Single-player games like Mine or Burn
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Mine or Burn, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Mine or Burn page.
Ranked picks
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Screen Survivors
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mine or Burn.
An idle survivor-like that sits in the corner of your screen.
- 2

Space Mine Raider
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mine or Burn.
Space Mine Raider is a mining and bullet hell incremental game with a focus on strong power progression and combat. Warp in, mine resources, fight enemies and bosses, and extract with your spoils to upgrade your ship.
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Soul Reaper: Endless Harvest
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mine or Burn.
Reap souls. Open the portal. Extract or risk it all. A skill-based bullet heaven where every battle is a short harvest. Souls reaped before the portal are safe, souls after are at risk. Spend them in a permanent skill tree, beat the level, push to the next.
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Ore Legacy
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mine or Burn.
A retro CRT-style incremental mining game set in deep space. Expand your station, automate extraction fleets, harvest stars, and pay down an impossible debt.
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Power Of The Sun
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mine or Burn.
Empower the sun and drive forward the engine of creation of the universe. Collect cosmic resources, generate energy, and evolve through a galaxy of upgrades. Burn brighter and radiate light into the universe!
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Catnip Cosmos
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mine or Burn.
Shoot. Upgrade. Incrementally progress further. Pilot cat-operated spaceships on timed Zoomies runs in this space shooter. Combine pilots for powerful synergies, defeat boss challenges to unlock new weapons and improve exponentially.
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Idle Survivor
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mine or Burn.
Your ship is stranded and cannot move. Something out here has woken up, and it breeds faster than you can kill it. All you can do is upgrade your arsenal and fight back, wave after wave, for as long as you can hold.
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Space Vampires
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mine or Burn.
Build a vampire space station, trap humans, and farm blood in this incremental idler. Choose your path to the apocalypse and take revenge on humanity.
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Descent Vector: Space Runner
Single-player alternative to Mine or Burn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mine or Burn.
Descend at extreme speed through a deadly sci-fi gauntlet in Descent Vector, a high-intensity endless runner where precision, destruction, and mastery collide. Smash through space stations, survive relentless acceleration, and compete for global leaderboard dominance.