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Games like Mining Grounds

If Mining Grounds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Balls and Dungeons, Mining Away! and Click the Button — 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 Mining Grounds: A clicker where every click matters. Build chains, break limits, and automate everything. Place characters to trigger powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and scale your clicks to extreme levels. No rush. Just satisfying progression and smart strategy.

2026StrategyIndieCasual2.24 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Jestercraft
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Players who liked Mining Grounds also play

Steam players who put hours into Mining Grounds 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. Balls and Dungeons

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Challenging spatial puzzle platformer. Open walls and put the balls in the holes. Requires logic and tactics to complete. Lots of levels with increasing complexity. Relaxing and ambient gameplay. How deep can you get?

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mining Away!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Mining Away! is a short incremental game in which you mine ores, collect resources, progress through the vast skill tree, find rare relics, and unlock powerful pickaxes!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Click the Button

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Click the Button is an incremental game about clicking a button to receive chests that deliver incredible rewards. Improve your skills to become the strongest.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual3.39 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bills Must Be Paid

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Scratch the Ticket

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Scratch the Ticket is a first‑person incremental gambling sim where every ticket is a test of nerves. Print tickets, scratch cells, and decide: cash out now or risk it all. The outcome depends only on your choice.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Infinite Ruins

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    An incremental mining game where you manage golems, destroy blocks, unlock upgrades, and descend infinitely in search of ever more valuable resources.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Hole Is Mine

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying a divine Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'Ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'Ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. A Game About Feeding A Black Hole

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Mining Grounds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

    2025IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mining Grounds at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mining Grounds.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Mining Grounds.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mining Grounds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    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 ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    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 ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

More from Jestercraft

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

  1. Seeker: My Shadow

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Mining Grounds. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Seeker: My Shadow is a VR adventure that utilizes the versatility and possibilities of VR, sending players of all ages to an immersive adventure! You control a Giant Spirit while assisting Kippo, a small and adorable Seeker, through various puzzle levels. Go solo or solve the levels in co-op mode!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Seeker Quest: The Creature Collector

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Mining Grounds. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Build the ultimate team by catching & hatching cute 'Seeker' creatures. Power up your collection by looting artifacts, hidden abilities and grow your village to obtain new buildings and heroes. Over 30 unique playable Seeker characters awaits! Can you 'Catch & Hatch' them all?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Cats With Standards

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Mining Grounds. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Horror Visual Novel where Cats claw through filth for bones and whisper lies to mirrors. Find the Hidden-Objects, obey, smile, and repeat until the lines between rule and ruin blur, and you’re left meowing into the void.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual1.04 USDSteam ↗
  4. Buttons Up! 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Mining Grounds. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Hoard Buttons and keep them safe from stealing gnomes. Get those Buttons Up by crafting buildings, trading with merchants and by travelling to weird biomes for rare resources. Unlock new skills with prestige points and become the button master in this chill survival incremental game.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Giant Horse Feeding

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Mining Grounds. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    Giant Horse Feeding is a silly alien colony simulator where you feed a horse & collect its droppings to build an alien empire. Automate production, unlock bizarre technologies, and create an endless recycling loop where horse droppings become the foundation of your civilization.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation1.19 USDSteam ↗
  6. Incremedieval

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Jestercraft, the studio behind Mining Grounds. Shares Indie with Mining Grounds.

    An Incremental game about looting dungeons & becoming stronger

    2026ActionIndieAdventure3.74 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Bills Must Be Paid

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.

    You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hole Is Mine

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    Hole Is Mine is an incremental adventure about purifying a divine Hole. Dive inside and launch your Mini'Ohs to mine for you. Extract impurities, upgrade your power, and find hidden secrets to grow the Village, customizing your Mini'Ohs with incredible powers. The Hole has spoken!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. A Game About Feeding A Black Hole

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.

    A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying Asteroids, Planets, and Stars.

    2025IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mining Grounds

How much does Mining Grounds cost?
Mining Grounds is listed on Steam at 2.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mining Grounds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mining Grounds are Balls and Dungeons, Mining Away!, Click the Button.
Who developed Mining Grounds?
Mining Grounds was developed by Jestercraft.

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 Mining Grounds.

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