Games like Backyard Digger
Looking for games like Backyard Digger? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with A Game About Digging A Hole, Super Mining Mechs or SteamWorld Dig.
1 View Game91%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyreplayability, grinding91% User Score 10,059 reviewsA Game About Digging A Hole invites players to dig deep underground, uncovering treasures to sell and upgrade gear. With no rules or time limits, the game offers a relaxing and continuous adventure where every spadeful brings you closer to hidden truths beneath the surface. It's a simple yet engaging journey focused on exploration and discovery.
View Game2 View Game89%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, atmosphere89% User Score 394 reviewsBuild your own Super Mining Mech and explore the underground in search of new natural resources. Customize your mech with unlockable parts to dig deeper than ever - by yourself or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer! So, what are you waiting for? There’s mining to be done!
View Game3 View Game91%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability94% User Score 5,235 reviewsCritic Score 81%1 reviewsSteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure game set in a steampunk-inspired world. As Rusty, a lone steam-powered robot, you'll dig deep into the earth in search of riches and WHAT HIDES IN THE DARK. Uncover ancient secrets, defeat enemies, and upgrade your equipment to reach new depths. Your goal: to solve the mystery of the town's origin.
View Game4 View Game95%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding95% User Score 399 reviewsDelve into a strange cave with a seemingly endless supply of treasure, strategically choosing your battles to gather as much treasure as possible! Find rare artifacts and traverse the skill tree to become your choice of a mage, warrior, alchemist, or a mix of skills. Craft potions or enchant your equipment with ingredients, and discover secret areas! But be careful because the cave has oddly becom…
View Game5 View Game93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicgrinding, story93% User Score 3,562 reviews"To The Core" is an incremental drilling game set in a solar system with various planets. Gather resources from planets to buy upgrades and drill deeper, while managing fuel and mastering resources through repetitive mining. Each planet presents a new challenge, requiring upgrades to drill further. The game is still in early development and subject to change.
View Game6 View Game85%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, music85% User Score 166 reviewsDIGGER: GALACTIC TREASURES is a space exploration game where you search for ancient artifacts and rare resources across distant planets. Inheriting a ship and a mysterious notebook, you uncover secrets behind the "Heart of the Void" artifact while evading a powerful megacorporation. Upgrade your gear and navigate hazardous environments in this atmospheric cosmic adventure.
View Game7 View Game83%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, optimization83% User Score 486 reviewsLumberjacked is a single-player 3D incremental clicker simulation game set in a mysterious forest where you chop trees, collect logs, and upgrade your strength and axe. As you grind through tougher trees, uncover hidden treasures, and interact with a helpful yet costly gnome, a deeper story unfolds. Embrace your destiny or defy it in this immersive, engaging adventure.
View Game8 View Game75%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, optimization77% User Score 1,158 reviewsCritic Score 71%4 reviews"Super Motherload" is a digging and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic Mars. Players manage their drill rigs, gather resources, and uncover secrets in a vast, procedurally generated underground world. Cooperative play, base building, and crafting add depth to this mining adventure.
View Game9 View Game92%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability92% User Score 1,759 reviews"Mining Mechs" is a game where you control a mining mech to dig into the earth and collect resources, selling them on the surface for upgrades and new mechs. The game features online co-op multiplayer for up to 8 players, with challenges and achievements to unlock. The deeper you dig, the harder it gets, as you uncover the secrets of the underground.
View Game10 View Game73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability73% User Score 164 reviews"Ether Loop is a hardcore bullet hell action game with roguelike elements, offering single-player gameplay with dynamic environments and ruthless creatures. With a multitude of unique monsters, items, weapons, and abilities, every run creates a new story, and procedurally generated levels allow for unique approaches to intense fights. Compete with other players through leaderboards and uncover the secrets of a mysterious world to help Ether escape his fate."
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