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Games like Mining Factory

If Mining Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mining Copper, From atom to modern and Outpost Engineer — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploit unintended resource loops, exploration reveals hidden resources and atmospheric. 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.

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About Mining Factory: Can mine, can fight, and has sisters, collecting more than 30 types of ore such as iron ore, copper ore, manganese ore, chrome ore, vanadium ore, titanium ore, etc. Team up to break through the 100th floor

2022StrategyIndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDWindowsby Yamate
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Players who liked Mining Factory also play

Steam players who put hours into Mining Factory 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.

  1. Mining Copper

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    Collect copper ore and pass through various smelting equipment to produce copper plates.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. From atom to modern

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mining Factory.

    Second-strongest match for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    From the manufacture of monoatomic hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine and neon, to the creation of the earth, from apes to Homo erectus, to nuclear weapons, rockets, to artificial intelligence, to exploring the universe.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Outpost Engineer

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mining Factory.

    Third-strongest match for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    Outpost engineer is a first person factory automation game set on a volcanic island. Build your base, dig into the terrain, use assembly lines to automate production. Explore, study and catalogue.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. SynthetiCell BioClicker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    SynthetiCell BioClicker is an Idle incremental simulator where you bring to life a colony of synthetic automaton cells. Inspired by the classic 'Game of Life' by mathematician John Horton Conway (1970) about the evolution of an organism. Can you guide your colony to prosperity?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Military Incremental Complex

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mining Factory.

    Ranked #5 for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.

    2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hammerting

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mining Factory.

    Ranked #6 for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Fracture Field

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mining Factory.

    Ranked #7 for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fidget Spinner RPG

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Mining Factory.

    Ranked #8 for Mining Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    Fidget Spinner RPG is a clicker/incremental RPG game in which you craft items and level up abilities to make a fidget spinner spin at absurd, ever increasing speeds.

    2023IndieSimulationRPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mining Factory at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mining Factory.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mining Factory.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mining Factory.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Mining Factory.

    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.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mining Factory.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Mining Factory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mining Factory.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Factory.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mining Factory.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Yamate

Other recommendable Steam games by Yamate, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. 邪神大陆(Evil God Land)

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Indie with Mining Factory.

    Abundant weapon skill system, open 3D fantasy world, clear game goals RPG defensive game, guarding the crystal and exploring the upgrade of monsters

    2021IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Peach Territory

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mining Factory.

    Xiao Xuan entered the peach blossom realm, fell in love with a girl, practiced and defeated the devil Nearly a thousand pictures of beautiful women, all kinds of clothes, very beautiful. Very tempting

    2022IndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fantasy Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mining Factory.

    A hero placement type tower defense game, you can hang up to generate fragments, fight monsters to earn money, and upgrade cards

    2022StrategyCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Art Girl 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    2d card game, customize skills through cards, brush monsters, brush money, brush equipment games, there are some beautiful pictures of girls

    2023StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. From atom to modern

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Mining Factory.

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    From the manufacture of monoatomic hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine and neon, to the creation of the earth, from apes to Homo erectus, to nuclear weapons, rockets, to artificial intelligence, to exploring the universe.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mining Copper

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    Collect copper ore and pass through various smelting equipment to produce copper plates.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Idle interstellar Factory 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    This is a factory game based on text and 2d drag and drop. You need to complete the process from mining resources to the final interstellar resource mining and transportation. You will continue to unlock new technologies and experience many unexpected challenges along the way.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Alien Planet Survival

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Yamate, the studio behind Mining Factory. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Factory.

    You drift in space, land on a random planet, collect materials, survive, develop civilization technology, conquer more planets, idle automation factory game

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mining Factory

How much does Mining Factory cost?
Mining Factory is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mining Factory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mining Factory are Mining Copper, From atom to modern, Outpost Engineer.
Who developed Mining Factory?
Mining Factory was developed by Yamate.

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 Mining Factory.

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