Single-player games like Mad Digger
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Mad Digger, 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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Waveform
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!
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SteamWorld Dig
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
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Force of Nature
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
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Graveyard Keeper
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mad Digger.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
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UnderMine
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
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Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
Set out on a grand adventure in this turn-based, retro style, pixel-art RPG, inspired by the great titles of the 90's. Take on the roles of in-game players taking on the roles of their characters in a traditional pen and paper RPG session in the ultimate meta roleplaying experience.
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Asteroid Bounty Hunter
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
Asteroid Bounty Hunter is a space shooter mixed with interesting boss fights and breathtaking visuals, with a reward system to take your skill to another level.
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Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mad Digger.
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
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Super Motherload
Single-player alternative to Mad Digger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mad Digger.
Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play.