Games like Dataminers
If Dataminers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anonymized, Shorted and Absorber: Absorb Adapt Survive — 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 Dataminers: Get inside the mind of an ethical hacker and race against the firewall as you collect data, hack terminals and bring enemies down from the inside. Dataminers is a casual logic game, where you climb and clear towers full of data mines.
Players who liked Dataminers also play
Steam players who put hours into Dataminers 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.
Anonymized
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Play as a digital rat and hack your way into the retro-futuristic grid-based movement puzzle world of Anonymized, where you shift hues and dive layers deep in search of the one true Source Cheese.
Shorted
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
SHORTED is a puzzle roguelike deckbuilder about tracing same-color Packets into scoring shapes. Tune your deck, combine rule-bending Patches, and break through six hostile Firewalls.
Absorber: Absorb Adapt Survive
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
Hijack enemy processes. Steal their kits. A tactical roguelike on a 7×7 grid where every enemy is carrying something you can take lifesteal, defense, entire ability kits. Build from 250+ programs. The system adapts to hunt you. Permadeath. No negotiations.
Inearth
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
A tactical turn-based roguelite with environmental interactions, spellcrafting, and deckbuilding. Descend into the Hollow Earth. As above, so below.
Zero Trust
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
Hacker vs IT
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
A game to show how really a fight between a Hacker and a IT worker works and how hackers operate. Old MS-DOS game.
Cybergrid Runner
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
This is a turn based stealth game set in a cyber city. Help the hacker infiltrate the system by sliding the 5x5 tile system. Avoid detection, collect powerful implant upgrades and weapons. Brace yourself for endlessly thrilling playthroughs, as each session unveils procedurally generated labyrinth.
Netspectre
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dataminers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Infiltrate corporate networks, conspire with contacts in boutique bars, then change the world forever by making the one final, impossible run. Become a true Netspectre, an elite hacker-for-hire, in this cyberpunk hacker roguelike.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dataminers at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~84% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dataminers on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
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!
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
100 Capitalist Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dataminers.
🐱💼 100 Capitalist Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Wall Street! 😻💰💵 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of New York, heart of Capitalism, as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
D1AL-ogue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dataminers.
Become an android repair technician in a cyberpunk city where the sun never rises. Rotate the unique circular puzzle 'D1AL' and merge modules to fix their broken bodies and hearts. Your precise repair is the conversation starter. Turn the dial and listen to their stories.
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Frequently asked about Dataminers
- How much does Dataminers cost?
- Dataminers is listed on Steam at 6.29 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dataminers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dataminers are Anonymized, Shorted, Absorber: Absorb Adapt Survive.
- Who developed Dataminers?
- Dataminers was developed by Electrocosmos and published by Application Systems Heidelberg.
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 Dataminers.
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