The best mining indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 11 mining indie games on Steam, holding 193,464 reviews at an average of 87% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Core Keeper with 48,722 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Core Keeper · 48,722 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
2. Hydroneer · 26,565 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
3. My Time at Sandrock · 23,767 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
4. Coral Island · 20,981 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
5. Gold Mining Simulator · 16,166 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
6. Turmoil · 15,909 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
7. Melvor Idle · 15,830 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
8. Captain of Industry · 10,949 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
9. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,698 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
10. Star Valor · 3,354 reviews · 89% positive · 2022
11. The Last Starship · 1,523 reviews · 75% positive · 2026

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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