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Mad Digger cover art

Mad Digger

Berezka · KuKo · 2017-12-12

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The treasure lies at a depth of more than 100 yards. That's a job for the Mad Digger!

Mad Digger is a 2017 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $0.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 411 reviews).

1
playing now
71%
positive of 411 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Once Grandpa Pecos decided to share a secret with his grandson — there's a hidden treasure buried somewhere on the former mine. But there's one problem. The treasure lies very deep underground at a depth of more than 100 yards! Then the grandson thought about his friend, the Mad Digger. He's the only one to get things done.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,055 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 411 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-06-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4802026-09-14 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 23 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 48 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2200Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 52Mar 2018 — avg 18 · peak 905Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 222Sep 2018 — avg 29 · peak 471Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 19Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 203Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 62Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 93Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 67Feb 2022 — avg 19 · peak 175May 2022 — avg 26 · peak 380Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 31Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 269Feb 2023 — avg 22 · peak 1,414May 2023 — avg 21 · peak 313Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 101Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 60Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 454Oct 2024 — avg 44 · peak 918Mar 2025 — avg 13 · peak 224Jun 2025 — avg 30 · peak 1,266Sep 2025 — avg 162 · peak 4,856Dec 2025 — avg 115 · peak 2,894Mar 2026 — avg 45 · peak 1,929Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 158Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492017-12-142026-08-202017-12-14 — best price $1.592018-03-05 — best price $1.992018-07-23 — best price $0.592018-10-02 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-04-15 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-09-30 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-05-07 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-04-26 — best price $0.492021-07-22 — best price $4.992021-11-15 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-05-25 — best price $0.542022-09-01 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-04-15 — best price $4.992023-07-27 — best price $4.992023-12-12 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-05-20 — best price $0.992024-10-21 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-07-24 — best price $0.992025-11-19 — best price $0.492026-03-04 — best price $0.992026-05-31 — best price $0.492026-08-20 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
1.5%
earned "You Made It!"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-09-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)387100%1

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

Player tags

IndieCasualAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.