SteamWorld Dig is an adventure developed by Image & Form, released 7 August 2013 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. It currently starts at $1.99 at Humble Store. The main story takes about 7.5 hrs to finish.
What SteamWorld Dig is
SteamWorld Dig is an adventure game developed by Image & Form and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
SteamWorld Dig is a platform action-adventure game created by Swedish video game developer Image & Form. The second installment in the SteamWorld series after SteamWorld Tower Defense, SteamWorld Dig has the player control Rusty, a steam-powered robot who arrives at a small Western-Steampunk mining town called Tumbleton after having received a deed for a mine from his long-forgotten uncle, Joe. The objective of the game is to dig through Tumbleton's mine, which also involves solving puzzles and platforming to avoid traps and enemies.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 24 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
SteamWorld Dig holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 241 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.99, that works out to about $0.27 per hour of the main story, or $0.22 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz, 512 MB RAM and OpenGL 2.1-compatible, 384 MB video memory, framebuffer object support. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at Humble Store, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
SteamWorld Dig launched on 7 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Saints Row IV and Europa Universalis IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Saints Row IV, Europa Universalis IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for SteamWorld Dig yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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