The Dig®

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 a adventure, point & click and great soundtrack game developed and published by LucasArts.
Released on July 08th 2009 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,165 reviews of which 1,068 were positive and 97 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.06€ on Steam and has a 65% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Dig® into these genres:

Adventure Point & Click Great Soundtrack Singleplayer Classic 1990's Sci-fi Puzzle Remake Retro Pixel Graphics Aliens Story Rich Beautiful Third Person Cinematic

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP or Vista
Processor: Any 2002 era PC or better
Memory: 32 MB RAM
Graphics: 2 MB - PCI Graphics Card
DirectX®: Required for sound
Hard Drive: 650 MB
Sound: 16-bit sound card

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X version 10.5 (or newer)
Processor: Intel Processor
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz
Memory: 128 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB free disk space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Aug. 2024

too bad it's over already. I'll be brief : this could be my favourite point and click ever, I played most of the classics as MI, indiana jones, Gabriel knight, etc etc but this is the best all around. Mature, coherent plot with concrete characters, amazing OST and very inspired puzzles, designed to make you experience alien technology and get an understanding of their culture. Pretty hard yes, but never unfair. No walkthrough required at any point. Also it played perfectly with 0 issues from start to finish, unlike other games from the 90's like Sierra's GK or Infograms' Shadow of the comet. My favourite part though? There's tons and tons of excellent writing, a fascinating alien world with amazing visuals and you're given a LOT OF SATISFYING ANSWERS, which is usually where most promising stories fall flat on their face. Also loved the voice acting. Hollywood-tier production value (literally), incredibly underrated masterpiece. 12/10

May 2024

I remember when I played it for the first time back when it was released, I was instantly drawn into its mesmerizing world, where every puzzle solved felt like a triumph and every revelation was a thrilling discovery. With its immersive atmosphere, challenging puzzles, and memorable characters, it's a classic adventure game that leaves a lasting impression. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3253345852

May 2024

This is an incredibly important game to me, as it was my VERY FIRST ONE, that converted me into a gamer about 30 years ago. Amazing story, great characters, atmosphere. The time shows 16 mins, since I only checked whether I can play it again on my deck one day. When I played the full game nobody even dreamt of Steam :D

Jan. 2024

Love it! I used to play The Dig in 1995 when I was in high school. Be prepared to use the walkthru, it's tough! But worth it. Such a good story, great puzzles, very mystic, and deals with space-time dimensions before they were really "a thing" with Marvel Studios and others.

Dec. 2023

The dig is arguably one of the most frequently remembered classics from the golden era of Point-n-click adventure games, but does it stand the test of time? The game had a difficult development history, with four separate directors taking the reins before it saw release so what remains is a diamond in the rough in certain aspects. But the game has some pretty big names in the credits, from actors such as Robert Patrick, of The Terminator fame, lending his voice to the protagonist and with dialog written by Orson Scott Card, with the overall idea by Spielberg, there's a lot of big hitters involved Including Industrial Light and Magic whom provided the pre-rendered cutscenes for the game, which at the time was quite nice, but sadly doesn't look that great anymore. Similar can be said for the backgrounds of the various scenes of the game, it can be difficult to make out intractable objects and items to pick up, often leading you to pixel hunt for something you overlooked in the blurry jagged graphics. Which doesn't help the at times obtuse puzzles that lacks hints, or reasons for doing them. What the game does great, and which still holds up, is the musical score and the overall atmosphere, which the game oozes. As for the plot, it's a bit whimsical, which isn't too surprising given the roots of the idea of the game, and the later parts of the game gives a feeling of it being a bit rushed, which looking at the troubled development is too be expected. Overall it's one of the classics, and probably is still worth playing today despite its shortcomings, if only to say that you finally finished it when you didn't as a kid in 1995.

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-65% 5.89€ 2.06€

8.7

1,068

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Developer

LucasArts

Publisher

LucasArts

Release 08 Jul 2009

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