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Coal Mining Simulator
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A long-form single-player sandbox sim about building a coal-mining operation, with mixed reviews and some underground glitches.

Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue
A sandbox coal-mining simulator focused on operating heavy machinery, selling coal, and expanding a mine, with a challenging, fun feel and a compact ~1-hour length.
2022-04-21

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BoomTown! Deluxe

A short casual mix of explosive mining and town building where you blast terrain, earn cash, and construct facilities to grow your settlement.

2016-10-14

Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Ore Factory Squad ⛏️

A scrappy co-op mining and factory-builder with procedural digging, contracts, and automation, best played with friends and running about 5-7 hours.

2026-07-16

First person
Indie
Simulator

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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

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Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out

A single-player prison escape sim about digging tunnels, bartering with inmates, and dodging guards, offering a long and goofy gameplay loop.

2025-07-25

Action
First person
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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Coal LLC

An addictive single-player coal-mining simulation about hitting absurd escalating quotas, with a laid-back peaceful mode.

2025-09-11

Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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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

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Out of Ore

A mining company sim with resource extraction, heavy machinery operation, and infrastructure building, supporting co-op multiplayer and lasting dozens to hundreds of hours.

2022-10-31

First person
Adventure
Strategy
Third person
Simulator
4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Open world

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Alaska Gold Fever

An Alaskan gold rush prospecting sim mixing mining, strategy, and RPG progression, with a roughly 15-hour campaign and mixed reviews citing performance and economy problems.

2026-04-14

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Hydroneer

A mining and base-building sandbox that starts grindy and janky but becomes satisfying as you automate resource gathering, with reviewer playtimes spanning roughly 9–20 hours.

2020-05-08

First person
Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Simulator
Open world
Sandbox

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Construction Simulator 2 US - Pocket Edition

A single-player construction sim, ported from mobile to PC, centered on operating vehicles and completing construction jobs.

2018-09-12

Third person
Simulator
Open world
Sandbox

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Junkyard Builder

A casual single-player junkyard management sim about restoring and recycling scrap into profit, with an engaging loop that can stretch from roughly 15 to 60+ hours.

2026-04-08

First person
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Arcade
Business