Single-player games like The Long Mine
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Long 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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Drillbound
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Deepcore Mining
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Mine.
Mine rare ores on a distant planet and sell them to fill your corporate quota. Use your profits to buy upgrades. But beware: the deeper you dig, the greater the dangers waiting in the dark.
- 3
Meltopia
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Dirty Jobs Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Mine.
Be ready to get your hands really dirty. In this game you will have to do things that others find too disgusting. Sewage, excrements and blood are just a few examples of what awaits you. You need to be careful or else you will catch an infection. Staying in the hospital means the end of work.
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Keep Digging
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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A Game About Digging A Hole™
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Long Mine.
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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Demolish & Build 2018
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered
Single-player alternative to The Long Mine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Mine.
The premier first-person destructive house cat simulator is back with a vengeance! Play as a mischievous cat, swat your human's possessions onto the floor, scratch up curtains, smash precious keepsakes, and show your owner who's boss.