Games like Backyard Digger

A relaxing single-player physics-based digger that turns backyard excavation into a short, satisfying treasure hunt.

A Game About Digging A Hole™
A short, minimalist voxel mining adventure about digging a hole, selling resources, upgrading gear, and unraveling a secret.
2025-02-07
- Action
- First person
- Adventure
- Horror
- Survival
- Indie
- Simulator
- Arcade
- Sandbox
Miner: Dig Deep
A cozy mining platformer about digging deeper, upgrading equipment, and balancing greed, with a chill tone and short sessions.
2020-11-27
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view
- Simulator
Diggin
A short, casual incremental digging adventure through a meteor crater, hunting cosmic treasure and unraveling the fate of the Moles.
2026-07-16
- Strategy
- Indie
- Side view
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
Underminer
A 2D side-scrolling subterranean mining adventure focused on upgrading your drill and descending deeper, with a simple, fun feel and a roughly 10-hour runtime.
2024-01-10
- Action
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view
- Simulator
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
Rock Bottom
A concise ~4-hour incremental mining game about descending through layers, upgrading, and becoming absurdly powerful.
2026-07-14
- Action
- Adventure
- Side view
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
BORE BLASTERS
A soothing but repetitive procedurally generated mining adventure focused on drilling, collecting, and upgrading your ship.
2024-03-08
- Action
- Adventure
- Side view
Drill Bird
A short, cozy-yet-tense digging platformer about a bird gathering ores and upgrading before nightfall.
2025-11-09
- Action
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
- Side view
Super Mining Mechs
A casual co-op mining adventure featuring mech customization, progressive digging, and 8-player online play, with a roughly 13-hour playtime.
2024-10-25
- Action
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
- Side view
- Simulator
Dig Deep
A casual treasure-digging adventure with miner hiring and co-op, playable solo or split-screen, that takes about 13 hours and gets repetitive.
2024-05-20
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Simulator

Games like Backyard Digger

A relaxing single-player physics-based digger that turns backyard excavation into a short, satisfying treasure hunt.

A Game About Digging A Hole™
A short, minimalist voxel mining adventure about digging a hole, selling resources, upgrading gear, and unraveling a secret.
2025-02-07
- Action
- First person
- Adventure
- Horror
- Survival
- Indie
- Simulator
- Arcade
- Sandbox
Miner: Dig Deep
A cozy mining platformer about digging deeper, upgrading equipment, and balancing greed, with a chill tone and short sessions.
2020-11-27
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view
- Simulator
Diggin
A short, casual incremental digging adventure through a meteor crater, hunting cosmic treasure and unraveling the fate of the Moles.
2026-07-16
- Strategy
- Indie
- Side view
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
Underminer
A 2D side-scrolling subterranean mining adventure focused on upgrading your drill and descending deeper, with a simple, fun feel and a roughly 10-hour runtime.
2024-01-10
- Action
- Adventure
- Indie
- Side view
- Simulator
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
Rock Bottom
A concise ~4-hour incremental mining game about descending through layers, upgrading, and becoming absurdly powerful.
2026-07-14
- Action
- Adventure
- Side view
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
BORE BLASTERS
A soothing but repetitive procedurally generated mining adventure focused on drilling, collecting, and upgrading your ship.
2024-03-08
- Action
- Adventure
- Side view
Drill Bird
A short, cozy-yet-tense digging platformer about a bird gathering ores and upgrading before nightfall.
2025-11-09
- Action
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
- Side view
Super Mining Mechs
A casual co-op mining adventure featuring mech customization, progressive digging, and 8-player online play, with a roughly 13-hour playtime.
2024-10-25
- Action
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Indie
- Side view
- Simulator
Dig Deep
A casual treasure-digging adventure with miner hiring and co-op, playable solo or split-screen, that takes about 13 hours and gets repetitive.
2024-05-20
- Adventure
- Strategy
- Simulator

A Game About Digging A Hole™

Miner: Dig Deep

Diggin

Drill and Delve

Underminer

Ad Fundum

Rock Bottom

Big Dig Energy

BORE BLASTERS

Drill Bird

Super Mining Mechs

Dig Deep

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