You've got 1 week to get one of my all-time favorite Metroidvanias for $4
Oct. 24, 2023SteamWorld Dig 2 is criminally cheap for a limited time
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Even after six years, SteamWorld Dig 2 remains one of thebest Metroidvania gamesyou can play today, and you can grab it for just $4 for the next week.
I first spotted this deal in thelittle Steam salethat publisher Thunderful is putting on, but happily, this discount is also available onNintendo Switch,PlayStation, andXbox(for the next six to eight days depending on your platform of choice). It’s actually only $3 with PlayStation Plus, and a still-cheap $5 on Switch.
SteamWorld Dig 2 isn’t the only game on sale, by the way. With some variance between platforms, the delightful SteamWorld Heist XCOM-like, SteamWorld Quest card game, and original SteamWorld Dig are also available for cheap. But SteamWorld Dig 2 remains my favorite game of the series, and every Metroidvania fan ought to play it.
I haven’t even gotten to the best part. I just checked my Steam stats to confirm this, and sure enough, SteamWorld Dig 2 is about 10 to 12 hours long. That’s fairly big Microvania standards, but still pretty modest by the 20 - 40-hour standards of many Metroidvanias. Frankly, this is one of my favorite things about it. It’s exactly as long as it needs to be, with just enough overlap in the world design to fuel satisfying exploration but still so little fat that it never feels repetitive or drawn-out. It somehow ticks all the Metroidvania boxes in so little time, and with such imagination to boot.
The next game in this loosely defined series isSteamWorld Build, a promising city builder that made a great first impressionwhen we tried it earlier this year.
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