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SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Absolutely loved this game. A PERFECT metroidvania with great level design, enemies, abilities to unlock. My only wish for the game is that it could go on forever.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Great game. Recomend playing this before the second one.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:04 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Platformer · Mining · Steampunk · Metroidvania · Indie · Adventure · Western · 2D · Robots · Action · Singleplayer · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://steamworldgames.com/dig/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP (or newer) Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.1-compatible, 384 MB video memory, framebuffer object support Storage: 193 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL-compatible Additional Notes: You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support.