Single-player games like Mining Company
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mining Company, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Pipe or Die
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
A co-op horror game for up to 6 players. Place pipes, build a factory, and make rent... or die.
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They Are Lost
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
A co-op horror about rescue missions after doomsday. You are paid to bring the lost home. Not all of you will come back.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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AsHes
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.
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Backrooms Media
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
Backrooms Media is a 1-4 player co-op horror that plunges you into unsettling, hyper-realistic liminal spaces. Navigate eerie environments filled with lurking horrors. Group up with your friends to face the terror of the endless backrooms together and... try to escape.
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Lethal Company
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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Subnautica 2
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mining Company.
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
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Sketchy's Contract
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
A 1-8 player co-op sci-fi looter horror game that takes place on a mysterious asteroid belt where players must complete contracts by traveling to exotic planets to kill creatures, find loot, and/or farm planetary materials that they must return to an ominous figure named Sketchy.
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DownhillMadness
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
DownhillMadness is a game unlike any other. Shoot hundreds of projectiles at once and then guide them through multipliers using forcefields and wind, toward goals to make the most money! Complete challenges, unlock levels, and discover new techniques.
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Catch The Fox
Single-player alternative to Mining Company — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mining Company.
Catch the Fox is a casual singleplayer action game featuring foxes that run between altars, requiring strategy and dexterity to outwit them as they get faster. Fly with the hang glider and get powerups. Or play zombie mode, where the zombie foxes chase you, as you try to survive as long as possible.