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The Dig® cover art

The Dig®

LucasArts · 2009-07-08

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 19, 2015 (Linux), Feb 06, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 1995 (DOS), Nov 30, 1995 (Mac)

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.

The Dig® is an Adventure game released in 2009, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1285 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (121 ratings)
9h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

The Dig is a 1995 point-and-click adventure game developed by LucasArts for PC and Macintosh. Like other LucasArts adventure games, it uses the SCUMM video game engine. It is the last SCUMM game on MS-DOS. It features a full voice-acting cast, including voice actors Robert Patrick and Steve Blum, and a digital orchestral score. The game uses a combination of drawn two-dimensional artwork and limited, pre-rendered three-dimensional clips, with the latter created by Industrial Light & Magic.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 51k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,285 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at GameBillet (2022-10-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 34 of 83 observed days · $4.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

912026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
113Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2012 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2015 — avg 7 · peak 18Jun 2015 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 29Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 17Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 18Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.48$1.102015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-09-28 — best price $6.702016-04-11 — best price $6.772016-08-08 — best price $6.262017-02-04 — best price $1.492017-06-23 — best price $1.492018-01-04 — best price $5.992018-05-04 — best price $5.992018-10-26 — best price $1.542019-05-21 — best price $5.992019-11-28 — best price $2.992020-02-07 — best price $5.462020-10-20 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $2.092021-11-21 — best price $5.992022-02-05 — best price $5.992022-06-24 — best price $2.092022-09-01 — best price $4.782022-12-20 — best price $1.222023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-07-16 — best price $5.992023-10-19 — best price $1.242023-12-22 — best price $1.232024-03-16 — best price $1.152024-05-09 — best price $4.792024-08-30 — best price $4.782024-12-03 — best price $4.782025-02-28 — best price $4.782025-08-16 — best price $5.392025-11-21 — best price $1.102026-04-03 — best price $5.992026-09-15 — best price $5.992026-10-05 — best price $2.092026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

917712026-06-02 — 118 pageviews2026-06-06 — 95 pageviews2026-06-10 — 112 pageviews2026-06-14 — 105 pageviews2026-06-18 — 72 pageviews2026-06-22 — 86 pageviews2026-06-26 — 98 pageviews2026-06-30 — 97 pageviews2026-07-04 — 91 pageviews2026-07-08 — 113 pageviews2026-07-12 — 227 pageviews2026-07-16 — 151 pageviews2026-07-20 — 111 pageviews2026-07-24 — 102 pageviews2026-07-28 — 90 pageviews2026-08-01 — 93 pageviews2026-08-05 — 110 pageviews2026-08-09 — 94 pageviews2026-08-13 — 97 pageviews2026-08-17 — 115 pageviews2026-08-21 — 91 pageviews2026-08-25 — 90 pageviews2026-08-29 — 97 pageviews2026-09-02 — 98 pageviews2026-09-06 — 87 pageviews2026-09-10 — 91 pageviews2026-09-14 — 73 pageviews2026-09-18 — 76 pageviews2026-09-22 — 98 pageviews2026-09-26 — 162 pageviews2026-09-30 — 104 pageviews2026-10-04 — 86 pageviews2026-10-08 — 99 pageviews2026-10-11 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

Retro1990'sAliensPuzzleRemakeSci-fiClassicAdventureBeautifulStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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