Single-player games like Mining Mike
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Mining Mike, 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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Destropolis
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
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Hordeguard: Winds of the North
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
Leap into the heart of a Viking fantasy siege where tower defense meets action combat, strategy, and co-op survival. Gather what you can, raise your defenses, fight beside your friends, and hold the line against an unending horde.
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TANK ZERO
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
TANK ZERO is an action-packed game with tanks where players build their own unique tank from various parts, such as the hull, chassis, cannon, engine, and armor. Each time, players can create different combinations of characteristics and appearances for their tank.
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OKTORAID
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
A 2-player local co-op base-defense survivor. You're wired together by a power cable — stay close to share power and hit harder. Scavenge scrap, build a fortress of turrets and walls, then survive OKTO's endless robot siege. Fully solo-playable. Couch co-op & Remote Play Together.
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Dead Broke
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
An arena roguelite where money is your life, your ammo, and your currency. Shoot, gamble, and survive in a casino from hell: every bullet costs, every coin saves you. 13 characters, 5 endings, and local co-op. The House always wins... until you stop owing it.
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Deadstone
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
Based on the inhospitable frontier world of Mars, against the backdrop of a bacterial outbreak, Deadstone offers a compelling blend of frantic combat and tower defense, backed by a highly nuanced character development system and strategic elements of resource management.
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Rogue Star Rescue
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!
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Dinotica
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to Dinotica! Stomp into a mysterious and dangerous world filled with action, adventure, and companionship! Together, you'll fight, build, farm, and more as you work toward creating a unique home that is truly your own.
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Tom Lander: The Exiled King
Single-player alternative to Mining Mike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mining Mike.
Pilot wacky aerial vehicles with silly key-based controls through an epic action packed campaign. Struggle to stay airborne while performing deliveries, rescues, firefighting missions, bombing runs, and chaotic dogfights. This game will remind you that flying is hard, but landing is harder.