Viral indie sensation A Game About Digging a Hole has passed a major sales milestone within its first week on Steam, developer Cyberwave and publisher rokaplay Bou-tique have announced.
Since being released on February 7th (which is less than a week ago at time of writing), A Game About Digging a Hole has hit 250,000 sales, which isn't bad at all for a title "developed by a solo artist from Cyberwave...as a fun side project".
The game's success probably won't come as a surprise if you spend any time watching content creators on Twitch and other platforms. The studios claim A Game About Digging a Hole racked up "over 5 million views on TikTok, 2.2 million views on YouTube shorts, and...14.5 million views on Instagram Reels".
Players seem pretty enamored with A Game About Digging a Hole on the, er, whole, too, with the game garnering a Very Positive rating on Steam across over 3,700 reviews at time of writing.
Positive reviews highlight the game's simplicity, lack of pretension, and strong Steam Deck support, so if those are things you're looking for in your next snack-size indie game, then this could well be one for you to...
