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Games like Pup & Mole: Gold Rush

If Pup & Mole: Gold Rush is your kind of game, the closest matches are Next In Line: Supermarket, Railway Empire and Railway Empire 2 — 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 Pup & Mole: Gold Rush: Join Pup & Mole on a cozy mining adventure across 7 historical areas. Hop into your minecart, build rail tracks, and dig deeper for hidden artifacts. Upgrade your gear, unlock new tools, and complete your collection while earning money by selling gold and rare treasures.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationRPGCasualWindows · macOS · Linuxby Rogue Duck Interactive
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Players who liked Pup & Mole: Gold Rush also play

Steam players who put hours into Pup & Mole: Gold Rush 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. Next In Line: Supermarket

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Become a cashier at a charming local supermarket! Scan, bag, and total up groceries for a quirky stream of customers. Each checkout is cozy, complete with mini-games. Carefully bag your items, restock inventory, upgrade the mart, and keep the line moving.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Railway Empire

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Railway Empire 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Bounty Train

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Where is My Pet?

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Where is My Pet? is a hidden object, sorting, and animal game! Run your cozy shelter: place animals, sell them to loving homes, upgrade your shelter, build your dream house, and search the city for pets. Can you turn a shabby shelter into a profitable business?

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSteam ↗
  6. Tiny Patisserie

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Run your own cozy pastry shop. 🍰 Spot what customers are craving, combine and box up sweet treats, and jump into hands-on minigames for every order. Unlock new recipes, upgrade your tools, and grow your tiny shop into a thriving neighborhood favorite.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Chipmatic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Chipmatic is an incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot on a mission to reach Earth’s core. Explore underground, find buried blueprints, research technologies and upgrade yourself to create the best (and only) factory on Earth!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Transpawt Train

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pup & Mole: Gold Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    A casual, cozy strategy game where you design the first railroad in Paw-City! Draw railroads between animal towns and start running trains. Design efficient Railroads for the cute animal residents. Build your own Paw-City!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    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 ↗
  2. 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 Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    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 ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Coming soon from Rogue Duck Interactive

Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from Rogue Duck Interactive — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.

  1. Replay Value: Second Hand Games

    WHY THIS

    Announced upcoming release from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Run a second-hand game store from scratch! A Job Simulator where you buy and sell used games, negotiate with colorful customers, make profit and upgrade your shop! Clean up retro finds, and stack your shelves with the most popular game with replay value!

    Releases Sep 7, 2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Ugoku Sushi Bar

    WHY THIS

    Announced upcoming release from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Become a sushi chef in a cozy Japanese conveyor belt sushi bar! 🍣 Prepare sushi on your crafting table, serve quirky customers, learn new recipes, unlock fresh ingredients, upgrade your kitchen, and build relationships with your regular customers.

    Releases Jul 29, 2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Mixed Spirits: Bartender

    WHY THIS

    Announced upcoming release from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Run a cozy bar, make cocktails for fun customers! 🍸 Mixed Spirits is a Job Simulator where you work as a bartender. Take orders, mix custom drinks, and discover secret recipes in a chill, creative night-shift experience with no timers or stress, or rush orders in Happy Hour mode!

    Releases Sep 15, 2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

More from Rogue Duck Interactive

Other recommendable Steam games by Rogue Duck Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Lost But Found

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Organize and give out lost items! Lost But Found is a job simulator game where you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. Upgrade your office, manage requests, collect stickers, and more.

    2024StrategySimulationCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ship, Inc.

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Run a wholesome shipping business! Ship, Inc. is a cozy job simulator where you are a packaging employee in a parcel shipment company. Follow the shipment orders, choose the package size, and prepare parcels. Upgrade your office, deliver orders safely and quickly!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cats & Cups

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Play as a barista in a cat-inspired coffee shop, where your customers are cats! Brew coffee and various drinks. Wholesome and cozy hand-drawn art, various mini-games and a lot of cats & coffee! Learn to craft complex orders, keep your catstomers happy. 🐱☕

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Witchy Business

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cozy Organizer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Organize, decorate, align, and stack items in cozy environments, just like those TikTok videos. Cozy Organizer is a cute wholesome sandbox organizing game, where stress melts away one tidy shelf at a time! Enjoy stacking perfect pantries and designing dream closets with relaxing tunes.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and RPG with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters is an inventory auto-battler with a monster-trainer twist! Collect Cosmions and items, and strategically manage your backpack to create unbeatable combos in tactical duels. Rise through the leagues to become the ultimate Cosmion master!

    2024StrategyRPGCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vending Machine Co.

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Treasure Beach

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Rogue Duck Interactive, the studio behind Pup & Mole: Gold Rush. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

    Scavenge the beach and run a cozy trinket shop by the sea! Find hidden treasures or trash, clean and repair your finds, put them up for sale, and upgrade your workshop. Dig deeper and faster to make more money and buy back the beach from the greedy hotel.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pup & Mole: Gold Rush

What games are most similar to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pup & Mole: Gold Rush are Next In Line: Supermarket, Railway Empire, Railway Empire 2.
Who developed Pup & Mole: Gold Rush?
Pup & Mole: Gold Rush was developed by Rogue Duck Interactive and published by Rogue Duck Interactive, Gamersky Games.

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 Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.

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