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XYZ STUDIO · 2026 · Windows, macOS

Steam: 67 % positive of 780 reviews, as of Oct 28

Dig, haul and wash for gold in an open-world heavy machinery simulator. Operate excavators, wheel loaders and bulldozers, reshape the terrain and build your washing setup. Work solo or team up in online co-op to turn untouched ground into a working site.

24 games that play like Groundwork Simulator and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Gold Mining Simulator, Hydroneer and Construction Simulator 2015.

Player tags

  • Simulation
  • Sandbox
  • Job Simulator
  • Mining
  • Physics
  • Building
  • Open World
  • Co-op
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Plays and looks like Groundwork Simulator

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Groundwork Simulator

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. MudRunner90 % positive of 38,129Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Physics
  2. Core Keeper91 % positive of 51,032Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Mining
  3. Coal Mining Simulator: Prologue66 % positive of 309Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Mining
  4. Demolish & Build 201776 % positive of 302Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Building
  5. Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm78 % positive of 41,314Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Job Simulator
  6. Farming Simulator 2293 % positive of 69,878Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Open World
  7. Construction Simulator81 % positive of 11,350Shared: Simulation · Physics · Building
  8. Sandustry97 % positive of 5,608
  9. Farming Simulator 1592 % positive of 13,340Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Physics
  10. MineMogul96 % positive of 4,480
  11. TerraTech91 % positive of 20,658Shared: Sandbox · Physics · Building
  12. Fuel Harvest Together69 % positive of 881Shared: Simulation · Mining · Building

By look

Looks like Groundwork Simulator

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Farming Simulator 1792 % positive of 23,111
  2. Alaskan Road Truckers62 % positive of 2,722
  3. MudRunner90 % positive of 38,129
  4. Farming Simulator 2587 % positive of 41,341
  5. Farming Simulator 1994 % positive of 64,752
  6. Demolish & Build 3: Excavator Playground82 % positive of 258
  7. Giant Machines 201767 % positive of 462
  8. DIG IT! - A Digger Simulator58 % positive of 143
  9. Machine World 249 % positive of 200
  10. Satisfactory97 % positive of 236,870
  11. Lumberjack's Dynasty71 % positive of 2,364
  12. Stormworks: Build and Rescue89 % positive of 55,066

At a glance

What games like Groundwork Simulator have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Groundwork Simulator: Simulation (20 of 24), Sandbox (17) and Building (8).
  • They came out between 2014 and 2026, none of them after Groundwork Simulator (2026).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Sandustry (97 % positive of 5,608).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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