The Dig®
Worth it · Narrative · 2009
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.99. Typically $2.09 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.87/hr
- ReviewsS
- 92% of 1,294
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Narrative
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6.9h
- To 100%
- 7.9h 1.1x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 49 on record
- Typical cut
- 65% off
- Steam low
- $1.19 October 2026
- Sale every
- 84d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 8 now
- Cheaper than
- 54% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
49 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 93 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™ ($5.99, scores 89) beats it on value, while it beats Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™ ($9.99, scores 63).
More about The Dig®
None of the 335 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 193 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 17 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Excellent game! It's Truely amazing. Just says player will need map (locations) while travelling different scenes.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth. Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, a trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface. What they uncover is anything but routine.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 31 MB of memory, 2 MB - PCI Graphics Card, 645 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Dig® scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/6040/the-digReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.