Games like Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw
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A Game About Digging A Hole™ and Meltopia play most like Digging A Hole In Ice With A Chainsaw. Of the 16 closest games below, most share its mining and exploration; 3 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 · Voxel
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👍 18,822Meltopia
May 1 · Garden of Dreams
Both: Exploration · Mining · Underground
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👍 1,708BORE 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👍 710Hydroneer
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👍 27,170Dig & Deal
Sep 17 · ToYa Games
Both: Exploration · Economy · Mining
Dig & Deal is a game where you dig underground to find valuable items and bargain with customers to sell what you find. Upgrade your tools, grow your shop, and make the best deals to build your fortune.
SimulationExplorationEconomyChoices MatterTradingMiningUndergroundSandboxCasual3DGold Mining Simulator
Oct 13, 2017 · Code Horizon
Both: Mining · Economy
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
SimulationMiningSingleplayerRealisticOpen WorldIndieDrivingSandboxEconomyBuilding👍 15,140MineMogul
Dec 4, 2025 · NoodleForge (Gvarados & Diomonder)
Both: Physics · Mining
Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!
Early AccessAutomationBuildingPhysicsMiningStrategySimulationCraftingBase BuildingManagement👍 4,355Exo Digger
Jun 7, 2025 · TornaGames
Both: Exploration · Voxel · 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-PersonFuturisticMiningMiner: 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👍 242DigDigDrill
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👍 610Rising World
Dec 3, 2014 · JIW-Games
Both: Mining · Voxel · 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👍 5,320My Little Universe
Oct 5, 2023 · Estoty
Both: Mining · Exploration
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👍 1,504Miasma Caves
Feb 28, 2020 · Windy Games
Both: Exploration · Mining · Voxel
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-apocalypticSuper 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👍 784cyubeVR
Jan 26, 2018 · Stonebrick Studios
Both: Mining · Voxel · Exploration
Immerse yourself in a voxel game exclusively designed for VR. A beautiful infinite procedural world. Explore, gather resources, craft with your hands in 3D, and build anything you can imagine. Featuring great VR controls, near-infinite view distance, Steam Workshop mod support, and much more!
VRBuildingCraftingMiningOpen WorldVoxelExplorationOpen World Survival CraftProcedural GenerationImmersive👍 1,066Below the Stone
Nov 17, 2023 · Strollart
Both: Mining · Exploration · Underground
Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.
Early AccessDwarvesMiningExplorationRoguelikePixel GraphicsDungeon CrawlerAction RoguelikeRogueliteUnderground👍 391
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Apr 21, 2022 · Tuxedo Labs
Both: Physics · Voxel · First-Person
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
DestructionPhysicsSandboxVoxelMultiplayerHeistSingleplayerIndieFirst-PersonReplay Value👍 126,913Deep Rock Galactic
May 13, 2020 · Ghost Ship Games
Both: Exploration · First-Person · Loot
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DwarvesCo-opPvEFPSProcedural GenerationClass-BasedShooterExplorationFirst-PersonLoot👍 303,464
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