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Games like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)

  • 12 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) also play

The closest matches to Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha): Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, SimAirport, Corsair Cove, and Captain of Industry. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also City Builder and Economy, like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2015
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2015
  1. Rank 04

    Corsair Cove

    • $39.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2026
  2. Rank 06

    Timberborn

    • $34.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2026
  3. Rank 07

    Foundation

    • $34.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  4. Rank 08

    Turmoil

    Why this: Same cozy mood as Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • $12.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2016

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Cities: Skylines

    Also City Builder and Economy, like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 93% of 99,307 reviews
  2. 2
    Prison Architect

    Also Base-Building and City Builder, like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 89% of 33,775 reviews
  3. 3
    SimAirport

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 82% of 2,663 reviews
  4. 4
    Corsair Cove

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 86% of 3,443 reviews
  5. 5
    Captain of Industry

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 88% of 5,423 reviews
  6. 6
    Timberborn

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 22,640 reviews
  7. 7
    Foundation

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 86% of 10,915 reviews
  8. 8
    Turmoil

    Same cozy mood as Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 93% of 5,211 reviews
  9. 9
    Let Them Trade

    Shares tech tree progression with Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 84% of 477 reviews
  10. 10
    Project Highrise

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 85% of 2,227 reviews
  11. 11
    Oxygen Not Included

    Same contemplative mood as Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 96% of 48,352 reviews
  12. 12
    Kingdoms and Castles

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 94% of 19,354 reviews
  13. 13
    Hammerting

    Also Base-Building and Economy, like Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 54% of 1,014 reviews
  14. 14
    Industry Idle

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 78% of 618 reviews
  15. 15
    RAILGRADE

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 87% of 710 reviews
  16. 16
    Factorio

    Shares resource refinement with Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha).

    • 98% of 114,794 reviews
  17. 17
    Dwarf Fortress

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 95% of 23,734 reviews
  18. 18
    Two Point Museum

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 4,522 reviews
  19. 19
    Fill Up The Hole

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 90% of 843 reviews
  20. 20
    Let's Build a Zoo

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 90% of 2,138 reviews
  21. 21
    Farthest Frontier

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 87% of 10,450 reviews
  22. 22
    Land of the Vikings

    Genres: Strategy

    • 71% of 1,115 reviews
  23. 23
    Anno 1800

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 79% of 11,586 reviews
  24. 24
    Whiskerwood

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation, Early Access

    • 94% of 1,359 reviews
Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2020
  • Developer: A2 Softworks
  • Price: Free to play
  • 88% of 266 reviews
  • Genres: Indie, Free To Play
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Contracts reward reputation based premiums
  • Storage space forces creative building swaps
  • Tech tree unlocks critical expansions
  • Challenging
  • Contemplative
  • Cozy

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About Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)

The closest matches to Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha): Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, SimAirport, Corsair Cove, and Captain of Industry. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect and SimAirport — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and cozy, and single out its contract management and resource refinement. 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.

About Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha): Drill Deal is a unique simulator in a fun style that will draw you for hours. It's a building simulator like never before. Feel the thrill of a drill hitting underwater oil fields. Sell the precious substance and make your oil rig more efficient.

Is Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) worth buying?

  • 88% of 266 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Free to play.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, SimAirport

How this verdict works →

Frequently asked about Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)

Can I run it?

Is Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) free to play?

Yes — Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.

What games are most similar to Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) are Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, SimAirport.

Who developed Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)?

Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha) was developed by A2 Softworks and published by Manager Games S.A., Red Dev Studio S.A..