Games like Keep on Mining!
Keep on Mining! balanced. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Space Rock BreakerUpdated
Also mining, short, upgrade tree
Blast asteroids with guns and lasers, then drop the ore through an upgradable Plinko board for credits to spend on a large skill tree.
96% steam
Far Mining
Also mining, short, upgrade tree
Pilot a ship that auto-fires at nearby asteroids, then spend the haul on a large tech tree to escape deep space. A short run of about three hours.
95% steamhas ending
Deep Space Cache
Also short, mining · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Shoot asteroids for resources, feed them into generators and ship augments, and reach the finish in a couple of hours.
93% steamhas ending50% idle
Keep on Mining! - Worlds
Also mining, upgrade tree, cards
A sequel mining incremental that adds many worlds bought with talent points, a 200-plus node skill tree, upgradable pickaxes and pre-session items.
80% steam
Idle Obelisk MinerUpdated
Also mining, upgrade tree · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Mine rocks, smelt bars and climb sprawling upgrade trees to beat the obelisk, mixing hands-on mining and bombs with drones and offline gains, plus artifact prestige.
50% idle
PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator
Also mining, short
Drive a mining train by hand between stations, defend against alien insects and reinvest profits into upgrades and delivery drones, satirizing tech startups.
98% steamhas ending25% idle
NodebusterComplete
Also short, upgrade tree
Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.
97% steam3–6h ending10% idle
Digseum
Also short, upgrade tree
Dig up relics across a dozen sites and display them in your museum to fund better tools. A compact run of a few hours.
98% steam
Journey to Incrementalia
Also upgrade tree, short
A necromancer summons minions and casts spells to smash through 99 walls, exploring a big resettable skill tree on a short hands-on run.
89% steamhas ending25% idle
Far Fishing
Also short, upgrade tree
Chase fish inside a circle from a small boat, upgrading it as you sail to the edge of the world across nine locations in about two hours.
97% steamhas ending
Master Healer Kale with useless party
Also short, upgrade tree
Play the healer of a hopeless party, keeping them alive with spells and a 200-node skill tree until they can face the Demon King in about four hours.
95% steam4.0★ galaxyhas ending
To The Core
Also mining, upgrade tree
Fly between planets, drill for resources until fuel runs out, and buy upgrades so each dig reaches deeper than the last.
93% steam
Rock BottomUpdated
Also mining, upgrade tree
Swing a pickaxe through generated caves, smelt ore into bars and buy permanent skill tree upgrades to push through eight themed depths.
94% steam
Wild Growth
Also short, upgrade tree
Click to cast heals on your Norse warband in battle, then recruit allies, test formations and explore an upgrade tree after each loss.
84% steam25% idle
Loot LoopUpdated
Also short, upgrade tree
Send a party of tiny heroes into dungeon runs that last seconds, then spend the loot on a large skill tree between attempts.
92% steam
Click and ConquerUpdated
Also short, upgrade tree
Bomb a fog-covered grid to uncover enemies, invest in passive income and power across 12 maps, and prestige for permanent upgrades in a two-to-four-hour run.
92% steamhas ending
Garbage GrowthUpdated
Also short, upgrade tree
Pick up trash that people throw at you, add more polluters and hire rats to automate collection. A short, crude incremental with a skill tree.
91% steam3.9★ galaxy
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Also upgrade tree, short
A short tower defense against orc armies in the tens of thousands, where every run, won or lost, feeds a big tree of turret upgrades.
86% steam
The Greenening
Also short · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Water an ash-covered planet to reveal what lies beneath, upgrade your abilities, and tend a garden aboard your spaceship in about three hours.
96% steam50% idle
GLONK
Also short, upgrade tree
Feed a hungry creature called Glonk to earn gold, spend it in a skill tree and add more Glonks. Short, with an ominous twist to its appetite.
89% steam
Incredicer
Also short, upgrade tree
Roll dice for money, buy helper hands to automate the rolling and pour extracted dark matter into a dice skill tree.
85% steam
Galactic Mining Corp
Also mining, upgrade tree
Drill alien planets for loot, then grow an HQ with a quirky crew, new drill parts and a large perk tree. A roguelite sequel to Geo.
84% steam
Lyca
Also short, upgrade tree
A magical wolf runs across a wasteland gathering resources to buy through a large upgrade tree, bringing it back to green in a few hours.
83% steamhas ending
Vanguard Galaxy
Also mining · Same active/idle balance (balanced)
Fight, mine, salvage and trade across a procedural galaxy, played full screen or docked on your desktop with an autopilot that can run things.
90% steam50% idle