HOW TO DIG

The package needs delivering. Nobody said the route was safe.

Nobody goes into the old mine anymore. The locals talk about monsters, falling rocks and people who never returned to daylight. Unfortunately, your delivery is on the other side.

Take the package, grab Joe’s rusty pickaxe and follow the rails into the mountain.

HOW TO DIG is a first-person, single-player action adventure about making one increasingly dangerous delivery. Mine ore, fight underground creatures and spend your earnings on weapons that hit harder, drill deeper and make a much bigger mess.

Go deeper

• Travel through five underground levels, from the old mine to crystal caverns, flooded tunnels, lava and the mountain’s core.
• Survive a live earthquake, break through cave-ins and time your way across erupting lava vents.
• Build an arsenal of eight weapons: pickaxe, sledgehammer, dynamite, drill, gun, bazooka, Uzi and throwing knives.
• Match your weapon to the creature or rockfall ahead. A stream of bullets won’t solve everything.
• Face five bosses, then steer through an accelerating minecart escape to reach daylight.
• Follow one clear route. Checkpoints save your progress and sell your ore; equipment stops let you prepare for the next stretch.

Current playtest: 0.5.1

This is a playable game in development. The latest update adds a 40-round Uzi magazine, tighter equipment progression, weapon-specific barriers, shorter descents and a faster final escape. Green checkpoints save your progress but no longer refill your health.

Mac and Windows downloads. Single-player. English.

Please share where you got stuck, which weapons you used, and whether the difficulty felt fair. Include your computer model and operating system if you encounter a technical problem.

Controls

WASD — move
Mouse — aim
Hold left-click — attack or mine
E — interact nearby
Space — jump
Shift — sprint
1–8 / mouse wheel — switch weapons
H — next step
Escape — pause

Credits

Built with Unity and Blender. Typeface: Averia Serif Libre by Dan Sayers, under the SIL Open Font License. AI-assisted development and writing; AI-generated promotional cover. Screenshots are captured from the game with the HUD hidden.