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Games like Vacant's Mine

If Vacant's Mine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mind the Clown, Mind the Clown: Reborn and Chalet — 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 Vacant's Mine: So you’ve been arrested? No Problem! In Vacant’s Mine you can regain your freedom in just 7 Days! With a Mine Railway and a Plunger you’ll navigate through an abandoned mine to steal eggs. But beware of the Greebs, they have terrifying big mouths and razor sharp teeth!

2024Adventure4.99 USDWindowsby Refugium Games
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Players who liked Vacant's Mine also play

Steam players who put hours into Vacant's 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. Mind the Clown

    WHY THIS

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

    Move carefully and hide from the demonic clown stalking you. Burn circus posters to break the curse and save your life.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mind the Clown: Reborn

    WHY THIS

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

    A first-person survival horror game set in a cursed circus twisted by childhood memories. Escape a demonic clown and explore danger-filled attractions. Hide, flee and burn the posters to break the curse before it claims your life.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Chalet

    WHY THIS

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

    You drive home unaware, when a sudden accident leaves your car broken. Stranded and searching for help, you stumble upon a remote chalet deep in the woods. Alone and uncertain, you must uncover the secrets of this place to survive and escape.

    2025Adventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. PROCEDURE ZERO

    WHY THIS

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

    In this prison, cigarettes buy information, and information opens doors. Talk to inmates, read patrols and uncover what the institution is hiding. You are not in the register — and someone who officially does not exist is still knocking. First-person stealth with psychological horror underneath.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Nosophobia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Vacant's Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Vacant's Mine.

    A psychological survival horror about a former soldier who goes to an abandoned psychiatric hospital in search of his missing sister. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, uncover secrets of the past, and decide how far you're willing to go for Lana.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  6. CALL OF CUTIE

    WHY THIS

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

    CALL OF CUTIE is a single-player horror adventure set inside a vast, terrifying laboratory. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, fight frightening enemies, and rescue the victims trapped inside. Choose your own path with Bubbles and find a way to escape.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. The Chaput's Baby

    WHY THIS

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

    The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.

    2022IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Intruders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Vacant's Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Intruders is a survival horror / strategy game where you get kidnapped and in order to save your life you will need to survive five nights. Use camera system and environment to defend yourself against different intruders.

    2023Indie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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 ~60% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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 ~70% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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 ~80% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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 ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's Mine.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TOEM: A Photo Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's Mine.

    Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!

    2021IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Aventura Copilului Albastru și Urât

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Vacant's Mine on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Vacant's Mine.

    Pornește într-o aventură scurtă de uitat în maxim 30min după ce ai închis jocul! Ce mai aștepți? Aventura îl urmărește pe Copilul Albastru și Urât într-o lume bizară, seara. 2D Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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 ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Vacant's 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 ↗
  8. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Vacant's Mine

How much does Vacant's Mine cost?
Vacant's Mine is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Vacant's Mine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vacant's Mine are Mind the Clown, Mind the Clown: Reborn, Chalet.
Who developed Vacant's Mine?
Vacant's Mine was developed by Refugium Games.

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 Vacant's Mine.

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