Indie publisher rokaplay and Vienna-based developer Mipumi Games have announced A Game About Digging A Hole Together, a multiplayer follow-up to the viral hit A Game About Digging A Hole.
According to a release, players will be able to dig with up to three friends on a new plot of land with a new premise. The game is due out later this year on PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and Xbox on PC, as well as on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2.
The original game started life as a holiday project, built by a single developer in just a few weeks. It picked up traction on social media and climbed into the top 30 of the Steam charts. According to the release, it has since sold over 1m copies.
What's new in A Game About Digging A Hole Together
The basic loop is unchanged. Players dig, sell what they find, upgrade their gear and dig some more, though the release says each of those mechanics has been improved. New terrain types, tools, hidden items and underground secrets are being added, and online play will work across platforms.
Mipumi Games has spent the past few months rebuilding the game's code, which the companies claim will make it run more smoothly and reliably. The digging and voxel technology behind it originally came from an early version of Solarpunk, described in the release as a 'hit game'.
The developer who made the original is still working on the project, alongside the wider Mipumi Games team. According to the release, the studios went through reviews, comments and requests from players after the first game took off, and that feedback has gone into the new title.
About Mipumi Games and rokaplay
Mipumi Games was founded in Vienna, Austria, in 2009. The studio works on full-cycle development, team augmentation, technical partnerships and its own original IP, covering PC, console and mobile. Its past work includes Alan Wake 2, CONTROL, HITMAN and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
Publisher rokaplay is based in Darmstadt, Germany, and develops its own games as well as supporting other indie studios. It describes itself as a maker of 'Cozy & Family Friendly games' and cites Nintendo as an inspiration for its cross-platform releases. A release date has not yet been announced. Updates will be shared through rokaplay's newsletter and its channels on Discord, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube and Facebook.
