Dig or Die
Worth it · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $11.99.
- Length
- 13.4h
- Value
- $0.89/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256MB video memory, capable of shader model 2.0, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in March 2015. It has been discounted 47 times in the 12 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 66 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Terraria ($9.99, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats Tinkerlands ($12.99, scores 66).
Critics scored it 76. Players sit 14 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
Steam's global achievement data puts about 6 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 13.4-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. This site sampled 425 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 471 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 13.4 hours; clearing it takes 36, which is 2.7 times the campaign.
The drop-off
48% start to 6% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 13.4-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
Players
7 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 01:03 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Dig or Die is an absolute masterclass in chaotic engineering. It mixes 2D exploration, crafting, and survival with a punishing tower defense loop where you must escape a hostile planet. Unlike standard sandbox builders, the world relies heavily on real-world physics, gravity, structural weight, and fluid dynamics dictate whether your fortress stands or collapses under its weight. Nightly monster raids grow...
Great game. Simple fun and scratches the procedural and crafting itch. Just some ideas to make this game better that I hope is well recieved - Would love to have seen a new weapon unlock or some rewards for completing the game, as its simple, re-playability would be great if you were granted some tool or weapon that could carry over into another game, so you could tackle higher difficulties with a little boost, or...
This is a small simple game from an indie dev, a little rough around the edges but I could feel there was heart put into this so I recommend this game. The terraria inspiration is very tangible but it's like the dev put his own spin into it. I like the building physics and the water mechanics in this game it looks simple but there is complexity to it. One part of this I didn't like was monster mechanic variations...
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Cite this score
Dig or Die scores 79/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/315460/dig-or-dieReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 21, price as of Oct 1.
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