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The Dig
1995 · Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure · PC, Mac, Linux, DOS · LucasArts
The Dig is ranked no. 2,032 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,503 and 47% of duels won. Against The Secret of Monkey Island, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 0 wins to 5 losses in 5 duels. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 21 out of 64 (1995).
World rank
no. 2,032
ELO score
1,503
Wins
47%
Duels played
136
About The Dig
In the dead of space, something is alive.
A deep space adventure by Sean Clark in collaboration with filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
You've saved the Earth from Total Destruction. Now, Can you save yourself?
An asteroid the size of a small moon is on a crash course toward Earth, and only NASA veteran Boston Low has the expertise to stop it. Along for the ride are award-winning journalist Maggie Robbins and internationally renowned geologist Ludger Brink.
Once the wayward asteroid is nuked into a safe orbit, the trio conducts a routine examination of the rocky surface.
What they uncover is anything but routine.
Low, Brink and Robbins unwittingly trigger a mechanism that transforms the asteroid into a crystal-like spacecraft. The team is hurled across the galaxy to a planet so desolate, Brink is moved to name it Cocytus, after the 9th circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno. The bleak landscape was obviously once home to a highly enveloped civilization, with remnants of sophisticated architecture, advanced technology and an intricate network of underground tunnels.
But no Cocytans.
Who were the original inhabitants of this once rich empire-turned-wasteland? What are those apparitions that mysteriously appear from time to time? Why have Low, Robbins and Brink been brought to this place? And how can Low keep his team from unraveling in the face of such uncertainly? To return to Earth, the must dig for answer, both on the planet's surface and deep within themselves.
From the combined talents of LucasArts and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes an epic adventure that plunges headlong into the very core of the unknown. And takes you with it.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,503 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against The Secret of Monkey Island 0% 5 duels played · 341 points behind
- against The Walking Dead: The Final Season 67% 3 duels played · 91 points behind
- against Tales from the Borderlands 33% 3 duels played · 200 points behind
- against Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series 67% 3 duels played · 120 points behind
- against Blackwell Unbound 100% 2 duels played · 60 points ahead
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Where The Dig ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Dig stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 21 out of 64 (1995).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 2,032 | 5,110 |
| Point-and-click | 70 | 222 |
| 1990s | 265 | 655 |
| 1995 | 21 | 64 |
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