Subterene
Bore deep below the earth's surface in your all-terrain mining vehicle.
75% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Games like Below Surface
If Below Surface left you wanting something retro and tense, you have options. These games are worth a look next.
Abyss Cave
As a member of an elite squad, you are tasked with a mission to penetrate into the great abyss. You are to explore an unknown cave system and eliminate all threats that may arise, Good luck Soldier!
Tense, Scary, Fast-paced
80% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Deep the Game
Welcome to the Deep: Pixelart platformer indie game located deep inside caves. You are a cave explorer who accidentally falls in a pit which leads to a big cave system. After some exploration, you find remains of an old civilization that used to live there and decide to explore it a little further.
Retro, Tense, Fast-paced
77% of 947 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1FreeHypogea
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
Retro, Mysterious
97% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99Sandmason
You are a mine worker, stuck deep in an underground cave system. All you have are your hi-tech mining tools. In order to get out of the caves, you will have to shape the dynamic environment to your advantage. You can also create force fields for different purposes.
Tense, Fast-paced, Replayable
74% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Cave Crawler
A short, sharp 2D action platformer: five cave levels, five enemy types, one boss and plenty of spikes. Shoot with unlimited ammo, land tight jumps, and enjoy pixel art and chiptune tunes in a compact retro package that respects your time.
Retro, Fast-paced
95% of 3,125 Steam reviews are positiveFreeZardy's Cave
Beneath the farm something terrible awaits. You fell down a giant hole into a dark world full of terrifying scarecrows and monsters. Now you must make your way through the tunnels deep underground while watching your back. Solve puzzles, find tools, and most importantly… Stay alive!
Tense, Scary, Fast-paced
81% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$7.99Escape: Underground
An atmospheric journey where a robot is searching for a way out of the underground.
Tense, Scary, Fast-paced
80% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The Cave Diver
A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...
Tense, Scary, Mysterious
73% of 133 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Escape the Underground
At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born. After finding a discarded book that shows photographs of the surface, they decide to make the journey upward to see the outside world.
Retro, Tense, Fast-paced
89% of 111 Steam reviews are positiveFreeThose Who Crawl
Escape an ever-shrinking cave tunnel in this tense spelunking horror. As the stone walls transform into flesh, you'll face perilous claustrophobic spaces, flooded passages, and twisted inhuman creatures.
Tense, Scary, Mysterious
73% of 188 Steam reviews are positiveFreeSubterene
Bore deep below the earth's surface in your all-terrain mining vehicle. Drill for ores, scan for artifacts, and explore an expansive subnautical cavern system.
Retro, Tense, Scary
75% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Downcave
Downcave is a Roguelite 2D Platformer. Descend as far as you can down various caves, encounter more enemies the deeper you go. Gain power from various artifacts and use your weapons to fight hordes of monsters.
Retro, Fast-paced, Replayable
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Cheaper than Below Surface
Underland
Use the elements at your disposal, such as excavators, pumps, plumbing, among others, to drill the soil to the indicated location.
86% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Terra Pit
Dig, explore, and survive in procedurally generated mines. Collect ore, avoid traps, upgrade your gear, and go deeper for greater rewards — or lose…
84% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$0.72
Underland: The Climb
Use the elements of the scenery, such as picks and many others to drill the soil to the indicated location.
96% of 47 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
UnderEarth
A subterranean puzzle-adventure game inspired by 90's era. There’s no handholding, no in-game menus, no messages from the devs, no tutorial.
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Cave Escape
A green squid-thing and her friends brave an endless cave trying to escape from dangerous earth, fire, and an evil robot.
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Ad Fundum
Drill through a procedurally generated underground in a giant mech, hunting minerals, secrets and a missing father.
93% of 437 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$1.74
Into the Sinkhole
“Into the Sinkhole” is a descending 3D platformer. With the help of explore-bot ‘Laika’, you will uncover hidden secrets that lie deep within the…
78% of 123 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Mining Mechs
Pilot a mining mech through colorful underground layers, selling minerals and upgrading your drill at your own pace, alone or with friends.
89% of 2,615 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 56$0.74
Caveblazers
Fight through a randomly generated cave in quick, bloody runs, alone or with a friend, and try again the moment you fall.
85% of 3,436 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$0.89
Platformines
Platformines is a unique 2D platformer packed with exploration, RPG and shooter elements, set in a vast 16-bit underground world!
76% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like Below Surface
Hypogea
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
97% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
This Is No Cave
A one-click parkour game in space. Zoom through intricate levels using your suit's thrusters and grapple hook, all while evading colossal alien…
96% of 132 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Mashina
A little robot digs to repair her world. Dig, build, discover and mend in a chill, stop-motion world.
97% of 143 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Ad Fundum
Drill through a procedurally generated underground in a giant mech, hunting minerals, secrets and a missing father.
93% of 437 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 14$1.74
Underminer
Mine minerals in a subterranean world, upgrade your drill machine and chase the secret of the legendary minerals.
93% of 1,002 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cave Crawler 2
Cave Crawler 2 is a retro-inspired 2D side-scroller. Escape a series of winding caves full of strange creatures and treacherous platforming…
90% of 165 Steam reviews are positiveFree
INPUT6
INPUT6 is a short, fast-paced, first-person horror game. Search through the abandoned robot factory avoiding malfunctioning robot by instantly…
96% of 159 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
GeoDepths
Pilot your drill deep below the surface of a remote planet, to mine ore to refine into resources, which will be used in drill upgrades and…
86% of 297 Steam reviews are positive$16.99
The Cave Diver
A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you…
73% of 133 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Return from Core
A colorful underground survival sandbox where Monster Girl companions, automated bases and a buried mystery pull you toward the surface.
74% of 1,633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$9.34
The Land Beneath Us
A fast-paced, turn-based rogue-lite dungeon crawler. Unleash skill combos, wield a variety of weapons and battle through the mythic Underworld of…
79% of 230 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Cave Crawler
Run, jump and shoot through five cave levels packed with enemies, hazards and a boss waiting at the end.
95% of 3,125 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Newest games like Below Surface
THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY
Dig your way out of hell with a rusty spoon! Crawl through ancient abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen.
90% of 200 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
The Cave Diver
A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you…
73% of 133 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Terra Pit
Dig, explore, and survive in procedurally generated mines. Collect ore, avoid traps, upgrade your gear, and go deeper for greater rewards — or lose…
84% of 38 Steam reviews are positive$0.72
Hypogea
Escape from a mysterious underground megastructure in this short atmospheric 3d-platformer.
97% of 848 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Subterranauts
Subterranauts is a 1-6 player multiplayer horror game with proximity voice chat and terrifying creatures.
76% of 192 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
This Is No Cave
A one-click parkour game in space. Zoom through intricate levels using your suit's thrusters and grapple hook, all while evading colossal alien…
96% of 132 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Colony 37
Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources.
96% of 234 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$2.99
Mashina
A little robot digs to repair her world. Dig, build, discover and mend in a chill, stop-motion world.
97% of 143 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Return from Core
A colorful underground survival sandbox where Monster Girl companions, automated bases and a buried mystery pull you toward the surface.
74% of 1,633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$9.34
It Digs Up
Be a spiderbot, crawl around on walls and ceilings, dig and drill, make critters go splat, find the exit.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Downcave
Downcave is a Roguelite 2D Platformer. Descend as far as you can down various caves, encounter more enemies the deeper you go.
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$5.99