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ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG

BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2016-04-19

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 20, 2016 (Xbox One), Apr 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

First appearing in arcades in 1982, Dig Dug finally comes to Steam! Control Dig Dug to make underground tunnels and inflate or crush the enemies!

ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG is a 2016 Action game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 648 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 648 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (1,751 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Dig Dug is a 1982 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released by Atari, Inc. in North America. The player digs underground tunnels to attack enemies in each level, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rocks.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 648 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 5 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 6Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.992016-04-202026-10-102016-04-20 — best price $3.992017-01-30 — best price $3.992017-09-14 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $3.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992019-01-10 — best price $1.992019-03-28 — best price $3.992019-06-10 — best price $1.992019-09-05 — best price $1.992019-11-12 — best price $3.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-05-06 — best price $3.992020-09-24 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-05-06 — best price $3.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-09-12 — best price $3.992022-12-05 — best price $0.992023-01-23 — best price $3.992023-05-15 — best price $0.992023-07-31 — best price $3.992023-12-22 — best price $3.192024-05-06 — best price $3.992024-09-09 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-08-29 — best price $3.992026-10-03 — best price $3.992026-10-10 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2571632026-06-01 — 211 pageviews2026-06-05 — 182 pageviews2026-06-09 — 198 pageviews2026-06-13 — 203 pageviews2026-06-17 — 226 pageviews2026-06-21 — 242 pageviews2026-06-25 — 182 pageviews2026-06-29 — 163 pageviews2026-07-03 — 205 pageviews2026-07-07 — 216 pageviews2026-07-11 — 182 pageviews2026-07-15 — 225 pageviews2026-07-19 — 198 pageviews2026-07-23 — 177 pageviews2026-07-27 — 217 pageviews2026-07-31 — 194 pageviews2026-08-04 — 209 pageviews2026-08-08 — 198 pageviews2026-08-12 — 200 pageviews2026-08-16 — 214 pageviews2026-08-20 — 199 pageviews2026-08-24 — 221 pageviews2026-08-28 — 183 pageviews2026-09-01 — 189 pageviews2026-09-05 — 180 pageviews2026-09-09 — 201 pageviews2026-09-13 — 182 pageviews2026-09-17 — 174 pageviews2026-09-21 — 186 pageviews2026-09-25 — 188 pageviews2026-09-29 — 213 pageviews2026-10-03 — 198 pageviews2026-10-07 — 198 pageviews2026-10-11 — 192 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "Round 1 Cleared"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)12,55634%21
Xbox One (Xbox)8,4939%20
Steam (Steam)3,6457%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2D1980sRetroActionArcadeClassicSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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