Games like Out of Ore
If Out of Ore is your kind of game, the closest matches are Start Over, Pathless Woods and Factorio — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its machine controls feel authentic, massive excavators and dozers and challenging. 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 →Out of Ore is a 2022 strategy-adventure-simulation hybrid developed by North Modding Company AB that tasks players with open-pit mining and large-scale terraforming using heavy industrial equipment. The game features physics-based dirt simulation and vehicle operation mechanics alongside factory-design and processing-chain construction systems. Players can tackle the challenging sandbox experience solo or cooperatively via online multiplayer, with the session structure supporting short play sessions. Reviewers highlight the authentic feel of machine controls and the scale of the available excavators and dozers. Players describe the overall experience as challenging yet contemplative and relaxing, with unlimited terraforming possibilities providing long-term creative engagement. The game holds an 85% positive rating from 2339 Steam reviews and is not currently supported on Steam Deck, priced at $24.99 USD.
About Out of Ore: A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Players who liked Out of Ore also play
Steam players who put hours into Out of Ore also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Start Over
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Out of Ore.
Top pick for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Out of Ore.
Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?
Pathless Woods
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Out of Ore.
Second-strongest match for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Out of Ore.
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Out of Ore.
Third-strongest match for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Out of Ore.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Out of Ore.
Ranked #4 for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Out of Ore.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Out of Ore.
Ranked #5 for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Out of Ore.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
The Forest
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Out of Ore.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
FOUNDRY
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Out of Ore.
Ranked #7 for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Out of Ore.
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
Rising World
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Out of Ore.
Ranked #8 for Out of Ore fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Out of Ore.
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Out of Ore at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Out of Ore on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Out of Ore.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Out of Ore on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Out of Ore.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Out of Ore on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Out of Ore.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Out of Ore on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Out of Ore.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Out of Ore on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Out of Ore.
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 ~68% under Out of Ore on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Out of Ore.
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?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Out of Ore.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Out of Ore.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Out of Ore.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Out of Ore.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Out of Ore.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Out of Ore.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Factorio
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Out of Ore.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Out of Ore.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Out of Ore.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Out of Ore.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Out of Ore.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation with Out of Ore.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Frequently asked about Out of Ore
- Does Out of Ore work on Steam Deck?
- Out of Ore is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Out of Ore cost?
- Out of Ore is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Out of Ore have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Out of Ore supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Out of Ore?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Out of Ore are Start Over, Pathless Woods, Factorio.
- Who developed Out of Ore?
- Out of Ore was developed by North Modding Company AB.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Out of Ore.
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