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The best mining indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 21 mining indie games on Steam, holding 307,448 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 50,922 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Core Keeper · 50,922 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  2. My Time at Portia · 34,880 reviews · 91% positive · 2019
  3. Fields of Mistria · 33,196 reviews · 97% positive · 2026
  4. Hydroneer · 27,291 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  5. My Time at Sandrock · 24,230 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  6. Sun Haven · 22,237 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  7. Coral Island · 22,003 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  8. Gold Mining Simulator · 16,442 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  9. Melvor Idle · 14,747 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  10. Turmoil · 13,192 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  11. Luma Island · 11,316 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  12. Captain of Industry · 11,171 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  13. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,673 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  14. Rising World · 5,338 reviews · 86% positive · 2014
  15. To The Core · 5,106 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  16. Star Valor · 3,300 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  17. The Last Starship · 1,635 reviews · 75% positive · 2026
  18. Everafter Falls · 439 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  19. Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator · 330 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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