Cave Digger 2 Dig Harder

Cave Digger 2 Dig Harder

Released Sep 2022

Go on a mysterious journey in the wildlands in this 1-4-player VR action-adventure game inspired by Western, Dieselpunk and Lovecraftian themes. Explore old mines, nautical caves and ruins of ancient civs to unravel the secrets of the valleys. But beware! Best to keep a 6-shooter close just in case.

84% positive · 130 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Cave Digger 2: Dig Harder launched out of Early Access on September 8, 2022, and received a series of major free content updates afterward. The first post-launch major update, "Return of the Chompys," arrived on November 24, 2022, adding new enemy types, run modifiers, new endings, and more. The game then continued to grow, with the developer porting it to flat-screen platforms (announced September 2023, launched November 2023) and then to Nintendo Switch (June 2024). The most recent major content update, "Different Endings," shipped on December 12, 2024, and is explicitly described as delivering "the final two endings" — completing the story that had been building throughout the game's post-launch life. No further content has been announced since December 12, 2024. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no developer statements about upcoming updates, and no roadmap pointing to additional content. The framing of the December 2024 update as the conclusion of the game's narrative arc, combined with the absence of any subsequent communications, indicates that the game's content is now complete.
Evidence
The 'Different Endings' update released, described as delivering 'the final two endings' — completing the in-game story arc. This is the most recent major content release and the last developer communication on record.
news post · Dec 12, 2024 source development ending
high
Major free update 'Return of the Chompys' shipped post-launch, adding new enemies, run modifiers, cosmetics, and two new story endings.
news post · Nov 24, 2022 source content shipped
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
VRKiwi
Achievements
26
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

Cave Digger 2: Dig Harder

Start with a pickaxe in one hand and nothing in the other. Excavate the bedrock, reap the rewards of Mother Earth, and trade the mined valuables for new gadgets, travels, funky wild fashion, and more. Cave Digger 2: Dig Harder is a 1-4-player VR action-adventure game set in wildland valleys, where you discover old mines, nautical caves, and ruins of ancient civilizations inspired by Western, Dieselpunk and Lovecraftian themes. Explore the "pristine" lands, loot its riches, and unravel the mystery linked to a great explorer. As you go, it's best to keep a six-shooter nearby just in case.

Tools and Progression

Get thrown right away into the deep end by being stuck in the mines as your drill machine broke. With a single pickaxe, work your way to the surface camp where your journey can begin in earnest. Your goal is simply to mine and carry loot back to the surface the best you can for your mission assigners. With the surplus reward that you get, you can buy new things like upgrading your dependable pickaxe with a shinier look! (And faster digging rate.) Or buy dynamites that work on pretty much anything that needs to be worked on. Maybe you fancy a shovel that works for both digging and moving through the caves like a spider-miner. Whatever your preferred loadout, you will be ready to go deeper into the ever-shifting caves than any miner before or after you! (At least that's what Merchant Trading Company says when selling their gear to any miner, which they must be 100% right about, right?... Right.)

Story

The valleys have their mysteries and they hide them well. Step by step the player follows the same path where a great explorer has once wandered. Who is this hardy explorer? Why did he come to these valleys? And where is he now? The answers to these and more lie in the depths of the valleys. The story has multiple endings, each revealing a different side of it. Find the scattered comic pages to a tale of greed, eldritch power, and secrets beyond space and time. Who the wanderer is and why he did what he did in the valleys become clear in the end, but is it really the end?

Co-op Multiplayer

Gather a party of up to 4 players. Your role in the mining team is totally up to you! As long as at least somebody is carrying their weight in gold back to the surface, you all get paid in official Merchant Dollars equally. Co-op crossplay supports public matchmaking and private groups, and you are very free to show your wildlands drip by combining things from a generous selection of clothes, hats and faces once you've bought them first.

So, take a pickaxe (and your friends) with you and head to the wildlands for the riches it holds, find out the secrets it contains, and dig deeper into the valleys than any adventurer before or after you!

CD2:DH Key Features

  • Discoveries, dangers, and digging.

  • Mine your way with the dependable pickaxe, versatile dynamites, hi-tech hammer, and more!

  • Procedurally generated partially destructible cave and mine networks.

  • Grab the six-shooter, chain-shovel, and the gold-pan-turned-to-a-shield if things get rough. TNT works fine too, just mind your team members if you aren't lone-wolfing! Gadgets evolve with upgrades.

  • 1-4 player crossplay co-op of private groups or public matchmaking, also between VR and non-VR.

  • Collectable comic book Clayton - The Greed reveals the history of the Valley throughout the player’s journey.

  • Multiple discoverable endings of the story, each revealing a different angle to it.

  • Player avatar customization with dozens of things from clothes to faces to hats. Wildlands fashion is a wildly funky fashion that has something for every taste.

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Good to know - Game progress transfers automatically between the VR, standard, and demo editions.

Also check out the first Cave Digger available in both VR and non-VR games

Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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