SimulationPC
Construction Simulator (2022)
Build a construction company from scratch with officially licensed CAT, Liebherr and Bobcat machines across two huge open worlds.
Read the guide →Excavator Simulator Games — best for PC, mobile and browser
Digger simulators for PC, console, mobile and browser — plus a free open-source excavator game you can play right now, no download required.
Excavator games for PC & console
Full retail digger simulators for Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and mobile — licensed machines, big maps, real jobs.
SimulationPC
DIG IT! – A Digger Simulator
Astragon's dedicated digger simulator: no company management, just careful excavator operation across increasingly awkward job sites.
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SimulationPC
DiggerSim – Excavator Simulator
A modern sandbox excavator and heavy-equipment simulator with free-roam sites, terrain deformation and VR headset support.
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SimulationiOS
Construction Simulator 3
A full construction sim built for mobile, set in a fictional European town with licensed machines and touch-friendly excavator controls.
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SimulationPC
Mining & Quarry Excavator Sims
A category of heavier sims where excavators feed crushers and haul trucks in open-pit mines and quarries rather than building sites.
Read the guide →Free browser excavator games
No install, no account — click and dig straight from the browser tab.
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Excavator Simulator (Browser)
A free browser excavator sim: drive to the site, dig loose material and load it into waiting trucks across a series of short levels.
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City Constructor
A 2D physics puzzle game where you operate excavators, cranes and trucks to move cargo and solve construction problems.
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Construction Simulator Lite
A light HTML5 construction game about digging, hauling and filling foundations with a simple robotic-arm excavator.
Read the guide →Hyper-Realistic simulators for learning real digging
Browser-based 3D trainers that teach actual excavator control and precision before you step into a real cab.
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ExcavatorTrainer.com
A browser-based 3D excavator trainer with ten scored levels, from your first boom movement to precision trenching with grade control.
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ExcavatorSim.com
A free WebGL excavator simulator that loads instantly in the browser and lets you practice operating a tracked digger with twin joystick-style controls.
Read the guide →Open-source excavator games & simulators
Projects you can download, read, fork and modify — from a tiny MIT arcade game to research-grade excavation physics.
SimulationPCOpen source
Open Construction Simulator
A free, open-source construction simulator built in Unity with excavation, earth transport and licensed-equipment-style heavy machinery.
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SimulationBrowserOpen source
Unity Excavator
A self-study digital-twin project on Unity with excavator manual and autonomous operation, plus live WebGL browser demos.
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SimulationPCOpen source
Excavator Simulator MuJoCo
A GPL-3.0 excavator simulator built on MuJoCo that models soil digging, transportation and dumping for robotics research.
Read the guide →Make your own excavator game
Want to build a digger game instead of just playing one? These free tools let kids and beginners create an excavator game from scratch — literally.
Scratch
Block-based coding from MIT. Search the Scratch community for “excavator” to remix an existing digger project, or build your own with a rotating arm sprite and a few drag-and-drop blocks.
Start on Scratch →Roblox Studio
Follow a Roblox Studio tutorial that builds and scripts a working excavator with hydraulics, then publish it so friends can play your digger game online.
Watch Roblox excavator tutorial →Unity
The engine behind most open-source excavator simulators. This tutorial walks through excavator movement, hydraulics and physics scripting in Unity.
Watch Unity excavator tutorial →Fork Digger Dash
Our own MIT-licensed excavator game is a single readable HTML5 canvas component. Copy it, change the physics, add levels and make it yours.
Play & inspect Digger Dash →Excavator game questions, answered
- What is the best excavator game?
- For depth and realism, Construction Simulator (2022) with its licensed CAT and Liebherr machines is the strongest pick. If you want excavator work without company management, DIG IT! – A Digger Simulator is more focused, and DiggerSim adds VR and deformable terrain.
- Can I play an excavator game for free without downloading?
- Yes. Digger Dash, our open-source excavator game, runs directly in this page's browser tab. Several other browser digger games are free to play on their host portals.
- Are there open-source excavator games?
- Yes. Open Construction Simulator (Apache 2.0), Unity Excavator (Apache 2.0 with WebGL demos) and Excavator Simulator MuJoCo (GPL-3.0) are open-source projects on GitHub. Digger Dash is also MIT licensed and playable right here.
- What is the best excavator game for mobile?
- Construction Simulator 3 is the most complete excavator sim on iOS and Android, with licensed machinery and no forced advertising.
- How can I make my own excavator game?
- Start with Scratch if you're a beginner — drag-and-drop blocks are enough for a 2D digger. Roblox Studio has tutorials that walk you through building a 3D excavator with physics, and Unity is the engine behind most open-source excavator simulators.