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The best mining indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 21 mining indie games on Steam, holding 308,749 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 49,940 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Core Keeper · 49,940 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  2. My Time at Portia · 34,824 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  3. Fields of Mistria · 31,264 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  4. My Time at Sandrock · 29,004 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  5. Hydroneer · 27,101 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  6. Sun Haven · 22,074 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  7. Coral Island · 21,790 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  8. Melvor Idle · 16,188 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  9. Gold Mining Simulator · 15,118 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  10. Turmoil · 13,131 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  11. Captain of Industry · 11,538 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  12. Luma Island · 11,178 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  13. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,601 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  14. Rising World · 5,291 reviews · 86% positive · 2014
  15. To The Core · 5,078 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  16. Star Valor · 3,253 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  17. The Last Starship · 1,620 reviews · 75% positive · 2026
  18. Everafter Falls · 433 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  19. Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator · 323 reviews · 83% positive · 2022
  20. Mr.Mine · 0 reviews · 92% positive · 2020

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 estimates, not official sales data.

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