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The best mining indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 21 mining indie games on Steam, holding 300,657 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 49,416 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Core Keeper · 49,416 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  2. My Time at Portia · 34,772 reviews · 92% positive · 2019
  3. Hydroneer · 26,916 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  4. Fields of Mistria · 26,355 reviews · 98% positive · 2024
  5. My Time at Sandrock · 23,948 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  6. Sun Haven · 21,862 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  7. Coral Island · 21,550 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  8. Turmoil · 16,052 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  9. Gold Mining Simulator · 15,011 reviews · 73% positive · 2017
  10. Melvor Idle · 14,460 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  11. Luma Island · 12,542 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  12. Captain of Industry · 10,682 reviews · 90% positive · 2022
  13. (the) Gnorp Apologue · 9,524 reviews · 95% positive · 2023
  14. Rising World · 5,252 reviews · 86% positive · 2014
  15. To The Core · 5,048 reviews · 93% positive · 2023
  16. Star Valor · 3,404 reviews · 88% positive · 2022
  17. The Last Starship · 1,643 reviews · 76% positive · 2026
  18. Idle Cave Miner · 1,167 reviews · 80% positive · 2023
  19. Everafter Falls · 714 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  20. Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator · 339 reviews · 83% positive · 2022

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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