The Mining Zone
Games about digging, extracting resources, tunneling, prospecting, or underground work.
Latest Standouts
Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.
Wonderia - 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!
Jul 22, 2026
Cosmodrill - 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?
Jul 6, 2026
Treasure Beach - Scavenge the beach and run a cozy trinket shop by the sea! Find hidden treasures or trash, clean and repair your finds, put them up for sale, and upgrade your workshop. Dig deeper and faster to make more money and buy back the beach from the greedy hotel.
Jun 20, 2026
Goblin Company - Dig, build rails, and survive underground as a Goblin miner for WHAAG MINING INC. Light your path or the darkness will drain your life. Explore fully destructible biomes, fight hostile creatures, and hunt the legendary Giant Crystal, solo or online co-op
Jun 12, 2026
Snacktorio - Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game where you build & scale food production lines to feed the beasts threatening to consume your world. Manage strange ingredients across sprawling cooking factories to keep the monsters fed while you uncover what's stirring their growing appetites...
Jun 4, 2026
Far Mining - Far Mining is a short and relaxing incremental game about mining asteroids. Mine resources, upgrade your ship, unlock new tools, and find your way out of deep space.
Jun 4, 2026
MegaFactory Titan - A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
Jun 2, 2026
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Gold Mining Simulator - 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.
Oct 13, 2017
Cattails: Wildwood Story - Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
Oct 20, 2023
Cattails | Become a Cat! - Become a cat! Cattails is a unique animal simulation RPG. Hunt for food, fight invading cats, explore to gather herbs, and socialize with other cats in an expansive open world. Get married and raise a family of kittens, befriend your neighbors, and learn to live in the dangerous wilderness!
Dec 1, 2017
Immortal Life - Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Jan 17, 2024
9th Dawn III - 9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil is a massive open world RPG/dungeon crawler packed full of content – featuring more than 270 monsters to fight and capture, a fun card game with 180 cards to collect, and over 1,400 unique items to hoard!
Oct 5, 2020
BORE BLASTERS - 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.
Mar 8, 2024
Planet Centauri - 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!
Dec 12, 2024
Orebound - Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Oct 24, 2024
Top Rated
Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.
Digseum - Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!
Dec 9, 2024
SteamWorld Dig 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.
Sep 22, 2017
Space Rock Breaker - Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.
Dec 19, 2025
MineMogul - 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!
Dec 4, 2025
(the) Gnorp Apologue - (the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
Dec 14, 2023
AETHUS - 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.
Mar 6, 2026
SteamWorld Dig - 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.
Dec 5, 2013
Keep on Mining! - 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!
Jul 30, 2025
Aground - As one of the last human survivors, you find yourself stranded on an uninhabited island. With a few other victims of the crash, can you craft, mine, and build your way to survival?
Apr 17, 2020
