Games like Coal Mining Simulator
If Coal Mining Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sweet Toys Simulator, Alaskan Road Truckers and Gold Mining Simulator — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its controls are poorly explained, vehicles have erratic physics and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Coal Mining Simulator: Welcome to the world of Coal Mining! Start with almost nothing and get to the top - develop your mine, sell coal, buy new machines and avoid dangers in this sandbox simulator. Take control of numerous mining machines. Destroy, mine, drill, transport and blow things up.
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Sweet Toys Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Start your sweet store from scratch!. Pick and price your own toys and candies. Unlock new licenses with every sale, expand your shop, hire staff, and build the most colorful toy & candy empire ever! Manage shelves, set prices, and make your customers smile! 🧸🍭🎉
Alaskan Road Truckers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Coal Mining Simulator.
Second-strongest match for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.
Gold Mining Simulator
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Coal 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.
Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Coal Mining Simulator.
Ranked #4 for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.
Jalopy
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Fernbus Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Coal Mining Simulator.
The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.
Truck & Logistics Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Load, drive, and deliver through a huge open world with up to 24 players in cross-platform multiplayer. Join your friends in exciting heavy transport convoys. Jump into the driver's seat of more than 30 unique vehicles and carry out complex loading tasks to deliver a variety of cargo.
Junkyard Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Coal Mining Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
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Out of Ore
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Coal Mining Simulator.
Reviewers of Coal Mining Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Gold Miner
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Coal Mining Simulator cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Coal Mining Simulator.
The Gold Miner is a puzzle game. The goal of the game is to collect all nuggets and jewels in the level and avoid barrels with gunpowder.Collect gems, score points, upgrade your equipment! Try to complete all 20 levels as soon as possible, will you succeed ?!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Coal Mining Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Coal Mining Simulator.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Coal Mining Simulator.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Coal Mining Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Coal Mining Simulator.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about Coal Mining Simulator
- Does Coal Mining Simulator work on Steam Deck?
- Coal Mining Simulator is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Coal Mining Simulator cost?
- Coal Mining Simulator is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Coal Mining Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Coal Mining Simulator are Sweet Toys Simulator, Alaskan Road Truckers, Gold Mining Simulator.
- Who developed Coal Mining Simulator?
- Coal Mining Simulator was developed by GamePlanet.
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