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Single-player games like Glorgo's Microplastics Mine

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine, 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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    INCREMINER — Steam game cover

    INCREMINER

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    Build an ever-growing colony of autonomous dwarves in an immense procedural world. Mine deeper, manage resources, unlock explosive weapons and industrial vehicles, and turn a tiny settlement into a screen-filling mining empire.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Core Protocol — Steam game cover

    Deep Core Protocol

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    Deep Core Protocol is a mining incremental game where you mine ores, upgrade powerful pickaxes and skills, automate your operation with Mining AI, defeat bosses, and push deeper underground through Rebirth and New Game+.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blacksmith in a Glacier — Steam game cover

    Blacksmith in a Glacier

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    You're a blacksmith, but inside a glacier! Mine colorful gemstones and gather resources in order to craft magical equipment for various townsfolk that make the journey to visit you. Upgrade your tools to dig deeper into the glacier, gather more gemstones, and craft more powerful equipment!

    ActionIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hard Rock Clicker — Steam game cover

    Hard Rock Clicker

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    Turn a simple pickaxe into an unstoppable mining empire. Mine valuable resources, unlock powerful upgrades, automate your production, discover rare ores, and create unique builds through deep upgrade trees and game-changing synergies. Every upgrade brings you closer to unimaginable wealth.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Click & Mine — Steam game cover

    Click & Mine

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    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.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Idle DeepMiner — Steam game cover

    Idle DeepMiner

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    You control a living pickaxe capable of tearing through the world on its way to the core. Launch it downward, upgrade and modify it, and watch as a simple descent turns into a chaotic spectacle of explosions, lightning, and combos.

    2026IndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Drillbound — Steam game cover

    Drillbound

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Catnips — Steam game cover

    Space Catnips

    Single-player alternative to Glorgo's Microplastics Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Glorgo's Microplastics Mine.

    Space Catnips is an incremental game where you harvest catnips from alien planets and showcase them in your bar to attract a wide variety of space cats!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →