Games like Mining and Dwarves
by Sockhouse Studios
Dwarf Eats Mountain and (the) Gnorp Apologue play most like Mining and Dwarves. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its incremental and idler; 12 came out in the last year and 18 are free or under $10. The best known is Melvor Idle, with 14,662 Steam reviews.
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Dwarf Eats Mountain
May 18 · Green Wizard
Both: Incremental · Idler · Dwarves
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
IncrementalIdlerDwarvesStrategyMiningResource ManagementBuildingEconomySimulationRoguelite👍 1,143Mithril & Mud
Mar 11 · CampbellSoft Studios
Both: Idler · Incremental · Automation
Lead a crew of cheerful dwarves deep underground. Dig, build rooms, forge relics and send out expeditions while your mine keeps working, even when you're away. Reach depth 20 in about 12 to 15 hours, then keep digging as far as you like, as the journey doesn't end there!
IdlerIncrementalCraftingAutomationManagementMiningUnderground2DRelaxingCuteMoose Miners
May 10, 2024 · Lingon Studios
Both: Incremental · Idler · Management
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
IncrementalSimulationStrategyIdlerManagementMiningResource ManagementEconomyBuildingAutomation👍 521Idle Deepcore
Apr 14 · Bluehood Games
Both: Incremental · Idler · Automation
Idle Deepcore is an incremental mining game where you dig ever deeper, smelt ore into ingots, upgrade your pickaxe and machines, and grow several mines in parallel to build a vast underground industry.
IncrementalIdlerAutomationSimulationMiningPixel GraphicsGrand Strategy2DRetroIndie👍 381Idle Cave Miner
Dec 7, 2023 · Cold Hours
Both: Idler · Incremental · Mining
Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.
IdlerIncrementalMiningManagementCraftingPixel Graphics2DResource ManagementSimulationCuteFracture Field
Apr 20 · Type Ten
Both: Incremental · Idler · Mining
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
IncrementalIdlerMiningAutomationResource ManagementCasualRelaxingBuildingSingleplayerManagement👍 1,231You Know The Drill
Jun 4 · ludokai
Both: Incremental · Mining · Idler
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!
IncrementalMiningCasualRoguelikeIdlerRelaxingRetroSimulationRobotsArcade👍 1,029Digline
Aug 23 · IDH
Both: Idler · Incremental · Mining
Digline is a relaxing resource-gathering game where you play as a dwarf on a mission to restore a ruined settlement! Collect resources, manage your inventory, craft powerful tools, buy upgrades, and build structures to bring life back to the village!
IdlerCasualIncrementalRelaxingMiningIndieCapitalismSingleplayerArcadeEconomyMelvor Idle
Nov 18, 2021 · Games by Malcs
Both: Idler · Mining · Automation
Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.
IdlerRPGCasualIndieSingleplayerAdventure2DMiningAutomationCrafting👍 14,662Diggin
Jul 16 · Longshot Studio
Both: Incremental · Management · Mining
Drill into the depths of a meteor crater in this incremental adventure. Mine ores, unlock upgrades and find the cosmic treasure that lies below! Can you uncover what happened to the Moles that came before you?
IncrementalExplorationManagementMiningIdlerCasualStrategyPoint & ClickAdventureAutomation👍 641Taskbar Armory
9 days ago · Recoil Mojo
Both: Idler · Incremental · Automation
Your workday. Their adventure. A free cozy idle game that lives on your taskbar. Run a dwarven forge while you work or browse—mine ore, craft weapons, decorate your shop, and send heroes on expeditions for gems, relics and rare loot.
IdlerRPGIncrementalStrategyAutomationCraftingEconomyCasualSimulationManagementIdle Colony
Dec 16, 2024 · Faith G.
Both: Incremental · Automation · Idler
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
IncrementalCasualAutomationStrategyIdlerEconomyManagementColony SimRogueliteBuilding👍 553Fortune Mill
Jun 2 · Lavaflame2
Both: Incremental · Idler · Automation
An incremental game where you must make $1,000,000 to escape! Throw darts, drop pachinko balls, play scratch-off tickets, unlock automation, and discover powerful synergies as each new game affects all the others!
IncrementalIdlerAutomationPixel GraphicsEconomySimulationResource ManagementCasualGamblingLoot👍 3,757Idle Bomb Animals - Desktop Mining
11 days ago · AGE Inc.
Both: Idler · Incremental · Mining
A desktop idle mining game you can play right on your PC screen! While you work, study, or play other games, adorable animals will happily dig through caves in the background.
IdlerIncrementalColony SimMiningAutomationCasualAnimals2DCutePixel GraphicsSpace Rock Breaker
Dec 19, 2025 · WAKA WAKA
Both: Incremental · Idler · Mining
Space Rock Breaker is a short incremental game about mining asteroids in space. Mine asteroids with guns, unlock new materials, process the ore by dropping it into a Plinko machine, and spend your credits on upgrades in a massive skill tree.
IncrementalCasualArcadeTop-DownIdlerMiningSpaceSingleplayerShort2D👍 4,694Idle Fleet
Aug 26 · Idleforge Games
Both: Idler · Incremental · Automation
Command a mining fleet that never clocks out. Train 7 skills, automate them with drones, trade on a player-driven market, and forge the legendary Vanguard hull — all server-side, so your fleet keeps working while you sleep. Log in to progress you actually earned.
IdlerIncrementalRPGAutomationCraftingCasualEconomySimulationSpaceMining
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