The Best Mining Games

Update 17 January 2024: The Lab and Dungeons added at rank #28.

Here are our 10 Best Mining Games: 1

Wall World (2023)

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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?

rogue-like
mining
tower-defense
mech
procedural
aliens
pixel
scroller
resource-management
resource
exploration
action-adventure
management
sci-fi

Good match + 2 Bad match

MergeCrafter (2021)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Mac OS

MergeCrafter is a fun and relaxing puzzle game set in the magical world of Runaria where you can merge everything into better and more powerful items. Adventure through the mysterious lands, meet charming characters, complete quests, and discover hidden treasures. Use your crafting skills to harvest resources and explore unique biomes. It's a nice casual game to spend extended periods of time playing and entertaining. Play for free now!

What we like:

Fun and enjoyable gameplay
Nice casual game to spend extended periods of time playing
Entertaining mini-game to get chests
Good game on most respects
Lack of stakes works in game's favor

What could be improved:

Presence of energy cap ruins the game, with no easy way to obtain premium currency without payin
Difficult to obtain certain items needed for quests
Slow rate at which new areas are unlocked
Mini-game chests provide no challenge and do not apply to quests

mining
idler
movement
collectathon
crafting
match-three
base-building
loot
relaxing
grid
puzzle
simulation
management
isometric

Good match + 20 Bad match - 30

Immortal Life (2022)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

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!

farming
agriculture
simulation
mining
fishing
cooking
life
crafting
rpg
relaxing
collector
creature
stylized
drama

Good match Bad match

Aground (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG with a goal, story, and reason to craft and build. The gameplay is simple, but engaging with tons of features. In Aground, you can raise dragons and launch into space, fight enemies, discover magic, and explore secrets. If you're into crafting games with a lot of exploration, Aground is a thoroughly addictive game with plenty to discover.

What we like:

Story is interesting and allows for a lot of exploration
Crafting is solid and varied
Mod support and community are helpful
Gameplay is engaging and controls are good
Freedom to choose which islands to visit and play at your own pace.

What could be improved:

Item storage can be tedious and requiring a lot of trips
Low-resolution graphics may take some getting used to
Lack of personal relationships with NPCs
Basic tutorial and sometimes requires use of outside resources for guidance.

survival
crafting
dragon
mining
open-world
base-building
city-building
building
post-apocalyptic
exploration
sandbox
2d
choices
management
story

Good match + 74 Bad match - 80

Hidden Deep (2022)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

mining
thriller
physics
dark
2d
horror
story
realistic
exploration
sci-fi
mystery
aliens
action-adventure
in-game
cooperative

Good match + 48 Bad match - 70

Fidget Spinner RPG (2023)

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Android PC Windows

Fidget Spinner RPG is a clicker/incremental RPG game in which you craft items and level up abilities to make a fidget spinner spin at absurd, ever increasing speeds.

mining
idler
clicker
loot
management
family-friendly
crafting
time-management
memes
economy
resource-management
capitalism
automation
inventory
simulation

Good match + 4 Bad match - 13

Dinkum (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Step into the rugged and beautiful Australian wilderness in Dinkum. This game lets you explore the harsh conditions of the outback, build a thriving town, and gather resources for survival. You can customize your home, care for animals, and cultivate crops. Enjoy the gameplay with friends, and experience the unique setting and design. You can even show off your interior designing skills in your cozy abode!

What we like:

Lots to unlock and build
Easy money earning
Cute animals and easy relationship building
Vehicles for quicker travel
Constant improvements and unique Australian setting

What could be improved:

Repetitive and shallow NPC quests
Unengaging mechanics in combat
Lack of future development information

crafting
open-world
cooperative
life
farming
mining
hunting
fishing
agriculture
simulation
building
survival
character
sandbox
cute

Good match + 11 Bad match - 43

The Last Starship (2023)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS

Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you our most ambitious title ever: Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and railguns and start your galactic adventure in The Last Starship!

colony
space
mining
simulation
base-building
science
automation
building
sandbox
sci-fi
top-down
2d
strategy
management
exploration

Good match + 7 Bad match - 2

9th Dawn III (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone Android

"description": "Embark on an epic adventure in 9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil, a thrilling 2D open world RPG filled with dungeons, monsters, and secrets. Explore vast landscapes, discover hidden crypts and villages, and fight over 270 unique monsters to become the ultimate warrior. With over 1,400 items to collect, customize your gear, recruit monsters, and play the original card game Fyued. With an original orchestral soundtrack, side quests, and more, can you uncover the mysterious evil force threatening the lands?"

What we like:

Massive open-world
Unique space to flip movement mechanics
Deep nostalgic pull to older games
Simple and familiar RPG flavor
Impressive take on 2D Hack and Slash gameplay

What could be improved:

Repetitive gameplay
Weak gearing system
Difficulty understanding attributes, skills, and abilities impact on player stats
No modding tools and no way to split stacks or divide items in inventory

open-world
rpg
dungeon-crawler
crafting
card
fishing
hunting
mining
dungeon
collectathon
twin-stick
campaign
hack-and-slash
old-school
2d

Good match + 44 Bad match - 70

Spirit of the Island (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Android

A beautiful Life Sim Sandbox RPG with Online COOP set on a tropical Archipelago. Build your farm, grow crops and animals, craft various items, cook exquisite dishes, gather resources, build shops and museums to attract visitors, and turn a desolate Island into a prosperous tourist destination!

farming
cooperative
2-player
cycling
romance
fishing
campaign
economy
mining
nature
choices
discovery
management
open-world
mystery

Good match + 5 Bad match

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The Best Mining Games

Wall World (2023)

MergeCrafter (2021)

Immortal Life (2022)

Aground (2018)

Hidden Deep (2022)

Fidget Spinner RPG (2023)

Dinkum (2022)

The Last Starship (2023)

9th Dawn III (2020)

Spirit of the Island (2022)