Games like The Subminer
If The Subminer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pirates: Rogue's Fortune, Crystal Harvest: Apex Operator and basecamp — 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 The Subminer: An atmospheric underwater drilling roguelite beneath the icy crust of Enceladus. Pilot your submarine, explore the depths, mine resources through procedural caves and upgrade your base. Each dive is darker and more dangerous, and you must face the terrors lurking in the shadows. Live. Dive. Repeat.
Players who liked The Subminer also play
Steam players who put hours into The Subminer 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.
Pirates: Rogue's Fortune
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
A rogue-lite action and adventure game set in the Caribbean! Explore the ocean depths in search of treasures, survive intense naval battles, and upgrade your ship to reclaim your place as the greatest pirate in a world to discover with every attempt.
Crystal Harvest: Apex Operator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Crack, mine, and sell mystical crystals while fighting alien hordes on various planets in this fast-paced incremental mining extraction roguelite hybrid experience. Earn currency to spend across upgrade categories with permanent progression and powerful builds in runs.
basecamp
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Fight waves of mutated creatures in this roguelite tower defense game. Turrets can be used to defend or to harvest — you decide! How much can you secure before being overrun?
Guns & Dragons
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Ranked #4 for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Subminer.
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There Is mORE
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Mine by day, defend by night. Unlock powerful spells, build your strategy, and survive relentless waves as you dig deeper every run.
Wildforge Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Defend against waves of enemies in this minimalistic roguelite game with base building and RPG elements. Collect resources and Craft new gear! Build structures to gain bonuses and new perks!
Sipho
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. Play in adventure or sandbox mode.
Primordialis
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Subminer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Primordialis is a physics-based roguelike fish builder. Unleash your creativity to defeat creatures using venomous tentacles, electrical shocks, or exploding children. The possibilities are endless. Explore the primordial depths to reveal its secrets and discover what lies beyond.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Subminer.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Subminer.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Subminer.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Subminer.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Pirates: Rogue's Fortune
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
A rogue-lite action and adventure game set in the Caribbean! Explore the ocean depths in search of treasures, survive intense naval battles, and upgrade your ship to reclaim your place as the greatest pirate in a world to discover with every attempt.
There Is mORE
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Mine by day, defend by night. Unlock powerful spells, build your strategy, and survive relentless waves as you dig deeper every run.
Sipho
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The Subminer.
Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. Play in adventure or sandbox mode.
Frequently asked about The Subminer
- What games are most similar to The Subminer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Subminer are Pirates: Rogue's Fortune, Crystal Harvest: Apex Operator, basecamp.
- Who developed The Subminer?
- The Subminer was developed by Tech Turtles and published by Yogscast Games, GamerSky 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 The Subminer.
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