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The Spotter: Dig or Die

Puppyroar Games · Forklift Interactive · 2026-04-07

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 07, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.

The Spotter: Dig or Die is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $12.99, with a Very Positive (85% of 1805 reviews) sentiment.

85%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 254 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (749 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–81k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,805 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2026-04-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62362320262026Week of 2026-04-07: 623 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$9.742026-04-072026-08-042026-04-07 — best price $9.742026-04-21 — best price $12.992026-05-21 — best price $9.742026-06-04 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $9.742026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-07-21 — best price $9.742026-08-04 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
96.8%
earned "The Beginning"
25.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3334%32

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

Census log

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

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