Single-player games like Coal Mining Simulator
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Coal Mining Simulator, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Gold Mining Simulator
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Train Mechanic Simulator 2017
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Jalopy
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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Fernbus Simulator
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Truck & Logistics Simulator
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Junkyard Simulator
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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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Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.
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Universe Sandbox
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Coal Mining Simulator.
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
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Out of Ore
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
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Gold Miner
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 ?!
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Gold Rush
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Stake your claim on the frontier in this fast-paced Wild West RTS.
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Split - manipulate time, make clones and solve cyber puzzles from the future!
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Coal Mining Simulator.
In the future, giant city-states have emerged, separated from each other by indestructible barriers. Most professions have been taken over by machines. People work mainly as mechanics, programmers or operators.
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Restaurant Renovator
Single-player alternative to Coal Mining Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Coal Mining Simulator.
Become a Restaurant Renovator who knows the recipe for the success and helps failing restaurant to rise from their knees! Create a brand new venue! You can tear down the walls and get rid of the floors, destroy, rebuild, redecorate to make a place of your dreams and get the best reviews!