Games Like The Spotter: Dig or Die

Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Survival 22.6%, Crafting 20.8%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Base Building 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is the primary inspiration for the seed game, featuring an identical loop of mining by day and defending against alien hordes by night.

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.5%, Tower Defense 36.1%, Exploration 10.5%, Adventure 5.2%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the core loop of digging for resources in a voxel environment to upgrade defenses against incoming waves of enemies.

Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Sandbox 22.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 15.7%, Exploration 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that features fully destructible terrain and heavy tower defense elements against subterranean monsters.

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Mining 47.5% ★, Tower Defense 26.1%, Aliens 17.4%, Exploration 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite combines mining and tower defense on a massive scale, requiring you to protect your mobile base while excavating resources.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Voxel 20.6% ★, Zombies 16.3%, Survival 13.3%, Tower Defense 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive voxel-based zombie survival game where base building and trap placement are essential to surviving the weekly horde.

Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.

Why similar: Mining 20.1% ★, Tower Defense 19.1%, Zombies 16.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the strategic placement of traps and barricades to protect a central point from waves of zombies.

'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.6%, Zombies 19.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 12.3%, Sandbox 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game where building elaborate defensive structures is the only way to survive the nightly zombie onslaught.

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: Base Building 21.9%, Sandbox 21%, Crafting 20.8%, Survival 19.5%, Exploration 10%

Why You'll Like It: An underground survival sandbox that emphasizes mining, base building, and defending against waves of enemies in a mysterious cavern system.

FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

Why similar: Voxel 19.2% ★, Sandbox 15.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Mining 13.4% ★, Base Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep mining and automation mechanics coupled with massive tower defense systems to protect your base from alien threats.

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Crafting 31.4%, Sandbox 30.6%, Survival 19.6%, Tower Defense 10.1%, Simulation 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: You manage a tribe of dwarves in a sandbox environment, balancing mining, crafting, and defending your base from frequent monster attacks.

The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?

Why similar: Voxel 22.4% ★, Underground 20.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Sandbox 11%, Base Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony-sim elements with exploration and survival in a post-apocalyptic world that requires digging to progress.

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Why similar: Sandbox 35.3%, Survival 24.7%, Crafting 23.4%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 2D mining and survival game that features complex base building and frequent boss-driven wave events.

You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

Why similar: Sandbox 37.1%, Crafting 23.8%, Survival 23%, Exploration 10.3%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep exploration and mining across various planets with survival mechanics and combat against hostile creatures.

Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!

Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes scavenging for parts to build defenses against zombie hordes.

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

Why similar: Sandbox 25.1%, Crafting 22.3%, Survival 20.8%, Base Building 19%, Exploration 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game with strong base-building and tower defense elements that allow you to manage a growing colony.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Survival 24%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Sandbox 14%, Crafting 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: The most realistic zombie survival experience available, focusing on scavenging and fortifying buildings to survive the apocalypse.

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 27.7% ★, Underground 24.6% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Economy 6.9%, Crafting 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on underground mining and exploration in a harsh, frozen environment that demands constant resource management.

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 33.1%, Zombies 29.1%, Crafting 26.2%, Exploration 9%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game set in an underground colony where managing resources and fighting off mutant threats is critical.

Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and construction of your homebase. Upgrades will allow you to drill deeper to find more types of ores. Explore caves to uncover mysteries and secrets.

Why similar: Mining 46.1% ★, Base Building 20.5%, Crafting 15.5%, Exploration 8.4%, First-Person 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on resource management and base building within an underground setting, mirroring the exploration aspects of the seed game.

Step into the role of a gold prospector during the Alaskan gold rush and build your own empire from scratch. Mine resources, refine different forms of gold, and upgrade your tools to increase efficiency. Explore diverse mines, survive the harsh climate, and complete engaging story and side quests!

Why similar: Mining 47.1% ★, Crafting 19.6%, First-Person 9.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a realistic mining and exploration experience with a focus on crafting and resource gathering.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Survival 40%, Crafting 23.6%, Sandbox 20.4%, Exploration 5.9%, Adventure 5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game where base building and resource management are essential to surviving the harsh nights.

Human Host is an open-world zombie survival crafting game. In this endless procedurally generated world, terrain, buildings, trees, rocks—everything is destructible! Build massive mobile bases, dig deep underground, construct trap-filled fortresses, scavenge supplies, and survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Voxel 23.7% ★, Tower Defense 17%, Zombies 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Sandbox 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game that blends zombie combat with tower defense mechanics to protect your base from infection.

Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

Why similar: Base Building 36.3%, Sandbox 23.4%, Crafting 21.1%, Survival 13.9%, Simulation 4%

Why You'll Like It: While focused on automation, the constant threat of alien attacks forces you to integrate tower defense into your base design.

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Base Building 40.2%, Survival 29.2%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 6.6%, Exploration 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A complex underground colony management game that requires careful resource mining and environmental survival planning.

Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.

Why similar: Mining 56.5% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Economy 10.1%, Sandbox 9.1%, First-Person 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the realistic, heavy-machinery mining experience found in the seed game, focusing on the extraction of resources.

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.2%, Survival 26.2%, Singleplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A pure tower defense experience that incorporates RPG elements and character progression to hold off waves of enemies.

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Underground 51.3% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Exploration 13.4%, First-Person 10.2%, Casual 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the digging and survival mechanics within a confined, high-pressure environment.

Vacuum your way through a massive junk pit in search of a lost hard drive worth millions. Suck, sell, upgrade, and uncover absurd items, pop culture relics, and unsettling secrets in this dangerously addictive, satirical dig-'em-up.

Why similar: Voxel 28.7% ★, Mining 27.9% ★, Sandbox 19.3%, Simulation 8.8%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the scavenging and survival aspects of life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!

Why similar: Mining 19.9% ★, Voxel 18.8% ★, Underground 16% ★, Economy 9.2%, Sandbox 8.3%

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 25.6% ★, Voxel 23% ★, Economy 11.5%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 9.5%

Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

Why similar: Economy 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Sandbox 14.4%, Crafting 12.6%, Base Building 11%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 16.8%, Survival 14.9%, Sandbox 10.8%

All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!

Why similar: Voxel 33.6% ★, Zombies 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 12.8%, Sandbox 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-style zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting, building, and defending your home from the undead.

Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Base Building 15.3%, First-Person 10%, Simulation 9.9%

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 31.3% ★, Underground 21.8% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Crafting 11.9%, Sandbox 11.2%

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 41.4%, Tower Defense 26.7%, Survival 20.4%, Simulation 7.4%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-based zombie survival game that requires careful resource management and base defense to keep your survivors alive.

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: Voxel 24.3% ★, Mining 19.2% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Underground 10.8% ★, Exploration 7.2%

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 32.2% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Crafting 15%, Base Building 9.1%, First-Person 7%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 13.7%

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: Voxel 35.8% ★, Mining 31.9% ★, Crafting 7.6%, Mystery 5%, Simulation 5%

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 40.3% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Sandbox 16.3%, Crafting 8.4%, Simulation 5.6%

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Base Building 21.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Aliens 13.7%, Exploration 11.1%

Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.9%, Mining 30.8% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.2%, Zombies 21.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 12.4%

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Zombies 34.6%, Post-apocalyptic 27.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Survival 9.6%, Adventure 9.3%

Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.4%, Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Crafting 12.8%, Sandbox 11.8%

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 17.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Exploration 7.5%

Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

Why similar: Mining 33.5% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Survival 12.6%

Mine. Maze. Merge. Survive. Dig for powerful gems, merge them into game-breaking towers, stack buffs, and pick roguelike perks to build wild synergies. Do not let enemies drag your miner to the lava!

Why similar: Mining 44.4% ★, Tower Defense 31%, Underground 23.5% ★, Singleplayer 1.1%

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.3%, Base Building 19%, Survival 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Underground 15.5% ★

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 16%, Base Building 14.1%, Sandbox 11.8%

"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.

Why similar: Zombies 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 9.3%

Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!

Why similar: Voxel 24.4% ★, Zombies 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.9%

From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.

Why similar: Zombies 36.5%, Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Survival 20.5%, Crafting 11.1%, Adventure 3.3%

Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.

Why similar: Mining 42.7% ★, Underground 30.9% ★, Economy 20.1%, Simulation 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?

Why similar: Mining 51.2% ★, Tower Defense 37.6%, Exploration 9%, Singleplayer 2.2%

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 49.8% ★, Base Building 24.3%, First-Person 10.9%, Simulation 7.3%, Casual 4%

You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Crafting 16.4%, Survival 13.3%, Exploration 8.5%

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 69.2% ★, Underground 21.5% ★, Casual 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%

In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

Why similar: Tower Defense 17.1%, Zombies 15.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Economy 12.6%