Action · July 10, 2018

Dig or Die (2018)

trophy18 achievementslocal_offer-50% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend3.8k recommendations
Explore, fight, craft and build your defenses! Enjoy a unique and innovative game: • Strategy : survive massive attacks each night by building strong walls and placing turrets wisely. • Physics : build wisely or your structures will collapse! And you will need them to defend your base, or build bridges and high towers to access remote locations. • Water cycle : rain, infiltration, underground rivers and lakes... be careful during the heavy rains, or you could be surprised by a sudden water level rise! You are a representative of the CRAFT & Co company. You are selling automated fabrication tools across the galaxy when your spacecraft crashes into a hostile planet. Use the tools you sell and the local resources to build up all of what you'll need to survive and eventually be able to escape the planet. New content! • Play classic solo or multiplayer co-op , or try the custom game modes: Under the Sea (start in a cave under a huge ocean!), Sky World (a random world composed of hundreds of flying islands), or Base Defense (no exploration, only base building and defense). • Activate the Hazardous Events option to trigger various surprises like Meteor Shower, Rain Flood, Earthquake, Volcano Eruption or even a Sharkstorm! • Enjoy Creative Mode and produce all items for free. This includes cheated items and tools to modify terrain or even create water and lava! Gameplay: • Fun from the start : no awfully slow digging, so you can concentrate on the exploration, fights and strategy. • Game's final objective : you must build a rocket ship to escape the planet. • Strategy survival : the game is a survival game in a strategic meaning. No hunger needs, the whole point of the game is to survive to the massive attacks each night. And to do that, you will have to explore the world to gather resources and craft your defenses. Fights: • No swords, magic or flying clown monsters here! It's a consistent science-fiction world , with fast and fun laser guns fights! • Intelligent monsters : they will find the best path to attack your defenses. And be careful: even if they can't move through walls, they can still destroy them! • Difficulty progression : only the species of monsters you have already killed before attack during the night (they must have taken ill!). So you can progress at your own pace and choose when you are ready to move forward and fight stronger monsters. • AI companion : your crashed ship contains an AI that survived and will give you useful advices (or not!). Build him a drone so he can follow you and even help you fight the monsters! World Simulation: • Huge world with global real-time simulation of the environment, physics, water cycle and lighting. • Electricity : build solar panels or functional hydroelectric generators to power your base’s most advanced items! • Plants simulation : plants naturally grow and spread if their life-conditions are met. Create some farms with artificial sun lamps and irrigation. • Procedurally generated world : Major areas locations are specific to benefit from a logical game progression, but detailed layout of surface, caverns, ores, etc. are unique at each playthrough. Crafting and Building: • Crafting : You dig minerals, harvest plants and kill some monsters and bosses in order to craft better items and defenses. But the digging is really fast, your inventory space is infinite and all crafting recipes are displayed, so you don’t waste all your time on grinding or wikis and can concentrate on setting up better defenses. • Base construction : You build a fortress, not a holiday house. So you won't find hundreds of flowerpots or tapestries, but rather turrets, strong walls and useful machines. Remember the Starship Troopers or Aliens movies atmosphere!

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Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Survival · 262
  • Open World Survival Craft · 254
  • Sandbox · 238
  • Crafting · 210
  • 2D · 196
  • Open World · 152
  • Strategy · 124
  • Indie · 124
  • Action · 122
  • Multiplayer · 121
  • Tower Defense · 117
  • Building · 111
  • Base-Building · 106
  • Co-op · 95
  • Physics · 92

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.2k Steam reviewsTop 65% in Action
Positive rating91% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 32%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 77 — top 62% of Action titles
Engagement hours15 h averageTop 33% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • German
  • Polish
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Dutch
  • Korean
  • Italian

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Accessibility

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player
  • Save Anytime

Reception Metrics

Steam community

91%Very Positive · 4.2k reviews

3.8k positive · 377 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

3.8k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

15h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

Achievements

18

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 10, 2018
DeveloperGaddy Games
Base price$5.99 -50%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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