Games like Dig or Die

Miss the chaotic and replayable pull of Dig or Die? You might settle into these games easily.

Lumencraft
A top-down roguelike shooter where every pixel of terrain can be dug, blasted or shot apart. Mine Lumen in the dark, build a fortified underground base, and hold it against swarming waves. Play the 27-mission campaign, random maps, or bring a friend along on a shared screen.
Also in Co-op · Chaotic, Replayable, Retro
75% of 1,088 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Dig Island
You crash on a tropical island and dig your way off it. Shovel in hand, you go deeper for rarer ores, keep generators fed, cook fish to stay fed, and rebuild your plane piece by piece, solo or with up to three friends.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
86% of 360 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$14.99
The Riftbreaker
You are captain Ashley S. Nowak, a scientist-commando in a Mecha-Suit, sent through a one-way portal to planet Galatea 37. Build mines, refineries, power plants and labs to power a rift back to Earth, while thousands of alien creatures try to wipe you out. Solo or in online co-op for up to 4.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable, Tense
90% of 22,354 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 951$29.99
CleanFall
CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.
Also in Survival crafting · Chaotic, Replayable, Tense
93% of 508 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$11.99
Mechanic Miner
Put your mechanical skills to the test in a physics-based sandbox where ingenuity and creativity are the ultimate key to survival. Construct fantastical machines, gather resources, acquire new technologies to battle dangerous enemies and use your imagination to shape your world.
Also in Survival crafting · Chaotic, Replayable, Retro
53% of 174 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Stranded: Alien Dawn
A small group of survivors, one unforgiving alien planet, and you in charge. Build them a base, keep them fed and sane, and hold the walls when the local wildlife comes knocking. Every run plays out differently, and every decision costs something. A colony sim where the planet is actively trying to ruin your day.
Also in Survival crafting · Chaotic, Replayable, Tense
83% of 9,925 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 537$34.99
Craft Hero
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
Also in Survival crafting · Replayable, Retro
81% of 370 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99
The Spotter: Dig or Die
Dig by day, fight by night. You are the last Spotter at a ruined Nevada gas station, holding back mutant hordes from Las Veganos while repairing the receiver that carries the President's final message. Mine for scrap, build your fortress, and pray you finish before the signal dies for good.
Chaotic, Replayable, Tense
84% of 1,866 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$12.99
Dome Keeper
A roguelike in two halves: drill beneath your dome for iron, water and cobalt, then scramble back up to man the cannons before the next wave of monsters hits. Every map is procedurally generated, every run is a new gamble between digging deeper and defending in time.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Retro, Tense
92% of 19,340 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 504$17.99
Scrapnaut
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Replayable
69% of 735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$1.39
Under A New Sun
Your colony ship drops you on an Earth-like planet instead of waking you at your destination. Hunt, craft, build a home and sail between tropical islands, working at real looms and forges with your hands. A calm, beautiful survival game with a mystery underneath.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
76% of 390 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$12.59
Surviving Ceres
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Also in Survival crafting
87% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Cheaper than Dig or Die

Craft Hero

Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night!

$4.99

Scrapnaut

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements.

$1.39

Unknown Planet

Your spacecraft has crash landed on an alien planet. Explore this unknown world, mine the resources, build your base, grow farms, craft equipment…

$3.99

ROD: Revolt Of Defense

Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform.

$0.99

Grim Nights

Dig, build and train by day, then hold your village against the undead every night.

$2.99

Farworld Pioneers

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op.

$3.74

Orion Sandbox Enhanced

Crash-land on a 2D planet, craft tools and weapons, build a home, and defend it once the sun goes down.

$1.19

Outpost Zero

Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe.

$3.99

Colony 37

Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources.

$2.99

A Game About Digging A Hole™

Dig down through your garden's dirt, sell what you find, and uncover what's buried at the bottom.

$4.99

pyramida

A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night.

$2.99

INCUR Survival

A survival open-world game, where you can gather resources, Hunt, Craft tools and armor, Tame Animals, Ride Animals, Build, and defend your base…

$3.99

Hidden gems like Dig or Die

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

$6.99

CleanFall

CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity.

$11.99

Dig Island

You crash on a tropical island and dig your way off it. Shovel in hand, you go deeper for rarer ores, keep generators fed, cook fish to stay fed…

$14.99

The Spotter: Dig or Die

Mine for scrap and build defenses at a ruined gas station while a countdown pushes you to finish before everything falls apart.

$12.99

Human Host

Gather and build by day, survive the night horde, or put your whole base on wheels and move on before the zombies catch up.

$16.88

Castle Craft

Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure?

$19.99

MewnBase

Land on an uncharted planet as a space cat, then scavenge, craft and build a base to survive on it.

$9.99

Surviving Ceres

Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building.

$9.99

Project: Mist

Scavenge a monster-haunted island, build a moving base on rails, and uncover its secrets alone or with friends.

$17.99

Necesse

Necesse drops you into an endless pixel world with bare hands and a big idea: build a settlement, recruit settlers to run it, then head out to fight…

$14.99

StarRupture

StarRupture is a first-person open-world survival and base-building game on a planet torn by recurring cataclysms.

$19.99

Scrap Mechanic

Crash-land on a robot-infested farm planet and tinker your way through it, alone or with friends.

$28.99

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