization 11.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Open World 8.9%
- #14 Dig Deep
89% matchMixed69% of 147 reviews2024
Dev: CrazyLabsPub: QubicGames
Windows
Grab a shovel and let's get digging! Join the adventure, hire miners and dig for a treasure
Why similar: Mining 76.3% ★, Casual 9.2%, Co-op 8.7%, Adventure 5.7%
- #15 Keep on Mining!
86% matchVery Positive93% of 8,439 reviews2025
Dev: EagleEye Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 48.9% ★, Collectathon 19%, Relaxing 17.4%, Casual 6.7%, 2D 4.2%
- #16 SteamWorld Dig
88% matchVery Positive94% of 11,032 reviews2013
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
Why similar: Steampunk 46.2% ★, Mining 39.6% ★, Side Scroller 4.8%, 2D 3.5%, Adventure 2.8%
- #17 Wonderia
86% matchVery Positive83% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: Rock&DashPub: IndieArk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 20% ★, Online Co-Op 17.7%, Sandbox 14.3%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Crafting 9.5%
- #18 Big Dig Energy
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: NuggetSmash
Windows
Do you have the Big Dig Energy!? The best co-op mining game with online multiplayer for up to 4 players! Team up, dig deep, mine energy ore, and upgrade your tools. Reach the planets core to fuel the rocket and leave Earth!
Why similar: Mining 33.3% ★, Sandbox 29.2%, Family Friendly 11.3%, Relaxing 9.2%, Casual 6.7%
- #19 Planet Centauri
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,395 reviews2024
Dev: Permadeath
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 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 24.9% ★, Sandbox 16%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Open World 11%, Crafting 10%
- #20 Meltopia
83% matchVery Positive86% of 1,754 reviews2026
Dev: Garden of Dreams
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Underground 30% ★, Mining 28% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Crafting 6%
- #21 Mr.Mine
84% matchVery Positive92% of 18,682 reviews2020
Dev: Playsaurus
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 99.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!
Why similar: Mining 53.7% ★, Crafting 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Sandbox 8.7%, 2D 6%
- #22 Diggin
82% matchVery Positive81% of 668 reviews2026
Dev: Longshot Studio
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Drill into the depths of a meteor crater in this incremental adventure. Mine ores, unlock upgrades and find the cosmic treasure that lies below! Can you uncover what happened to the Moles that came before you?
Why similar: Mining 35.4% ★, Underground 31.4% ★, Collectathon 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D 4%
- #23 Starground
82% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Big Boy GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Linux
Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!
Why similar: Mining 31.1% ★, Online Co-Op 19.1%, Sandbox 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11%, Crafting 10.5%
- #24 DigWorld
81% matchVery Positive87% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Edgar IXPub: Easy Grind Games
Windows
DigWorld is a cozy 2D digging extraction sandbox with roguelite elements, where each run is a race against the clock to get the best rewards. Collect as many items as you can before time runs out. Sell. Upgrade. Repeat.
Why similar: Mining 30.6% ★, Collectathon 24.5%, Underground 21.5% ★, Crafting 8.2%, Character Customization 4.7%
- #25 A Game About Digging A Hole™
80% matchVery Positive89% of 20,153 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 27.5% ★, Underground 26.7% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Crafting 10%
- #26 Idle Cave Miner
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,239 reviews2023
Dev: Cold Hours
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 128.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
Why similar: Mining 53.2% ★, Crafting 20.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%, 2D 6.5%, Colorful 5.6%
- #27 Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,909 reviews2026
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
Why similar: Mining 37.7% ★, Online Co-Op 25.3%, Sandbox 20.3%, Co-op 9.9%, Crafting 6.9%
- #28 You Know The Drill
77% matchVery Positive93% of 1,074 reviews2026
Dev: ludokaiPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 39.8% ★, Underground 36.8% ★, Relaxing 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Casual 4.1%
- #29 SteamWorld Dig 2
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,134 reviews2017
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Steampunk 45.4% ★, Mining 40.5% ★, 2D 5.3%, Adventure 4.4%, Family Friendly 1.9%
- #30 Chipmatic
78% matchMixed66% of 178 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: Underground 32.1% ★, Mining 29.9% ★, Collectathon 18.4%, Crafting 8.8%, Relaxing 4%
- #31 Dig Island
76% matchVery Positive86% of 362 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: Collectathon 34%, Mining 24.7% ★, Crafting 13%, Character Customization 10.5%, Relaxing 9.5%
- #32 Scrapnaut
79% matchMixed70% of 839 reviews2021
Dev: SpiffyBitPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Why similar: Online Co-Op 24.9%, Sandbox 18.8%, Steampunk 17.3% ★, Crafting 12.4%, Open World 12%
- #33 Astro Miner
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 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 57.2% ★, Relaxing 11.2%, Family Friendly 10.5%, Casual 9.6%, Colorful 6%
- #34 iDigging
75% matchMixed69% of 866 reviews2025
Dev: TWEN
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In iDigging, you’ll balance treasure hunting, home improvement, and the strategy of hiding from curious neighbors and authorities. Upgrade, dig, and create your best life despite all the challenges!
Why similar: Underground 57.5% ★, Online Co-Op 18.2%, Co-op 9%, Colorful 7.7%, Casual 4.6%
- #35 Cosmodrill
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Morse Morse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the vastness of space, dig deep into planets to find resources, upgrade your ship and survive against alien life in this short space mining adventure! How far are you willing to travel into the dark unknown?
Why similar: Mining 42.6% ★, Relaxing 15.9%, Open World 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, 2D 5.5%
- #36 Digger: Galactic Treasures
72% matchVery Positive88% of 736 reviews2025
Dev: RainStyle games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 45.9% ★, Collectathon 29.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Casual 5%, Colorful 4.9%
- #37 Scrap Mechanic
68% matchVery Positive92% of 123,030 reviews2026
Dev: Axolot Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 65.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!
Why similar: Sandbox 30.5%, Open World 22.4%, Crafting 20.7%, Online Co-Op 13%, Co-op 10.7%
- #38 Kin and Quarry
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 483 reviews2026
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An incremental mining adventure where you must dig into the earth to recover essence for your sacred Evertree. Mine, drill, and blast your way to the deepest depths, discovering rare artifacts and recruiting more kin to your cause along the way. Dig. Upgrade. Repeat.
Why similar: Mining 59.6% ★, Underground 22.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Casual 7.7%
- #39 Underminer
71% matchVery Positive93% of 999 reviews2024
Dev: Team GongMyeongPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Welcome to Underminer, an underground adventure game set in a subterranean world. Mine minerals, earn money, upgrade your drill machine and descend deeper into the earth. The truth about 'legendary minerals' and an exciting underground world are waiting for you!
Why similar: Collectathon 54.4%, Mining 29% ★, Pixel Graphics 13%, Adventure 3.6%
- #40 BLASTRONAUT
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 175 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Mining 28% ★, Online Co-Op 18.1%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 11.1%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #41 waxweaver
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 615 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 17.7% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Underground 15.1% ★, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Open World 9.8%
- #42 Lightyear Frontier
71% matchVery Positive84% of 4,735 reviews2024
Dev: FRAME BREAK
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
Why similar: Mechs 26.5% ★, Mining 19.7% ★, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Open World 8.5%
- #43 Cave Digger
74% matchVery Positive80% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: VRKiwi
Windows
Cave Digger is a 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 30.2% ★, Steampunk 27.9% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Open World 8.8%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #44 Tinkertown
73% matchMixed67% of 1,345 reviews2023
Dev: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gather your friends and come to Tinkertown - A refreshing new Multiplayer Sandbox Experience! Explore magical places filled with loot, danger, and creativity.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 20.7%, Sandbox 20.6%, Crafting 15.4%, Open World 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
- #45 Mechanic Miner
75% matchMixed58% of 210 reviews2020
Dev: Hello John
Windows
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Why similar: Steampunk 46.8% ★, Sandbox 21.9%, Crafting 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%, 2D 3.8%
- #46 Super Motherload
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 950 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 54.1% ★, Underground 23.2% ★, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Family Friendly 5.3%, Casual 4.1%
- #47 Idle Deepcore
69% matchVery Positive86% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: Bluehood Games
Windows
Idle Deepcore is an incremental mining game where you dig ever deeper, smelt ore into ingots, upgrade your pickaxe and machines, and grow several mines in parallel to build a vast underground industry.
Why similar: Mining 45.1% ★, Underground 22.1% ★, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #48 Gathera
70% matchVery Positive82% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: Catris Games
Windows
Gather, craft, build and explore alone or with up to 3 friends. Unlock new land, collect resources, build and decorate your home, farm, fish, automate production, upgrade your character, and defend against optional enemy raids.
Why similar: Mining 25.5% ★, Sandbox 17.3%, Crafting 13.4%, Open World 12.8%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #49 Galactic Mining Corp
70% matchVery Positive84% of 941 reviews2021
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Galactic Mining Corp is a unique rogue-lite, action game with crafting and base building mechanics. Head into uncharted space and discover a universe of locations to exploit for riches! Use your profits to expand your HQ, hire a crazy work force, obtain new drill components and upgrade everything.
Why similar: Mining 41.5% ★, Collectathon 26.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11%, Colorful 5%
- #50 Miner Meltdown
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 140 reviews2017
Dev: Mighty Pebble Games IncPub: Throwback Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Miner Meltdown is an action-packed team-based multiplayer game. Scour the map for minerals, upgrade your gear, and attempt to blow up the opposing team all the while avoiding monsters, traps, and environmental pitfalls along the way.
Why similar: Mining 39% ★, Side Scroller 24.3%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Co-op 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%
- #51 Volcanoids
69% matchVery Positive83% of 9,358 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Steampunk 35.9% ★, Online Co-Op 15.9%, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Open World 10.7%
- #52 Mining Wizards
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 124 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: Collectathon 43.3%, Mining 37.4% ★, Relaxing 10%, Colorful 6%, Casual 3.3%
- #53 Miniland Adventure
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!
Why similar: Sandbox 22.4%, Underground 20.2% ★, Collectathon 17.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #54 Sludgineers
64% matchVery Positive88% of 1,818 reviews2026
Dev: Snickerdoodle GamesPub: Funk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Clean, mine and refine pollution in this active incremental game. Cruise through the countryside earning cash and resources, build a refinery, process materials, upgrade equipment, unlock new areas and complete quests.
Why similar: Mining 60.3% ★, Relaxing 21%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%, Casual 4.7%, Colorful 4.4%
- #55 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
66% matchVery Positive83% of 2,294 reviews2025
Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: THQ Nordic Mobile
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!
Why similar: Sandbox 20.3%, Procedural Generation 20.3%, Character Customization 17%, Open World 16%, Crafting 13.4%
- #56 MineMogul
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,475 reviews2025
Dev: NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)Pub: NoodleForge
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.8 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 33% ★, Underground 27.3% ★, Sandbox 15.7%, Crafting 12.2%, Open World 9.3%
- #57 SantaCraft
68% matchVery Positive97% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Milkbag Games
Windows
Dig your way through snow, cut down gingerbread trees, and mine candy canes as you try to rescue your missing reindeer, rebuild Santa's Village, and save Christmas! In the latest FREE update: trains you can ride, new quests, new items, new puns, and more!
Why similar: Mining 23% ★, Collectathon 18.7%, Sandbox 14.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Open World 10.3%
- #58 Let's Save Mice
64% matchVery Positive96% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: SadSofa Entertainment
Windows
Join up to three friends in this mouse-sized adventure! Explore, gather resources, solve puzzles, and battle enemies as you try to bring your kidnapped brothers and sisters home.
Why similar: Collectathon 40.5%, Online Co-Op 34.5%, Character Customization 11.9%, Casual 7%, Adventure 6%
- #59 Arcadius
68% matchMixed70% of 856 reviews2022
Dev: AtlasPub: 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 50.9% ★, Collectathon 21.2%, Character Customization 7.7%, Crafting 6.9%, Casual 5.4%