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ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG
Hooks you right away
Gets good instantly from the first hour
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 653
What the data shows
- 85% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (85%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 86% of games we track.
- 82% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
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Based on all 656 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 1.4h for positive, 0.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (82.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (20)
- Round 1 Cleared Clear round 1! 100%
- Round 2 Cleared Clear round 2! 87%
- Surface Assassin Defeat an enemy on the surface. 79%
- Just Passing Through Pass through an inflated enemy! 75%
- 2 Enemies Crush 2 enemies with one rock! 43%
- Carrot Obtain the Carrot that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 40%
- Turnip Obtain the Turnip that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 32%
- Cucumber Obtain the cucumber that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 24%
- Mushroom Obtain the Mushroom that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 23%
- Eggplant Obtain the Eggplant that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 17%
- Clean Harpoon Clear any Round without digging! 16%
- Rock And Roll Defeat all enemies in a Round using rocks! 12%
- Green Pepper Obtain the Green Pepper that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 9.0%
- 4 Enemies Crush 4 enemies with one rock! 8.8%
- Tomato Obtain the Tomato that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 6.3%
- Dig Dig through the entire area on any Round! 4.4%
- Watermelon Obtain the Watermelon that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 4.4%
- Pineapple Obtain the Pineapple that appears after dropping 2 rocks in a certain Round. 4.0%
- Centurion Defeat 100 enemies on a single playthrough! 3.6%
- Rambler Dig 1000 spaces! (1 space is the same size as 1 character) 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.