6 Games like The Dig on Xbox 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.

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.

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.