On Steam, a game offers you a particularly simple experience. However, it is so well executed that the game enjoys 90 percent positive reviews.
What kind of game is this? It is the game A Game About Digging A Hole. In this game, the goal is to dig a hole in your backyard, nothing more. There is a treasure buried in the earth that needs to be unearthed.
Here you can watch the trailer for the game:
“A religious experience”
This is the gameplay: At the beginning of the game, you start with a simple shovel and begin to dig. The deeper you go, the rarer materials and more money you earn to buy new equipment or upgrade existing ones. The game features about an hour of content.
The best part: The game costs less than 5 euros and is currently even 10 percent off, costing only 4.49 euros (via Steam).
What does the community say? Overall, the game has a total rating of 90 percent from around 10,000 user reviews (via Steam). Some individual community voices:
- fey says about the game (via Steam): “After I reached the main goal, I set out to achieve all the achievements. After I got them all, I dug up the whole garden. Now that I’ve done everything I can, I can rest. Really a religious experience in this game.”
- Josh says about the game (via Steam): “A simple and fun digging simulator. It’s addictive to find new, more valuable resources and upgrade the equipment.”
- Kit.T is also enthusiastic but criticizes at the same time (via Steam): “Good pastime for one or two hours, but not much after that. Needs more content in my opinion; I want to dig deeper, but unfortunately there’s a bottom, and it’s not as deep as you might think.”
Simple games are often the ones that have an unintended relaxing effect. MyMMO author Jasmin Beverungen also had to find this out when she worked with her friends in the supermarket to relax after work: To relax from everyday life, I work at the checkout in a supermarket on Steam
