Single-player games like Drill and Delve
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Drill and Delve, 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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A Totally Legal Archaeology Adventure
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
An action-adventure digging and exploration game. Your job? Travel across remote islands, dig up ancient artifacts, and curate the most impressive museum the world has ever seen!
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Mining My Own Business
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
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?
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No Man's Mines
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
Dig into fully destructible spherical planets and carve real caves from crust to molten core. Mine rare minerals, refine ore, and upgrade your suit and ship. Travel between worlds and fight pirates in open space. How deep can you go before your oxygen runs out?
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Wild Frontier
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Drill and Delve.
Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature.
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DROPTCH
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
Stranded upon an island and surrounded by an ancient sea, you awaken...
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A Game About Digging A Hole™
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
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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Engineer Alpha
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Drill and Delve.
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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Exo Digger
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
Exo Digger is a relaxing mining simulator set on a distant planet. Dig deep, extract rare minerals, upgrade your equipment, and expand your inventory. Explore the depths, but beware some areas of the mines may be dangerous. Who knows what secrets this planet holds beneath its surface?
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Starcom: Unknown Space
Single-player alternative to Drill and Delve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Drill and Delve.
Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.