Games like A Game About Digging A Hole™
If you like A Game About Digging A Hole™ (mining, upgrades and short), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Ad Fundum
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy digging, selling and upgrading: there's a relaxed difficulty, and a first playthrough takes around ten hours.
DREDGE
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more story
When you want something calm with a touch of mystery. A day's fishing takes a few minutes and always improves something.
Slime Rancher
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more building
When you want to relax without getting bored: there's always a new area to discover or a pen to upgrade.
Mining Mechs
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more co-op
When you want to switch off for a while: you can't die, there are no monsters and the base game is over in about 3-5 hours.
DigDigDrill
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want something calm, with no enemies or time limits, and a clear goal: reaching floor 999.
All Hail the Orb
- In common: progression and short sessions
When you want an incremental game with an ending: it lasts about six hours and there's no way to lose.
American Truck Simulator
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want to unwind with a podcast or music: a trip lasts as long as you like and there's no pressure.
You Know The Drill
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: less exploring
When you fancy something relaxing for an afternoon: the campaign lasts around three or four hours.
The Long Dark
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want slow-paced, atmospheric survival, the kind that makes you feel the cold.
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
- In common: short sessions and progression
- Difference: more creative
When you want a relaxed routine with a bit of ingenuity: a day in the shop lasts just a few minutes.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About A Game About Digging A Hole™
You dig a hole in your garden: you head down for ore, sell it at the surface and upgrade your shovel, battery, backpack and jetpack to go deeper. Run out of battery or health and you lose whatever you were carrying.
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