The Best Mining Games for Linux

Update : Bore Blasters added at rank #6.
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Aground (2018)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Aground is a Mining/Crafting RPG with a goal, story, and reason to craft and build. The gameplay is simple, but engaging with tons of features. In Aground, you can raise dragons and launch into space, fight enemies, discover magic, and explore secrets. If you're into crafting games with a lot of exploration, Aground is a thoroughly addictive game with plenty to discover.


What we like:
  • Story is interesting and allows for a lot of exploration
  • Crafting is solid and varied
  • Mod support and community are helpful
  • Gameplay is engaging and controls are good
  • Freedom to choose which islands to visit and play at your own pace.
What could be improved:
  • Item storage can be tedious and requiring a lot of trips
  • Low-resolution graphics may take some getting used to
  • Lack of personal relationships with NPCs
  • Basic tutorial and sometimes requires use of outside resources for guidance.

  • survival
  • crafting
  • dragon
  • mining
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • 2d
  • choices
  • management
  • story

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Hidden Deep (2022)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…


  • mining
  • thriller
  • physics
  • dark
  • 2d
  • horror
  • story
  • realistic
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • action-adventure
  • in-game
  • cooperative

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BLASTRONAUT (2022)

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early access Mac OS Linux PC Windows

BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.

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  • mining
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • survival
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • procedural
  • trading
  • resource-management
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • cooperative
  • old-school
  • 2d

4

Melvor Idle (2021)

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Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.

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  • idler
  • mining
  • automation
  • fishing
  • runescape
  • magic
  • crafting
  • minimalist
  • cartoony
  • demons
  • skill

5

Muck (2021)

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Muck is a survival game that will have you and your friends testing your skills in resource collecting, crafting, building, PVP, and fighting off mysterious enemies that appear at night. With a procedurally generated island, it's a fun and action-packed experience that will challenge your survival instincts. Do you think you have what it takes to survive the muck? Play now and find out!

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What we like:
  • Free to play
  • Fast-paced action
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Building and looting elements
  • Cute cat companion
What could be improved:
  • Confusing gameplay
  • Unattainable achievements
  • Lack of clarity on objectives
  • Difficulty understanding game mechanics
  • Little to no explanation of the game's purpose

  • rogue-like
  • mud
  • base-building
  • mining
  • building
  • survival
  • crafting
  • nature
  • action-adventure
  • open-world
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • colourful
  • first-person
  • non-combat

6

Bore Blasters (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.

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  • rogue-like
  • dwarf
  • mining
  • loot
  • collectathon
  • steampunk
  • procedural
  • underground
  • attack
  • score
  • exploration

7

Trappist (2024)

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Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.

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  • wholesome
  • colony
  • mining
  • touch-friendly
  • transportation
  • building
  • trading
  • city-building
  • space
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • exploration
  • management
  • care-free

8

Idle Cave Miner (2023)

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Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.

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  • mining
  • idler
  • clicker
  • crafting
  • management
  • deckbuilder
  • resource-management
  • pixel
  • on-screen
  • 2d
  • interactive
  • cute

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Mad Miner (2023)

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Mad Miner is a mining game where you try to survive in a new order where world life is trapped underground.

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  • mining
  • dystopian
  • 2d
  • nonlinear
  • underground
  • scroller
  • loot
  • sandbox
  • platform
  • rogue-like
  • survival
  • building
  • dark
  • colourful
  • pixel

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Cavimilation (2023)

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Cavimilation is a 2D shooter/platformer throwback to classic high score chasing games with the addition of modern roguelike elements. Explore an endless procedurally generated cave filled with treasure and monsters, where every mistake takes its toll and where every bullet counts.

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  • precision
  • destruction
  • gun
  • attack
  • score
  • mining
  • minimalist
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • platform
  • scroller
  • relaxing
  • pve
  • customization
  • perma-death

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