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Games like You Know The Drill

You Know The Drill. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

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  1. Rock Bottom cover art

    Rock BottomUpdated

    Also mining, roguelite

    Swing a pickaxe through generated caves, smelt ore into bars and buy permanent skill tree upgrades to push through eight themed depths.

    94% steam
  2. Galactic Mining Corp cover art

    Galactic Mining Corp

    Also mining, roguelite

    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
  3. Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite cover art

    Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite

    Also roguelite, mining

    Pilot a ship and an automated tower through asteroid fields, shooting rocks for resources that feed an upgrade tree between runs.

    83% steam
  4. Bounty Below cover art

    Bounty Below

    Also mining, roguelite

    Recruited units mine ore for you to smith into gear, while you can dive into a twin-stick roguelike dungeon for extra ore. Includes an upgrade tree and prestige.

    80% steam
    70% idle
  5. Nodebuster cover art

    NodebusterComplete

    Also roguelite

    Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.

    97% steam
    3–6h ending
    10% idle
  6. Mr.Mine cover art

    Mr.Mine

    Also mining

    Dig a mine deeper and deeper, hire miners, discover what lives at the bottom.

    92% steam
    75% idle
  7. Space Rock Breaker cover art

    Space Rock BreakerUpdated

    Also mining

    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
  8. Chef Knight cover art

    Chef Knight

    Also roguelite

    Fight through dungeons for monster ingredients, cook them into dishes to sell to adventurers, and upgrade combat and cooking between runs.

    95% steam
  9. To The Core cover art

    To The Core

    Also mining

    Fly between planets, drill for resources until fuel runs out, and buy upgrades so each dig reaches deeper than the last.

    93% steam
  10. Deep Space Cache cover art

    Deep Space Cache

    Also mining

    Shoot asteroids for resources, feed them into generators and ship augments, and reach the finish in a couple of hours.

    93% steam
    has ending
    50% idle
  11. Keep on Mining! cover art

    Keep on Mining!Dormant

    Also mining

    Sweep your cursor over rocks to break them, smelt ores into bars and spend them in a large skill tree, with talent cards and an automatic mine for idle gains.

    91% steam
    50% idle
  12. PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator cover art

    PROFITS 2167: Planetary Resource Optimization & Freight Infrastructure Technician Simulator

    Also mining

    Drive a mining train by hand between stations, defend against alien insects and reinvest profits into upgrades and delivery drones, satirizing tech startups.

    98% steam
    has ending
    25% idle
  13. Far Mining cover art

    Far Mining

    Also mining

    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% steam
    has ending
  14. Vanguard Galaxy cover art

    Vanguard Galaxy

    Also mining

    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% steam
    50% idle
  15. PickCrafter cover art

    PickCrafter

    Also mining

    Break blocks with a growing arsenal of pickaxes, forge gear, and prestige through ascension tiers while exploring biomes up to Mars.

    86% steam
    50% idle
  16. Sludgineers cover art

    SludgineersUpdated

    Also mining

    Drive the countryside cleaning and mining pollution, refine it in your own refinery, and upgrade tools to open new areas in a hands-on incremental.

    87% steam
    25% idle
  17. Sir, We Have an Orc Problem cover art

    Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

    Also roguelite

    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
  18. 👑 Idle Calibur 👑（选王之剑） cover art

    👑 Idle Calibur 👑（选王之剑）

    Also roguelite

    A solo-developed pixel RPG with auto or manual battles, city building, hero gacha, relics, and an endless tower.

    87% steam
    50% idle
  19. My life as an archeologist cover art

    My life as an archeologist

    Also roguelite

    A clicker roguelite where each run digs through 100 levels, picking artefacts from bosses and one of three classes, with monster cards that carry progress between runs.

    88% steam
    has ending
  20. Timber Rush cover art

    Timber Rush

    Also roguelite

    Chop a giant tree that sprays logs, gold and power-ups, then spend logs on a skill tree full of automation, special logs and synergies between runs.

    84% steam
  21. Antivirus PROTOCOL cover art

    Antivirus PROTOCOLDormant

    Also roguelite

    Destroy viruses to collect code fragments, spend them in an upgrade tree for new weapons and powers, and beat each level's boss to advance.

    87% steam
  22. Idle Deepcore cover art

    Idle DeepcoreUpdated

    Also mining

    Mine blocks by hand, smelt ore into ingots, and grow into a network of automated mines running in parallel across claimed zones on a world map.

    85% steam
  23. Siegeturtle cover art

    Siegeturtle

    Also roguelite

    A turtle swims home through hostile waters while animal companions fight beside it; fish between battles, upgrade stats and ascend for permanent power.

    86% steam
  24. IGNOBLE cover art

    IGNOBLE

    Also roguelite

    Timed runs where you slaughter enemies for blood and bones, then spend the haul on a growing skill tree and a deck of ability cards.

    83% steam