15 Games like The Dig on PC that you should try

Same family as The Dig: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting. To that it adds resource management and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings a third-person camera.

With The Dig it shares adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting. To that it adds resource management and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

Genre puts it alongside The Dig, and so does adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting. To that it adds single-player focus and resource management. They part company on visuals and tone: this one brings exploration and discovery, and strong narrative focus.

If The Dig worked for you because of adventure storytelling, single-player focus and resource management, the same is here. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world.

If The Dig worked for you because of puzzle design, single-player focus and resource management, the same is here. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and setting: a casual, approachable feel and fantasy world.

Genre puts it alongside The Dig, and so does adventure storytelling, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on resource management. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus and post-apocalyptic world.

Held in common with The Dig: puzzle design, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting. Both also lean on single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and genre — its own ground is tower defense planning and a casual, approachable feel.

Its point of contact with The Dig is dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. To that it adds resource management and an isometric view. They part company on genre and progression: this one brings turn-based strategy and punishing difficulty.

What brings it close to The Dig is dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on game mode, tone and setting. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is genre: real-time strategy.

With The Dig it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is progression and genre: turn-based strategy and base building.

What carries over from The Dig is dark, oppressive atmosphere, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on an isometric view and resource management. The distance is in genre and setting — its own ground is deep simulation.

Its point of contact with The Dig is a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is genre and setting: tower defense planning.

Its point of contact with The Dig is a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in genre and visuals — its own ground is real-time strategy and a top-down view.

The thread back to The Dig runs through a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is genre and setting: real-time strategy.

With The Dig it shares a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is genre and setting: deep simulation.