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Games like The Long Mine

If The Long Mine is your kind of game, the closest matches are Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw, DIG and Dig & Deal — 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 The Long Mine: Physics based Incremental Mining game. Every strike removes real geometry. Upgrades come as equipment, allowing you stack effects and combine random bonuses into your own unique build and style. Curse yourself with random effects, some make you stronger, others make life harder.

IndieSimulationCasualWindowsby Cold Lynx
The Long Mine — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Long Mine also play

Steam players who put hours into The Long Mine 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. Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Long Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Long Mine.

    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.

    2026AdventureSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. DIG

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Long Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Long Mine.

    Dig, discover, and compete in this digging hole adventure! Unearth rare treasures, sell your findings, upgrade your gear, expand holes uncover hidden secrets beneath the surface. Who will dig the deepest?

    2026AdventureSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. Dig & Deal

    WHY THIS

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

    Dig & Deal is a game where you dig underground to find valuable items and bargain with customers to sell what you find. Upgrade your tools, grow your shop, and make the best deals to build your fortune.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Drillbound

    WHY THIS

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

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. DRILLMASTER 9000

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Long Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with The Long Mine.

    Dig, collect resources, upgrade your drill and multitool, go deep underground and find a powerful shiny object.

    ActionAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  6. Meltopia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Long Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Mine.

    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.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation4.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Keep Digging

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Long Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Mine.

    Keep Digging is a digging survival craft game for up to 8 players. Explore a procedurally generated 5000m underground world, bring back ores, blueprints, and fossils, then use the smelter, forge, and enchantments to build your gear! Team up in co-op or compete for items in PvP.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Demolish & Build 2018

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Long Mine fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Mine.

    Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.

    2018IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Long Mine

What games are most similar to The Long Mine?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Long Mine are Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw, DIG, Dig & Deal.
Who developed The Long Mine?
The Long Mine was developed by Cold Lynx.

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 The Long Mine.

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