Games like Super Motherload
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Mining Mechs and Deep Rock Galactic play most like Super Motherload. Of the 13 closest games below, most share its mining and underground; 2 came out in the last year, 13 are free or under $10 and 5 have co-op. The best known is Deep Rock Galactic, with 303,464 Steam reviews.
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Mining Mechs
Oct 27, 2023 · Delayed Victory
Both: Mining · Underground
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
Co-opOnline Co-OpMultiplayerMiningSingleplayerUndergroundAdventureCasualRobotsExploration👍 2,586Deep Rock Galactic
May 13, 2020 · Ghost Ship Games
Both: Loot
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
DwarvesCo-opPvEFPSProcedural GenerationClass-BasedShooterExplorationFirst-PersonLoot👍 303,464Miner: Dig Deep
Nov 27, 2020 · Substance Games
Both: Mining · Loot · Underground
A cozy mining platformer game. Dig deep into the earth in search of riches. Create your mine, improve your equipment, but don't get too greedy.
MiningLootRelaxingAdventurePlatformer2D PlatformerProcedural GenerationSimulationUndergroundExploration👍 242BORE BLASTERS
Mar 8, 2024 · 8BitSkull
Both: Mining · Loot
Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.
DwarvesMiningExplorationLootActionProcedural GenerationRogueliteAction RoguelikeCollectathonCasual👍 710Meltopia
May 1 · Garden of Dreams
Both: Mining · Underground · Loot
A minimalist game where you melt snow with a heat cannon to explore a mysterious frozen world. Uncover glacial secrets, collect valuable resources and ancient artifacts — and ultimately find and assemble the remains of an ancient Mammoth.
ExplorationMiningSandboxUndergroundSnowLootProcedural GenerationCasualIndieFirst-Person👍 1,708Super Mining Mechs
Oct 25, 2024 · Delayed Victory
Both: Underground
Build your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
Online Co-OpSide ScrollerCollectathonSandboxCharacter CustomizationMechs2DRelaxingSteampunkUnderground👍 848SteamWorld Dig
Dec 5, 2013 · Image & Form Games
Both: Mining
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.
PlatformerMiningMetroidvaniaSteampunkIndieAdventureWestern2DRobotsAction👍 6,521A Game About Digging A Hole™
Feb 7, 2025 · DoubleBee
Both: Mining · Underground
A minimalist game about digging a hole in the garden of a newly purchased house. Collect resources, sell them, upgrade your equipment and discover a mysterious secret. Costs you only one coffee!
ExplorationMiningSandboxVoxelHorrorSimulationEconomyCraftingSingleplayerUnderground👍 18,822DigDigDrill
Dec 9, 2024 · Toorai
Both: Mining · Underground · Loot
DigDigDrill is an underground mining and resource collecting game. Dig freely for minerals and treasures. Use the items you collect to forge your original drills in a hack-and-slash style equipment system.
MiningCollectathonUndergroundExplorationHack and SlashCharacter CustomizationLootDestructionPuzzleRelaxing👍 610DIG Raiders: Anomaly Extraction
Sep 11 · Soda Game Studio
Both: Mining
DIG Raiders is a co-op game about blasting underground in search of aliens. Deep in debt, you've taken on a mysterious dig site. Team up, blow a path below, explore, find aliens, and put them to work in your alien shopping district—or ditch the job and start an all-out brawl with your friends!
MiningOnline Co-OpExploration3DAdventureActionThird PersonCo-opFirst-PersonHorrorMy Little Universe
Oct 5, 2023 · Estoty
Both: Mining
Stranded on a barren moon with nothing but your tools, fuelless ship, and celestial powers of creation, you are destined to recreate what was once lost and be the hero of your own Little Universe! Don't forget to call in up to three of your friends to join your journey in the Splitscreen Co-op Mode!
MiningExplorationDungeon CrawlerSandboxCraftingSurvivalCharacter CustomizationSpace3DAction👍 1,504Ad Fundum
Jun 13, 2024 · Oldbut Gold
Both: Mining · Underground
Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?
MiningCollectathonUndergroundSteampunkMechsCharacter CustomizationExplorationSci-fiProcedural GenerationSimulation👍 431Traxion 2
Jun 2, 2025 · Play With Fire UG
Both: Local Co-Op · Local Multiplayer · Underground
TRAXION 2 is a cave-flyer with single-player, two-player local co-op, and deathmatch modes. Explore alien caves, battle enemies, and tow crystals to the surface with your tractor beam before your fuel runs out.
PhysicsAdventureLocal Co-OpSpaceExplorationCombatLocal MultiplayerActionShooterUnderground
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Hydroneer
May 8, 2020 · Foulball Hangover
Both: Mining
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Base BuildingAutomationMiningSandboxCo-opMultiplayerOpen WorldBuildingFunnySimulation👍 27,170Amazing Frog?
Nov 21, 2014 · Fayju
Both: Local Multiplayer · 4 Player Local · Local Co-Op
Amazing Frog? is an openworld, sandbox, physics game. Grand Frog Auto in Swindon, with farting ragdoll frogs.
Early AccessSandboxPhysicsOpen WorldSplit ScreenExplorationLocal Multiplayer4 Player LocalLocal Co-OpAction-Adventure👍 11,175Wall World
Apr 5, 2023 · Alawar
Both: Mining
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
RogueliteMiningPixel GraphicsTower DefenseRoguelikeStrategyDifficultExplorationProcedural GenerationMechs👍 11,412Turmoil
Jun 2, 2016 · Gamious
Both: Mining
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
ManagementMiningStrategyTime ManagementResource ManagementTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerSingleplayerRelaxingAsynchronous Multiplayer👍 13,167
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