Ad Fundum similar games & best alternatives

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Ad Fundum

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2024

Should you play it?

Take control of a giant mech and dive into an exciting underground adventure in a dieselpunk world! Dig deep, collect valuable minerals, upgrade wisely, explore diverse locations, uncover ancient secrets, and try not to explode! Will you save the world or vanish in the depths below?

What works

  • Addictive mining and upgrade gameplay loop
  • Varied biomes and environmental challenges
  • Meaningful progression and customization
  • Engaging story with multiple endings
  • Good value for price and active developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Some grind and repetitive elements late game
  • Occasional bugs and control imprecision
  • Story writing and dialogue quality inconsistent
  • Early game can feel punishing and slow
  • No multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Kaelaverse: Pemascape

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • Dokimon: Quest

  • MewnBase

  • Drill Bird

  • Super Panda Adventures

More violent

Games that feels like Ad Fundum but with more combat and destruction

  • In Celebration of Violence

  • Spaceport Hope

  • It Lurks Below

  • Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG

  • Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

  • Haiku, the Robot

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Ad Fundum. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Ad Fundum. These titles are not in What to play next.

Ad Fundum: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026