SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig is 2D a platform game that revolves around mining for resources and ores. The objective of the game is to investigate the mines underneath the old Western town Tumbleton in order to unearth the secrets lurking below. The player controls Rusty who is equipped with a pickaxe but the player is given options to upgrade the tools used for digging as progression is made in the game. Besides health, the player also needs coal for light, and water for special abilities. SteamWorld Dig has platform elements in that the player runs, jumps and encounter foes, but the main objective is mining. That means that the player builds - or rather deconstructs - the game world and creates platforms that way. The player collects resources and other hidden resources which can be brought back to the surface and exchanged for cash. When the player progress in the game new abilities are unlocked. Each playthrough, the mines are randomized, making items and treasure appear in different locations. If the player gets ...
Details
- Release date
- 7 Aug 2013
- Main story
- ≈ 8 h
- Completionist
- ≈ 9 h
- IGDB 7.7
- Genres
Platform Puzzle Adventure Indie
- Developers
- Platforms
Nintendo Mac Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox PlayStation - Series
- Platforms
Nintendo Switch — 1 Feb 2018 Mac — 5 Dec 2013 Linux — 5 Dec 2013 PC (Microsoft Windows) — 5 Dec 2013 Wii U — 28 Aug 2014 Xbox One — 5 Jun 2015 Nintendo 3DS — 7 Aug 2013 PlayStation Vita — 19 Mar 2014 Google Stadia — 10 Mar 2020 PlayStation 4 — 19 Mar 2014
- Game modes
Single player
- Perspectives
Side view
- Alternative titles
SteamWorldDig.exe
- Publishers