# Games like You Know The Drill

> The closest matches to You Know The Drill: Idle Deepcore, Fishing Inc, Dwarf Eats Mountain, IncreKnight, and Smash Hit Museum. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Idle Deepcore](https://imho.run/games/4527930/idle-deepcore) — Also Underground and Mining, like You Know The Drill. 73 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4527930/)
2. [Fishing Inc](https://imho.run/games/4126480/fishing-inc) — Also Cozy and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 384 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4126480/)
3. [Dwarf Eats Mountain](https://imho.run/games/4078200/dwarf-eats-mountain) — Also Mining and Incremental, like You Know The Drill. 841 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4078200/)
4. [IncreKnight](https://imho.run/games/4305480/increknight) — Also Incremental and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 326 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4305480/)
5. [Smash Hit Museum](https://imho.run/games/4182480/smash-hit-museum) — Also Mining and Cozy, like You Know The Drill. 123 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4182480/)
6. [Fortune Mill](https://imho.run/games/4731620/fortune-mill) — A frequent pick in You Know The Drill players' libraries, and another Indie. 2,492 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4731620/)
7. [Loot Loop](https://imho.run/games/3972320/loot-loop) — Also Idler, like You Know The Drill. 265 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3972320/)
8. [DO NOT FEED THE VIRUS - Incremental](https://imho.run/games/4288460/do-not-feed-the-virus-incremental) — A frequent pick in You Know The Drill players' libraries, and another Strategy. 69 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4288460/)
9. [Chef Knight](https://imho.run/games/4304930/chef-knight) — A frequent pick in You Know The Drill players' libraries, and another Action. 1,467 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4304930/)
10. [Gridkeeper](https://imho.run/games/3536380/gridkeeper) — Also Mining and Robots, like You Know The Drill. 127 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3536380/)
11. [Slots & Diapers](https://imho.run/games/4409870/slots-diapers) — Also Incremental and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 416 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4409870/)
12. [A Game About Feeding A Black Hole](https://imho.run/games/3694480/a-game-about-feeding-a-black-hole) — Also Mining and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 1,655 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3694480/)
13. [Space Rock Breaker](https://imho.run/games/4035270/space-rock-breaker) — A frequent pick in You Know The Drill players' libraries, and another Casual. 1,768 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4035270/)
14. [Digseum](https://imho.run/games/3361470/digseum) — A frequent pick in You Know The Drill players' libraries, and another Simulation. 6,090 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361470/)
15. [The Last Cat in the Universe](https://imho.run/games/4197890/the-last-cat-in-the-universe) — Also Mining and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 208 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4197890/)
16. [Keep on Mining! - Worlds](https://imho.run/games/4286550/keep-on-mining-worlds) — Also Mining and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 430 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4286550/)
17. [Budgie's Bug Shop](https://imho.run/games/4279120/budgie-s-bug-shop) — Also Incremental and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 453 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4279120/)
18. [(the) Gnorp Apologue](https://imho.run/games/1473350/the-gnorp-apologue) — Also Mining and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 7,161 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1473350/)
19. [Kin and Quarry](https://imho.run/games/3505770/kin-and-quarry) — Also Underground and Mining, like You Know The Drill. 211 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3505770/)
20. [Fracture Field](https://imho.run/games/3946110/fracture-field) — Also Mining and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 116 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3946110/)
21. [Click and Conquer](https://imho.run/games/3267900/click-and-conquer) — Also Idler, like You Know The Drill. 1,338 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3267900/)
22. [Particul](https://imho.run/games/4273120/particul) — Also Mining and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 413 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4273120/)
23. [The Greenening](https://imho.run/games/3441280/the-greenening) — Also Cozy and Idler, like You Know The Drill. 301 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3441280/)
24. [Drop and Grow](https://imho.run/games/4268890/drop-and-grow) — Also Incremental and Cozy, like You Know The Drill. 106 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4268890/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3833760&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3833760&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3833760&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=3833760
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/3833760
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About You Know The Drill

You Know The Drill is a relaxing incremental mining game about digging underground to harvest ores. Collect resources and use them to upgrade your drill and go even deeper!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 3833760
- **Developer:** ludokai
- **Publisher:** Catoptric Games
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual
- **Categories:** Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime
- **Released:** Jun 4, 2026
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/3833760/you-know-the-drill)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=3833760&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3833760/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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