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Games like The Mine

If The Mine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition), Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition and Wanderlust: Travel Stories — 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.

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About The Mine: Embark on a captivating 3D point-and-click adventure in the copper mines of 17th-century Sweden. With a mix of humor and puzzles ranging from accessible to challenging, "The Mine" will transport you to a unique historical setting.

2024Adventure5.99 USDWindowsby Nordic Legacy Studios
The Mine — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Mine also play

Steam players who put hours into The Mine 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. Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition)

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening is an epic Egyptian adventure into the Giza Sphinx & Great Pyramid—the last of the seven ancient wonders. Explore secret chambers, discover hidden tombs, unearth sacred relics, & unravel an ancient Riddle, entombed for centuries by the ancient Egyptians!

    2021Adventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Wanderlust: Travel Stories

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.

    2019IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Unrest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!™

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    "Well behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich This is the game where good girls get better by being bad! In the 1920s, young women had a chance to change society--by misbehaving. Gather a gang of girls. Explore. Battle petty townsfolk with quick, naughty games: Fib, Flirt, Taunt...

    2009IndieRPGCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

    2019IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Heaven's Vault

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

    2019IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~83% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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 ~67% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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 ~75% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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 ~83% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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. Sally Face - Episode One

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.

    2016IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Refunct

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Refunct is a peaceful, short first-person platformer about restoring a vibrant world.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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 ↗
  8. Downwell

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure2.99 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. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Mine.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Mine

How much does The Mine cost?
The Mine is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Mine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Mine are Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition), Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition, Wanderlust: Travel Stories.
Who developed The Mine?
The Mine was developed by Nordic Legacy Studios.

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 The Mine.

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