{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ee014d30465ac5fc0c63a6a7","clusterId":"c_936aafa1633e71b281bb2e87","slug":"a-game-about-digging-a-hole-together-lands-december-4-at-700-yen","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"A Game About Digging A Hole Together Lands December 4 At 700 Yen","summary":"Shouchiku Games and rokaplay select announced on October 21 that A Game About Digging A Hole Together, developed by Mi'pu'mi Games, will release on December 4, 2026. The price is 700 yen. Versions are planned for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and Microsoft Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, with Xbox Game Pass availability at launch. The game is the sequel to A Game About Digging A Hole, a digging simulation made by a single developer in his spare time that passed 1 million copies sold worldwide. The core loop carries over: dig, sell what you find, upgrade equipment, dig deeper. This entry adds online co-op for up to four players with cross-platform play, a beach setting, more terrain types, digging tools split into four categories, more upgrade types, and a collection element where finds are displayed inside a tent. Shouchiku and rokaplay select are publishing jointly. Japanese in-game text is planned. Announcement came during the ID@Xbox IGN Showcase.","whyItMatters":"The sequel exists because the original's players asked for multiplayer, and the original's solo developer handed the rebuild to a Vienna studio with credits on Alan Wake 2 and the Hitman series rather than expand it alone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMi\u0026#39;pu\u0026#39;mi Games rebuilt the game system from scratch, which is how up to four-player co-op and cross-platform play got in alongside steadier performance. The studio was founded in Vienna in 2009 and has worked on titles including Alan Wake 2, Control, the Hitman series and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The digging and voxel technology traces back to tech created early in development of Solar Punk: Sky Island, the other project the original developer was working on at the time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first game arrived on February 7, 2025, and passed 1 million cumulative sales. As of the time of writing it holds a \u0026#34;Very Positive\u0026#34; Steam rating, with 89% of 20,320 user reviews positive. Player feedback pushed the sequel: requests to dig longer and dig with friends, plus calls for new tools and hidden elements, were analyzed and built in. Multiplayer shows the distance to other players, so a group can dig one shaft together or spread across a wide area. Underground finds include an item labeled UPSIDE DOWN HELMET, a black rotary phone, a toy excavator, giant green glowing objects and objects sealed with multiple locks. Shouchiku Games was set up in June 2024 as a games division inside Shouchiku.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mi'pu'mi Games built the first A Game About Digging A Hole solo. Adding four-player cross-platform co-op alters the loop: a game about solitary digging now depends on three other people showing up.","twitterPost":"Four-player co-op changes the core of A Game About Digging A Hole Together: the original's solo grind now needs three other players to sync.","threadsPost":"A Game About Digging A Hole was one developer digging alone. The sequel from Mi'pu'mi Games puts four players in one tunnel with cross-platform play, so the loop shifts from private grind to coordinated digging. The collection tent only works if everyone shares the same hole.","newsletterBlurb":"The digging game that sold 1 million copies gets a four-player sequel on December 4 for 700 yen. Mi'pu'mi Games rebuilt the systems from scratch and added cross-platform co-op, a beach setting, and a tent for displaying underground finds. It hits PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2, with Game Pass at launch.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/046/G104608/20261021004/\",\"title\":\"Up to 4 Players Dig Underground in \\\"A Game About Digging A Hole Together,\\\" Launching December 4; Cross-Platform Support Also Included\"},{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2149999.html\",\"title\":\"Digging Holes Is Somehow Addictive: Multiplayer 'A Game About Digging A Hole Together' Set for December 4 Release\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261021-474594/\",\"title\":\"A Hole-Digging Game That Sold 1 Million Copies Adds Up to 4-Player Multiplayer: 'A Game About Digging A Hole Together' Launches December 4, Packed with 'Weird Treasures' and Playable Solo, Of Course\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261021w\",\"title\":\"Up to 4 Players Online Digging Game 'A Game About Digging A Hole Together' Set for December 4 Release; Cross-Play Support Lets Friends Dig Toward the Center of the Earth\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/21/173881.html\",\"title\":\"Up to 4 Players: Hit Digging Game Sequel 'A Game About Digging A Hole Together' Set for December 4 Release! 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