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Dig or Die cover art

Dig or Die

Gaddy Games · 2018-07-10

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 05, 2024 (Xbox One), Jun 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 05, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jun 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 10, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Dig or Die is an Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 4289 reviews).

8
playing now
90%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (66 downloads)
3.12★
PlayStation Store rating (42 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$11.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Dig or Die trailer thumbnail

DIG OR DIE - Trailer Deutsch HD - Release 21.10.22

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 107k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2015-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 12 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
909020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2512026-09-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2430Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2015 — avg 33 · peak 76Oct 2015 — avg 46 · peak 94Feb 2016 — avg 50 · peak 124Jun 2016 — avg 65 · peak 125Oct 2016 — avg 41 · peak 79Feb 2017 — avg 57 · peak 120Jun 2017 — avg 64 · peak 160Oct 2017 — avg 53 · peak 124Feb 2018 — avg 51 · peak 114Jun 2018 — avg 48 · peak 108Oct 2018 — avg 63 · peak 191Feb 2019 — avg 65 · peak 152Jun 2019 — avg 41 · peak 112Oct 2019 — avg 28 · peak 66Feb 2020 — avg 35 · peak 83Jun 2020 — avg 28 · peak 72Oct 2020 — avg 21 · peak 67Feb 2021 — avg 27 · peak 64Jun 2021 — avg 26 · peak 64Oct 2021 — avg 23 · peak 86Feb 2022 — avg 22 · peak 56Jun 2022 — avg 17 · peak 50Oct 2022 — avg 16 · peak 42Feb 2023 — avg 22 · peak 63Jun 2023 — avg 14 · peak 38Oct 2023 — avg 15 · peak 51Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2024 — avg 25 · peak 72Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Oct 2025 — avg 12 · peak 44Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$2.992015-03-062026-10-092015-03-06 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $11.992018-11-21 — best price $10.792019-01-04 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $10.792019-07-10 — best price $11.992019-11-10 — best price $8.392019-12-03 — best price $11.992020-01-23 — best price $8.392020-03-23 — best price $11.992020-10-29 — best price $7.192020-12-01 — best price $11.992021-02-11 — best price $7.192021-05-31 — best price $11.992021-10-28 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-08-08 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-01-30 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-06-03 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-05-12 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-16 — best price $11.992026-04-15 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-10-02 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
47.5%
earned "Tier II"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

13 supported languages: English, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Korean, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7352%18

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionPhysicsSandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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