Games like mine shaft
If mine shaft is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gold Mine Dash, 帝缚山海 and Gem Blast — picked from the ranked list below. 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 mine shaft: addictive mining game where players dig deeper into the earth to find valuable minerals and upgrade their equipment. Beware of earthquakes that can damage your mine, and use explosives strategically to clear your way. With a variety of upgrades and power-ups available,
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Gold Mine Dash
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Top pick for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with mine shaft.
Dive into the depths of the gold mine, navigate through tricky puzzles, and become the ultimate treasure hunter in Gold Mine Dash!
帝缚山海
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with mine shaft.
《帝缚山海》是一款以修仙元素，山海经背景的开放式收集养成探索游戏。玩家作为修仙者，踏上一段令人激动的征程！你可以寻找、封印、培养异兽，组建最强队伍，也加入神域，强化自身，招募绝世豪侠，灵草种植，挖矿钓鱼，云游四海八荒，与仙侣双修，当圣兽被镇压，一切的阴谋才得以浮现。
Gem Blast
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Third-strongest match for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with mine shaft.
Mine gems on an infinite hex board. Play as a cute robot stranded on an alien planet. Find ship parts to repair your broken space ship. Use markers and logic to find gems and avoid bombs. Skillful play lets you dig longer. Spend gems to upgrade Dig Bot. Unlock achievements for even more power!
Gold Rush Clicker
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Ranked #4 for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with mine shaft.
Dive into "Gold Rush Clicker," an idle clicker game where you start as a novice miner. Tap to mine gold, buy upgrades, and face strategic challenges. With procedurally generated levels, stunning graphics, and Steam achievements, it's an endless journey to become the ultimate mining tycoon!
CorePiercer
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Ranked #5 for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
Because of the increase in solar radiation, the surface of the earth will soon be unable to sustain life, and people will need to move to the ground in the future. Therefore, scientists have developed high-tech trains that can shuttle underground efficiently.
Duck Life 9: The Flock
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Ranked #6 for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
Raise your ducklings into the ultimate team of racers in Duck Life 9, where everything is bigger, bolder & more beautiful than ever before! Embark on a quest as you journey across the huge Featherhaven Island, meeting new friends & taking on recruits to help topple the competition & take the crown!
Out of Order
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Ranked #7 for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with mine shaft.
New colours are constantly spawning - sort them faster than they arrive to win the round. Survive variations, purchase items, and even discover pets! Supports up to 4 local players.
Robo Miner
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Ranked #8 for mine shaft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with mine shaft.
Dig to find the ultimate diamond! Entertaining Casual Digging Game
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below mine shaft at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~75% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~50% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~63% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~75% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with mine shaft.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~50% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Casual with mine shaft.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~75% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Casual with mine shaft.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~75% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with mine shaft.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~50% under mine shaft on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with mine shaft.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with mine shaft.
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.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with mine shaft.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with mine shaft.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with mine shaft.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with mine shaft.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about mine shaft
- How much does mine shaft cost?
- mine shaft is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to mine shaft?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside mine shaft are Gold Mine Dash, 帝缚山海, Gem Blast.
- Who developed mine shaft?
- mine shaft was developed by Simon Emms and published by Retrope studio.
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