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Games like Drillbound

If Drillbound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Planet No More, Sporbs and Artillery Miner — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Drillbound: Drillbound is a short incremental game about mining your way to the planet’s core. Crush layers of rock, gather resources, upgrade your drill, and unlock powerful machines as you descend into the depths.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationCasualWindowsby TimeSeeker
Drillbound — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Drillbound 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.

  1. Planet No More

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Drillbound.

    Planet No More is an arcade-incremental game where you build a fleet to dynamically shatter celestials. With every weapon and fleet upgrade, you'll advance deep into the galaxy, strategically shattering planets to their cores to unlock the next celestial.

    StrategyCasualSteam ↗
  2. Sporbs

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drillbound.

    A relaxing incremental game where you harvest resources from alien organisms. Upgrade your extraction technology, discover unique abilities, manage resources, automate a factory and unlock new areas to maximise your yield.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Artillery Miner

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drillbound.

    An incremental mining game, where you mine through massive blocks using guns, fire, lasers and nuclear missiles. Discover new ores, unlock new worlds and weapons as you progress through the upgrades tree and become the ultimate Artillery Miner!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Click & Mine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drillbound.

    Click & Mine is a relaxing incremental mining game. Mine various resources and use them to buy upgrades, allowing you to descend deeper and deeper while unlocking new biomes, ores and skills.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. Mining and Dwarves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Drillbound.

    An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. The Last Mothership

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Drillbound.

    A short incremental game about harvesting planets to feed your mothership. Mine, manage resources, grow your fleet, and unlock upgrades to evolve your species. You are the devourer of worlds.

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  7. You Know The Drill

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drillbound.

    You Know The Drill is a relaxing incremental mining game about digging underground to harvest ores. Collect resources and use them to upgrade your drill and go even deeper!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Crystal Ascend

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Drillbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Drillbound.

    A simple incremental game where you nurture crystal elementals by destroying floating crystals and harvesting aether. Upgrade the skill tree, unlock new abilities to gather resources faster, and build your ultimate crystal companions.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drillbound.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drillbound.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drillbound.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Drillbound.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Drillbound.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drillbound.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drillbound.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Drillbound.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Drillbound

What games are most similar to Drillbound?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Drillbound are Planet No More, Sporbs, Artillery Miner.
Who developed Drillbound?
Drillbound was developed by TimeSeeker.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Drillbound.

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