Single-player games like Exo Digger
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Exo Digger, 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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Engineer Alpha
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exo Digger.
An open world survival and automation game. Engineer Alpha combines an infinite editable world, building and connecting of automated machinery, and RPG style player progression.
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PlanetMars3D: Spirit Mission
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exo Digger.
Explore Mars in 3D through real Pancam photographs from NASA's Spirit rover. Glide between images with detail that sharpens as you approach, and skim thousands of rover photos at a glance — manual mode, slideshow, or automated flythrough. Photo credit: JPL / NASA / Cornell / ASU
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Asteroid Rodeo
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exo Digger.
Asteroids are worth trillions. They're also spinning at 200 meters per second. You are a Wrangler—harpoon tumbling rocks, wrestle them to a dead stop with your custom-built ship, and mine them for credits. The pay is good. The survival rate is a conversation people avoid.
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Utopia Colony
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exo Digger.
The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.
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Planetary Settlers
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exo Digger.
Planetary Settlers is a family friendly game with real benefits! Learn about the solar system as you play. Experience realistic gravity as you control Blue 42 on each planet, completing mini games, uncovering secrets, solving puzzles, and completing quizzes to enhance your abilities!
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Outerverse
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exo Digger.
Build automated machines and weapons across the universe, beat massive bosses, experience cosmic events and explore unique landmarks in this quest driven automation crafting adventure game. Includes a manual scenario for crafting instead of machines for those not a fan of logic/automation!
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A Game About Digging A Hole™
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Exo Digger.
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!
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Take On Mars
Single-player alternative to Exo Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Exo Digger.
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.