Single-player games like Mining My Own Business
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Mining My Own Business, 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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Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Mining My Own Business.
Trapped in a pit with a chainsaw, you dig down through the ice, sell what you haul up, and buy upgrades and dynamite to go deeper, faster.
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Trash Island
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
Set off on a 1-4 player co-op adventure on an island buried in trash! Collect garbage, grind it into useful materials, build your shelter, and clean up the island. Craft your own boat from scrap, head out to sea, and hunt for valuable debris drifting across the ocean.
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Minerooms
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
A minimalist game about digging through a deep, surreal tunnel. Upgrade your gear to go further, and uncover the dark secret of why no one returns from the depths. But move carefully—some cubes should remain buried.
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What's Inside the Rock?
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
Pick up rocks, slice them open, and polish them to perfection in this cozy sim. Chase rare and shiny legendaries, upgrade your workshop, and unlock new biomes - every field hides something worth keeping.
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The Spotter: Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
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.
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Forest Hustle
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
You are dropped into a forest with one goal - making money and paying off your 100k debt. Collect resources, make deals, upgrade, build and hire workers to do the job for you. 🐕
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Meltopia
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
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.
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A Game About Digging A Hole™
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mining My Own Business.
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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Saboteur
Single-player alternative to Mining My Own Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Mining My Own Business.
A Saboteur has infiltrated a science team on a space station, trying to bring it down. The Security forces must now find an eliminate him, without killing any innocent scientists, before the station goes critical.