Big Dig (2026) - Player Count

About

On Steam, 96% of 738 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 107 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 343 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck.

Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game about digging up artifacts to help Mayor Dog win the election! Recover artifacts, grow your museum, and upgrade your tools while building a highway spanning the entire Animal Republic!

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Media

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Releases

Platform

Date

Mac

October 19, 2026

PC (Microsoft Windows)

October 19, 2026

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified works great out of the box

Minimum

OS *

Windows 7 or above

Processor

i3 or equivalent

Graphics

GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM

Storage

51 MB available space

Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 31, 2026.

Big Dig player count

concurrent players on Steam

107playing now2h ago

137peak today

34330-day peak

343highest we have seenOct 29, 2026

Oct 28daily peak, last 7 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

Big Dig achievements

45 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Full Display Display every artifact in your museum

59.4%

Complete Tech Tree Unlock every node in the tech tree

60.3%

Act 3 Completed Act 3

63.3%

Capital Visit the Capital

65.4%

Complete Museum Unlock every room in your museum

65.7%

Archipelago Visit the Archipelago

66.1%

All 45 achievements by how many players unlocked them

Cat Statue Complete the cat statue

66.6%

Snowy Visit the Snowy district

66.8%

Explosive Mining Unlock bombs

67.4%

Mountain Visit the Mountain

67.6%

River Visit the River

68.4%

Prestigious Museum Have 1,000 guests in your museum

69.2%

Millionaire Museum Have $1,000,000

71%

Electric Mining Unlock batteries

71.4%

Master Archeologist Collect 500 artifacts

73.3%

Key to the East Use the key Mayor Frog gave you

73.7%

Act 2 Completed Act 2

74%

Middlesville Visit Middlesville

74.9%

Dino Skeleton Complete the dino skeleton

75.4%

Bigger Digger Unlock the excavator

75.5%

Suburbia Visit Suburbia

76.3%

Swamp Visit the Swamp

77.4%

Shiny Collect a shiny artifact

77.9%

Gone Fishing Unlock your first fishing upgrade

78.2%

Lake Visit the Lake

78.6%

Rich Museum Have $100,000

79.2%

Forest Visit the Forest

80%

Spotlight Place an artifact in a spotlighted area

80.6%

Renowned Museum Have 100 guests in your museum

82.4%

Key to the Midwest Use the key Mayor Dog gave you

88.8%

Act 1 Completed Act 1

89.2%

Farm Visit the Farm

90%

Help for Hire Unlock workers

90.6%

Cuneiform Tablet Complete the cuneiform tablet

90.7%

Well Compensated Museum Have $10,000

91.7%

Expert Archeologist Collect 100 artifacts

93.3%

Plains Visit the Plains

93.6%

Advanced Archeologist Collect 50 artifacts

96.5%

Dunes Visit the Dunes

96.6%

Underfunded Museum Have $1,000

97.3%

Junior Archeologist Collect 10 artifacts

98.3%

Dogopolis Visit Dogoplois

98.3%

Minimum Wage Museum Have $100

98.5%

Aspiring Archeologist Collect 1 artifact

99.3%

Beach Visit the Beach

99.5%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

Big Dig 2026