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Dig Island

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87%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
87% User Score Based on 114 reviews

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About Dig Island

Dig Island is a single player and multiplayer survival management game with a mystery theme. It was developed by FiftyEight Studios and was released on January 30, 2026. It received positive reviews from players.

Your journey begins with a plane crash. After watching your plane burst into flames and fall from the sky, you wake up on a tropical island filled with lush vegetation and hidden dangers. You are not entirely alone. A disabled old man, one of the island’s previous survivors, still lives here. Through his guidance and tasks, you learn the basics of survival while slowly uncovering the island’s myst…

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87%Audience ScoreBased on 114 reviews
story9 positive mentions
grinding6 negative mentions
  • Relaxing and straightforward gameplay that is easy to get into and suitable for chill solo or co-op sessions.
  • Well-designed crafting and digging mechanics with satisfying progression and a clear goal of building a plane to escape the island.
  • Good optimization with clean graphics, smooth performance even on low-end PCs, and frequent developer updates and support.
  • Energy and inventory management can be frustrating due to fast energy drain on upgraded tools and limited stack sizes.
  • Some bugs and glitches persist, including issues with multiplayer synchronization, crafting interface locks, and saving problems.
  • Survival elements feel underdeveloped, with slow hunger impact, lack of meaningful danger, and tedious repetitive tasks like fishing and resource grinding.

  • story

    19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    47% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions

    The story offers more depth than typical mining/crafting sims, incorporating lore and hidden notes that enhance immersion. While generally enjoyable and well-integrated with crafting and exploration, some users feel it could benefit from more fleshing out, variety in areas, and polish. Overall, it provides a fun, albeit sometimes grind-heavy, narrative experience suited for fans of crafting and survival games.

    • “I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of lore and storyline that the developers wove into the game, which took it beyond being just a mining/crafting sim and gave it meaningful depth.”
    • “Great game with an unexpected story reveal.”
    • “Has everything from great progression, crafting, and a full story.”
    • “Needs the story fleshed out, and more variety added to the layouts of certain story areas but as is, it's pretty good.”
    • “I love that it has an in depth quest system, but it could really use some polish.”
    • “When I try to collect the 13 parts, they do not count as 13, always stuck at 9/13, so the quest is not ready or can't even be completed!”

  • gameplay

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a mix of enjoyable crafting and digging mechanics, with some players appreciating the balance of survival elements like food and energy systems that allow for extended exploration. However, several reviewers find the digging and survival mechanics repetitive or tedious, particularly criticizing the energy and food systems as more of a hassle than a fun challenge. Overall, while the core mechanics are solid and engaging, certain aspects such as controls and survival features could be improved for a smoother experience.

    • “Finally a crafting survival game that has a proper food and energy system that does not have you eating and resting every two minutes of gameplay, which in turn gives the player more time to explore and enjoy the world.”
    • “The digging mechanics and experience reminded me a lot of 'A Game About Digging a Hole,' which I also really enjoyed, but Dig Island also has the crafting component, making it quite satisfying.”
    • “The mechanics and everything are really fun so far.”
    • “Honestly, it doesn't offer anything new. Its digging mechanic isn't satisfying or engaging, and the whole gameplay feels severely lacking in many decent survivalist mechanics that would have made it far more interesting to play.”
    • “This game is boring, with a lot of broken mechanics; going up and down holes is tedious and annoying.”
    • “The food mechanic feels weird and is more of a hassle than a fun mechanic.”

  • grinding

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 86% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is a mixed experience, described as both satisfying and tedious, with some players finding the crafting and mechanics overly grindy while others appreciate the balanced challenge. Multiplayer may alleviate some of the frustration, but the current early access state suggests grinding might improve over time.

    • “The multistep process for crafting, while realistic, makes it too grindy.”
    • “Sometime can be grindy/frustrating, but overall it's relatively balanced for such a game genre.”
    • “But having a friend or two to play with so it's not as tedious would maybe help.”

  • graphics

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    83% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users generally praise the game's graphics as good, lush, and clean, highlighting specific positive details like rain effects and smooth performance with high frame rates. Some mention a need for better contrast and note the overall visual appeal enhances immersion. However, a few point out minor areas for improvement in presentation and ambiance.

    • “Dig Island is a really good game, the graphics are lush and gameplay is fantastic.”
    • “The graphics are good, especially the rain.”
    • “The game is fun and the graphics are clean, running super well with an average of 200+ FPS without any dips.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game generally runs smoothly, even on low-end PCs, with no major bugs or glitches encountered by some users; however, occasional bugs and glitches have been reported.

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game shows potential in optimization but requires improvements such as reducing player hitbox size and addressing issues with getting stuck on ores and terrain. Overall, it is fairly well optimized but still needs refinement.

    • “It's optimized pretty well.”
    • “Direction wise it has promise for what there is now but it needs a lot of optimization, including the option to destroy ores rather than getting stuck between them and trimming down the hit box of the player because you are easily stuck on pieces of dirt or ores that are clearly out of your range.”
    • “Direction wise it has promise for what there is now but it needs a lot of optimization, the option to destroy ores rather than getting stuck between them, and even trimming down the hitbox of the player because you're easily stuck on pieces of dirt or ores that are clearly out of range.”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game often arises from unexpected glitches that create amusing moments, such as unintentionally revealing the entire layout and inadvertently guiding players. These quirky occurrences add a lighthearted and entertaining touch to the gameplay experience.

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users find the game lacks significant replayability, expressing disappointment that there are limited reasons to return once completed, unless substantial new content like additional islands or a sequel is introduced.

    • “I'm actually quite sad it's over; there isn't much replayability, unfortunately, and I don't see how updates can get us back into it (unless we get to dig more islands or sort of a part II).”
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Play Times

11h Median play time
11h Average play time
11-11h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 1 analyzed playthroughs
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Dig Island is a survival management game with mystery theme. Common tags for Dig Island include first-person, indie, exploration, relaxing, nature and others.

Dig Island is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 11 hours playing Dig Island.

Dig Island was released on January 30, 2026.

Dig Island was developed by FiftyEight Studios.

Dig Island has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Dig Island for its story but disliked it for its grinding.

Dig Island is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Solarpunk, Arctico, Cubic Odyssey, Aloft, Astrometica and others.