Sales of A Game About Digging A Hole exceeded 250,000 copies in a week
The game with a telling title, A Game About Digging A Hole, has become a hit. Indie publisher rokaplay Bou·tique announced that it has been purchased over 250,000 times.
A Game About Digging A Hole
A Game About Digging A Hole was released on Steam exactly one week ago — on February 7, 2025. Users have a simple goal in the game. They need to dig in the garden of a new house and, in the process, find various resources that can be used to upgrade equipment.
The game was made single-handedly by a developer from the small German studio Cyberwave, for whom it was merely a hobby project. As the developer admitted, he worked on A Game About Digging A Hole in his free time and spent about three weeks creating it. Cyberwave is currently working on a survival game with crafting elements called Solarpunk.
It's worth noting that A Game About Digging A Hole went viral even before its release. Last month, the head of communications at rokaplay Bou·tique, Adrian Kaiser, shared that videos about the game are garnering millions of views on TikTok and other platforms. By January 21, the wishlist count for A Game About Digging A Hole on Steam had exceeded 100,000.
Currently, A Game About Digging A Hole has a "very positive" rating on Steam. The game has received over 4,000 reviews, 90% of which are positive. The peak online player count for the title on the platform reached 7,477 people.
Online dynamics of A Game About Digging A Hole on Steam