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Another Playdate title is making the jump from the little yellow handheld to Steam.
This time it's the turn of Dig! Dig! Dino!, the Playdate paleontological puzzle game, which, as the name suggests, is all about digging holes and excavating the fossilised remains of prehistoric reptiles.
One of the standout titles from Playdate's Season Two releases last year, the game is the work of a small team that includes artist and designer Dom2D (who previously worked on various board games and the fabulous roguelike Flinthook, with Tribute Games), the coder/designer Fayer (the co-creator of games like Arco and PancitoMerge), the composer Majo Félix, and the sound designer Rich Cervantes.
It sees players joining a crew of adorable animal characters across three dig sites, where they will be tasked with shovelling down into the dirt to unearth the skeletons of various different species of dinosaur (12 in total).
As players dig, they'll inevitably find themselves having to visit the workshop to unlock new tools and upgrades to overcome rocks and boulders blocking their path, which can be bought using coins found in the ground. There are also various artefacts to collect, each of which comes with its own description describing more about the history of the game's world.
As stated, the game will bring its "portable, retro-loving glory" to Steam next week, on November 18th, 2026, which, as the developer Dom2D notes, means it will come out "right before GTA 6" (ouch!).
Regardless, they don't seem too bothered by how this will (or won't) impact sales, stating they already consider the title a success, describing it as "a self-healing project" after layoffs prevented them from releasing a game for 8 years.
"After being hit twice by studio closures (Square Enix and Rovio), I ended up with 8 years with no game shipped," wrote Dom2D on Bluesky. "AND mobile crap nearly killed me. Making a small Playdate game with my pal @fayer.dev truly brought me back from the dead. It was a blast to make, and a JOY to share it with players!"
"The only downside of Dig Dig Dino: many couldn't play it as it was only on Playdate! So @fayer.dev and I spent a bit of time to put it up on Steam, in all its gameboyish glory, and it's coming out next week!"
You can wishlist the game on Steam now. The Playdate version is also currently still on sale for $9.