Aground Zero
Games like Aground Zero

Games like Aground Zero

A post-apocalyptic underground survival RPG with mining, building, and a cheery AI companion, playable in co-op and lasting about 13 hours.

Aground
A deep co-op survival crafting RPG set on a deserted island, with base building, fishing, and dozens of hours of exploration and progression.
2020-04-17
- Adventure
- Survival
- Indie

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Aground Zero
Games like Aground Zero

Games like Aground Zero

A post-apocalyptic underground survival RPG with mining, building, and a cheery AI companion, playable in co-op and lasting about 13 hours.

Aground
A deep co-op survival crafting RPG set on a deserted island, with base building, fishing, and dozens of hours of exploration and progression.
2020-04-17
- Adventure
- Survival
- Indie

Side view

Role-playing (RPG)

Open world

Sandbox

AETHUS

A guided, single-player top-down sci-fi survival-crafter with underground mining, modular outpost building, and hydroponic farming, delivering an atmospheric ~30-hour story campaign.

2026-03-06

Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Open world

Drill and Delve

A single-player 3D voxel mining adventure about digging through destructible terrain, managing oxygen, and uncovering a dark mystery, blending tense atmosphere with a cozy, relaxing loop in a ~10-hour story.

2026-03-13

First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Mystery
Sandbox

Return from Core

An underground sandbox adventure with Monster Girl companions, mining, automation, and a simple linear story that reviewers finish in around 12 hours.

2025-07-17

Action
Adventure
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

Ad Fundum

A dieselpunk mech mining adventure with procedural depths, upgrade-driven digging, and multiple endings, offering a surprisingly story-rich take on the Motherload formula with reviewer playtimes around 8-12 hours.

2024-06-13

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

Keep Digging

A digging survival craft game for up to 8 players, mixing co-op and PvP, with procedural underground exploration and mixed reviews (~9h median).

2025-09-11

First person
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

GeoDepths

A slow-burn single-player mining adventure where you drill deeper on a remote planet, upgrading equipment and building a base while uncovering cave mysteries.

2023-10-20

First person
Adventure
Strategy

Keplerth

A 2D sandbox survival RPG on a hostile alien planet, playable solo or in co-op, focused on building, farming, and exploration.

2022-05-23

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

Big Dig Energy

A short, casual co-op mining game for up to four players about digging, upgrading, and rocketing off a planet, with mixed reviews.

2025-07-11

Action
First person
Comedy
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Sandbox
Party

Abiotic Factor

A survival crafting game set in an underground research facility, where players scavenge, build bases, and survive aliens and dimensional chaos solo or in co-op, in a long-form, highly praised sandbox.

2025-07-22

Shooter
Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

Aurora Dusk: Steam Age

An indie strategy-RPG sandbox where you guide a community of villagers from the Wood Age to the Steam Age, with co-op and PvP.

2019-03-08

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

HordeCore

A post-apocalyptic side-scrolling shooter with crafting and exploration, playable solo or in local co-op, with mostly positive early reviews despite some technical issues.

2022-03-02

Shooter
Action
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Tactical
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Arcade
Party