Single-player games like Underground Miner
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Underground Miner, 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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Arcane Dash - A Pixel Adventure
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underground Miner.
Relive the past with Arcane Dash - A Pixel Adventure! You are Ilenor the Brave, who has had 4 precious items stolen from him (including his cat, Shadowtongue!), and it's up to you to help him get them back by guiding him through 36 levels of pure chaos, filled with various enemies and deathtraps!
- 2
MoonLess
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Underground Miner.
Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
- 3
WoolDown
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underground Miner.
A cozy 2D incremental game about Polly the miner sheep: dig underground, gather resources, explore biomes, upgrade your abilities, and venture deeper and deeper.
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Freddy Farmer
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underground Miner.
Freddy's daughter has been kidnapped by an evil dragon. To rescue her, he must cross the entire kingdom taking some ingredients with which to make a magic potion, but it won't be easy, they must be collected in a specific order and Freddy will have to overcome the dangers he finds in his path.
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Supershot
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underground Miner.
The best of gaming's golden age with modern functionality
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Star Keeper
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Underground Miner.
Curious why gamers in the 80s were so addicted to NES games? Star Keeper will take you on a journey to experience the joy of staying up all night to beat this NES game!
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Donald Jump
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Underground Miner.
A brutally difficult one-button precision platformer. Leap, dodge, and survive through 50 deadly levels with only 10 lives. Simple controls, punishing design—can you conquer the chaos, or will you rage-quit like the rest?
- 8
Macheesmo: The Animated Series: The Game
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underground Miner.
The Classic 1991 Platformer comes to Steam!
- 9
4K Bricks Breaker Plus
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Underground Miner.
Classic bricks breaker game expanded by weapons and much more.You can decide what will be added to this game!
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TIS - True Idle Simulator
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Underground Miner.
How long can You do nothing?
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TIS 2 - True Idle Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Underground Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Underground Miner.
How long can You do nothing?