DigDigDrill

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• Recommended Posted July 14, 2025 on Steam It is an amazing game for relaxing while listening to something in the background. The gameplay is pretty simple and casual, but metaprogression can get quite deep and complex the further you go. It allows you to create really crazy builds for the endgame to absolutely dominate normal mode which feels very satisfying. My latest record is clearing 999 depth in less than 3 minutes while collecting almost everything on the way :) The ruins level also adds a lot of value to the endgame and keeps you motivated to work on improving your build further and beyond.
• Recommended Posted May 1, 2026 on Steam A very enjoyable digging game with a satisfying progression curve for about 20 hours of gameplay, but it's held back by a ludicrously grindy post-game. It should take about 10 hours to dig down to 999, at which point if you choose to reset the world you'll probably have a build strong enough to get back there in under 15 minutes. It didn't take too many more attempts to get a set-up good enough to get the achievement for reaching it in under 5 minutes. Reaching the bottom of the world unlocks a new more difficult alternate world with 500 layers that has better materials with new upgrades and equippables to unlock. You're incentivized to do runs of both worlds multiple times for progressively stronger buffs, but each prestige tier of difficulty for the second area is such a massive stat-check that the grind to make your drill stronger becomes a chore. I got to tier 7 of 10 before I got tired of it, and in that time I had I barely made a dent in progressing towards one of the more egregious achievements. I may have been playing for dozens of additional hours if I wanted to get it, and the game doesn't have enough variety to make that grind bearable. The gameplay loop is still good enough to recommend the game, just don't go in planning to go for every achievement.
• Recommended Posted July 5, 2025 on Steam This is only a positive review if you're willing to stop after Ruins 5. Playing beyond that is not worth the grind. DigDigDrill is an active incremental game. The mining is quite simple, with no gravity or enemies, just dealing damage to blocks, some of which contain ores or chests. Every 100 floors (rows) is a row of blocks that regenerate health after a few seconds, serving as a DPS check. The regeneration rate can be reduced (but not eliminated) by destroying up to 3 healing crystal blocks in the previous 100 floors. Some chests contain blueprints which can be used to craft new drills by solving a polyomino packing puzzle. Each ore is associated with one of six groups of 4-6 "enchants" (special properties). When crafting a drill, an enchant will be randomly chosen from the groups of the ores used to craft the drill, up to four. These skills can be rerolled by spending coins or hammers and sitting through an annoying animation. In the usual incremental game fashion, additional mechanics are progressively unlocked, offering new ways to gain power. For example, two sub-drills can be equipped in addition to the main drill, contributing their enchants but not their damage. I won't spoil the rest in this review. In exchange, the ruins post-game area increases the health of blocks, initially linearly, but becoming multiplicative at ruins 6. While the mechanics are complex enough to support multiple builds, there are well-understood optimal strategies (detailed in a Steam guide). While I am curious if it's possible to complete ruins 10 with a build that doesn't use the optimal strategy, the time required to grind hammers and reroll drills alone is prohibitive, to say nothing of grinding the other mechanics.
• Recommended Posted August 19, 2025 on Steam I haven't gotten to level 1,000 yet, but I'm just noodling around, having fun. I wouldn't call this particularly challenging. Drive & drill around until you fill up your waste bag, then return. Rinse. Repeat. The design-a-drill mini-game is interesting, but not really my cup of tea. I tend to just cheese it and take whatever I get. I'm sure I could go faster if I cared to play that mini-game more. ...but for $4 USD, how can you go wrong? No controller support, but works fine on the Steam Deck using WASD/mouse.
• Recommended Posted November 25, 2025 on Steam I initially dismissed this game as a mobile distraction at best. I was surprised on how the mechanics drew me in, with the upgrade system constantly making me move things around to increase my overall efficiency. Not for everyone, but very nice for people who like customization.
• Recommended Posted July 11, 2025 on Steam A fun little mining based game. I bought it because it reminds me of Motherlode, a flash game i used to play as a kid. Its not exactly like motherlode, since the upgrade system is a bit more complex. Still, if you are a fan of mining games, or games that involve incremental upgrades, this is pretty good.