Single-player games like Mining Grounds
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Mining Grounds, 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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Click & Mine
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.
Click & Mine is a relaxing incremental mining game. Mine various resources and use them to buy upgrades, allowing you to descend deeper and deeper while unlocking new biomes, ores and skills.
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Mining Away!
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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, and unlock powerful pickaxes!
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Mining Factory
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.
Can mine, can fight, and has sisters, collecting more than 30 types of ore such as iron ore, copper ore, manganese ore, chrome ore, vanadium ore, titanium ore, etc. Team up to break through the 100th floor
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Babel Legacy
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.
An idle game where you gather resources and grow your city. Sit back and watch your city expand!
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The Big Suck
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.
A short incremental game where you are the disaster. Destroy fields, cars, buildings. Gather wreck to grow and spend it on upgrades inside the big skill tree.
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Diggin
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mining Grounds.
Drill into the depths of a meteor crater in this incremental adventure. Mine ores, unlock upgrades and find the cosmic treasure that lies below! Can you uncover what happened to the Moles that came before you?
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Frankenmine
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.
An incremental game where you dig through cursed tombs, harvest bones, flesh, and various resources; stitch together your own creature from nothing. Discover powerful artifacts, experiment with unique combinations, and bring your creation to life—piece by piece.
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Far Mining
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mining Grounds.
Far Mining is a short and relaxing incremental game about mining asteroids. Mine resources, upgrade your ship, unlock new tools, and find your way out of deep space.
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Seeker: My Shadow
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Seeker Quest: The Creature Collector
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Cats With Standards
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Giant Horse Feeding
Single-player alternative to Mining Grounds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.