Games like Meltopia
If Meltopia is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Game About Digging A Hole™, The Spotter: Dig or Die and Miner: Dig Deep — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and cozy. 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 Meltopia: A minimalist game where you melt snow with a heat cannon to explore a mysterious frozen world. Uncover glacial secrets, collect valuable resources and ancient artifacts — and ultimately find and assemble the remains of an ancient Mammoth.
Players who liked Meltopia also play
Steam players who put hours into Meltopia 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.
A Game About Digging A Hole™
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, upgrade system and an atmospheric mood with Meltopia.
Top pick for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
The Spotter: Dig or Die
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, resource management, indie and an atmospheric mood with Meltopia.
Second-strongest match for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.
Miner: Dig Deep
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Meltopia.
Third-strongest match for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
A cozy mining platformer game. Dig deep into the earth in search of riches. Create your mine, improve your equipment, but don't get too greedy.
The Long Mine
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meltopia.
Explore claustrophobic caves, crawl through tight spaces, mine valuable minerals, upgrade your tools, and unlock perks as you level up.
MINERALS: Deep Core Mining
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Mine the vast underground and collect ores and gemstones—collect! collect! collect like crazy! “MINERALS: Deep Core Mining” is an over-the-top mining game with roguelite elements. Use the resources you gather to upgrade your abilities and take on an endless underground that changes with every run!
Hill Dig: The Mysterious Signal
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Hill Dig is a digging adventure game where you will have to explore a world full of exciting and challenging puzzles in a variety of different biomes with a custom built vehicule. Explore a 2D voxel world, solve more than a hundred puzzles, improve your vehicule and go always deeper.
POLYARIS
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Survive the Arctic in this first-person single-player game. Move by skis and boat, stay warm, dry, and hydrated, loot what's left behind, fight enemies, and escape the lonely north by any means. For fans of The Long Dark and other similar survival games.
Mining My Own Business
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Meltopia fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Enslaved you're forced underground to mine to buy your freedom. Manage stamina, weight, and torchlight as you dig for valuable ore. Sell when prices are high, upgrade your gear and shelter. Every swing of your pickaxe gets you closer to freedom. Right?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Meltopia
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PowerWash Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Meltopia.
Reviewers of Meltopia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meltopia.
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
A Game About Digging A Hole™
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, upgrade system and an atmospheric mood with Meltopia.
Reviewers of Meltopia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
Alehouse Tavern Simulator
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Meltopia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Alehouse Tavern Simulator invites you into a fantasy world where your tavern is the heart of your adventure! Fish, hunt, farm, and brew to serve your patrons. Defend your tavern from creatures, take on quests, and protect your livelihood. Adventure awaits!
Keep Digging
WHY THIS
Shares exploration, upgrade system, indie and an atmospheric mood with Meltopia.
Reviewers of Meltopia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.
Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out
WHY THIS
Shares hidden collectibles, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Meltopia.
Reviewers of Meltopia cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Meltopia at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
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 ~64% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Meltopia.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Meltopia.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Meltopia.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~76% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meltopia.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Meltopia on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
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?
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 and Casual with Meltopia.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Meltopia.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Meltopia.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meltopia.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meltopia.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
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.
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More from Garden of Dreams
Other recommendable Steam games by Garden of Dreams, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Let's Journey
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Meltopia.
Another title from Garden of Dreams, the studio behind Meltopia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Let's Journey - idle clicker rpg in amazing fantasy world. Choose your hero, roll dice and embark on an epic adventure! During the journey you will defeat hundreds of monsters, find rare equipment and meet legendary dragons.
Nordicandia
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Meltopia.
Another title from Garden of Dreams, the studio behind Meltopia. Shares Indie with Meltopia.
A semi-idle action RPG with a deep and unique crafting system. Collect epic loot, craft and merge items, and level up your character to beat the World Bosses!
Bunker 21 Extended Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Garden of Dreams, the studio behind Meltopia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
"Bunker 21" is a story-driven first-person action game in a post-apocalyptic world. You are the last survivor. Explore the secrets of Bunker 21. Fight against monsters. Find answers in a devastated world.
Up or Lava!
WHY THIS
Another title from Garden of Dreams, the studio behind Meltopia. Shares Indie and Adventure with Meltopia.
Participate in only up races with 100 players. Fall down, and you'll burn in the lava! Play with friends or other players. The last survivor wins. Could it be you?
Silicone Heart
WHY THIS
Another title from Garden of Dreams, the studio behind Meltopia. Shares Indie and Simulation with Meltopia.
Build a self-sustaining cyber farm on a planet-sized junkyard. Grow biomechanical crops, automate production, repair discarded robots, and secretly reshape a mechanical society from the inside in this cozy farming and automation adventure.
Frequently asked about Meltopia
- Does Meltopia run on Steam Deck?
- Meltopia is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Meltopia cost?
- Meltopia is listed on Steam at 4.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Meltopia?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Meltopia are A Game About Digging A Hole™, The Spotter: Dig or Die, Miner: Dig Deep.
- Who developed Meltopia?
- Meltopia was developed by Garden of Dreams.
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