Games like Meltopia
by Garden of Dreams
A Game About Digging A Hole™ and BORE BLASTERS play most like Meltopia. Of the 13 closest games below, most share its mining and exploration; 1 came out in the last year, 12 are free or under $10 and 2 have co-op. The best known is Hydroneer, with 27,170 Steam reviews.
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A Game About Digging A Hole™
Feb 7, 2025 · DoubleBee
Both: Exploration · Mining · Sandbox
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👍 18,822BORE BLASTERS
Mar 8, 2024 · 8BitSkull
Both: Mining · Exploration · 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👍 710Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw
2 days ago · Four Games
Both: Mining · Underground · Exploration
Trapped in a pit with a chainsaw, you dig down through the ice, sell what you haul up, and buy upgrades and dynamite to go deeper, faster.
MiningUndergroundEconomyExplorationFirst-PersonVoxelPhysicsLootMysteryAtmosphericPANELKI
Mar 4, 2022 · Alexander Gromyko
Both: Snow · Sandbox · Procedural Generation
A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
SnowAtmosphericOpen WorldSandboxProcedural GenerationFirst-PersonCinematicWalking SimulatorRelaxingSimulation👍 2,412Miasma Caves
Feb 28, 2020 · Windy Games
Both: Exploration · Mining · Procedural Generation
Miasma Caves is an explorative action-adventure game. You'll explore a procedurally generated cave system hunting for treasure then try and make it back to town to restock and check in with the villagers before trying to venture deeper.
3D PlatformerExplorationMiningVoxelProcedural GenerationFemale ProtagonistFamily FriendlyUndergroundAnimePost-apocalypticHydroneer
May 8, 2020 · Foulball Hangover
Both: Mining · Sandbox
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👍 27,170My Little Universe
Oct 5, 2023 · Estoty
Both: Mining · Exploration · Sandbox
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👍 1,504Miner: Dig Deep
Nov 27, 2020 · Substance Games
Both: Mining · Loot · Procedural Generation
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👍 242Star Valor
Aug 3, 2022 · Rafael Burgos
Both: Sandbox · Loot · Exploration
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
SpaceSandboxActionRPGLootExplorationOpen WorldMiningTop-Down ShooterSci-fi👍 3,285Exo Digger
Jun 7, 2025 · TornaGames
Both: Sandbox · Exploration · First-Person
Exo Digger is a relaxing mining simulator set on a distant planet. Dig deep, extract rare minerals, upgrade your equipment, and expand your inventory. Explore the depths, but beware some areas of the mines may be dangerous. Who knows what secrets this planet holds beneath its surface?
AdventureSandboxExplorationDungeon CrawlerHidden Object3DVoxelFirst-PersonFuturisticMiningAd Fundum
Jun 13, 2024 · Oldbut Gold
Both: Mining · Underground · Exploration
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👍 431Super Motherload
Apr 4, 2014 · XGen Studios
Both: Mining · Underground · Loot
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.
MiningIndieLocal Co-OpAdventureCasualRPG4 Player LocalUndergroundLootLocal Multiplayer👍 784DigDigDrill
Dec 9, 2024 · Toorai
Both: Mining · Underground · Exploration
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👍 610
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May 13, 2020 · Ghost Ship Games
Both: Procedural Generation · Exploration · First-Person
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DwarvesCo-opPvEFPSProcedural GenerationClass-BasedShooterExplorationFirst-PersonLoot👍 303,464Erzurum
Feb 10, 2021 · Proximity Games
Both: Exploration · First-Person
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SurvivalCraftingOpen WorldMultiplayerExplorationPost-apocalypticRealisticAtmosphericFirst-PersonNature👍 4,357Out of Ore
Oct 31, 2022 · North Modding Company AB
Both: Sandbox · Exploration · First-Person
Build your own mining company from the ground up. Extract resources, operate heavy machinery, construct infrastructure, and grow from a laborer to the King of Klondike.
SimulationSandboxExplorationFarming SimRealisticChoose Your Own Adventure3DFirst-PersonBuildingThird Person👍 3,989Winter
Mar 15, 2022 · Frostfall Realms Studios
Both: Exploration
Winter is a 2D pixel-art strategy game inspired by Slavic mythology. Build an army, protect your forest settlement from mythical creatures, and bring eternal spring to your land. Explore, recruit fighters, and strategize to overcome the challenges of winter.
Early AccessExplorationMythologyHidden ObjectStrategy RPGStrategyStory RichCasualMilitaryPixel Graphics👍 341Rising World
Dec 3, 2014 · JIW-Games
Both: Mining · Sandbox · Exploration
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
Open World Survival CraftMiningRelaxingBuildingBase BuildingVoxelSandboxSurvivalCraftingExploration👍 5,320
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