# A Game About Digging A Hole™ — user reviews

> 87 indexed App Store user reviews of A Game About Digging A Hole™ by Headup GmbH, rated 3.70/5 from 67 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/a-game-about-digging-a-hole/id6744608603/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/a-game-about-digging-a-hole/id6744608603.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 9 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 12

## What do users think of A Game About Digging A Hole™?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎉 Fun and enjoyable game
- 🧘‍♀️ Helps with stress relief
- 🕹️ Great gameplay experience

**Cons**

- 🎮 Controls need improvement, especially for the shovel
- 🤢 Can cause dizziness and nausea
- 🚶‍♂️ Selling and upgrade areas are too far away

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Black screen issues and unplayable glitches
- Buttons in the options menu barely work

**Most requested features**

- More guidance and tutorials
- Customizable controls
- Longer gameplay and content expansion

## Newest reviews (17 of 87)

### 2/5 — Glitchy

*2026-07-09, version 1.4*

This game so glitch I toss a dynamite at the lava rock and it goes straight through it to the lower level without blowing it up
And lose my health and lost every single ore I had in inventory worse part is I paid for this game

### 4/5 — 何あれ

*2026-06-21*

このゲームはハマる人はとことんハマるかく言う自分もハマってるんでけど最後に出てくるモグラがノイズになってるあのモグラがいなかったらもっと良かったなって思う

### 4/5 — AGADAH™️

*2026-04-13*

When playing A Game About Digging A Hole™️ I had fun digging a hole, I found the treasure and beat the game, the idea is a very unique one. And the storyline is beautiful, the graphics are visually stunning, and the gameplay is just as interesting as the gameplay. But, when I finaly dug the hole, it was sad that it all came to an end, but I enjoyed my time with it.

This really was, A Game About Digging A Hole™️.

### 3/5 — Technical issue

*2026-04-13*

Great game but I am facing issue with the saving (unable to touch the Book icon)

### 2/5 — Not worth the money

*2026-04-08, version 1.4*

For $6.99 this game is not worth it, it’s very short lived and can be completed in a day, this game should not be more then $2.99 don’t buy it

### 3/5 — Great way to kill 2-3 hours not for $5 though.

*2026-02-20*

This game ends super quick. This is more of a $1 or $2 game. Not worth $5. I payed $8 for a game recently that I was playing for days with similar graphics and much better mechanics. 4 or 5 stars if it was $1 or $2.

### 2/5 — Confused

*2026-02-15, version 1.4*

Do you only get the treasure once? Because I started a new game after getting it once and my second game had an empty treasure chest.

### 4/5 — Great Concept

*2026-02-02, version 1.4*

I really enjoyed playing this game but after about 2 hours you have bought all the upgrades. Hopefully more gets added in future.

### 2/5 — Only 1 Level

*2026-02-02, version 1.4*

Looked promising, upgraded all my tools and dug down to what is essentially just Lava that kills you (all done within 3 hours) Then that’s it, no more. I was expecting different levels, a way of logging and seeing all the minerals / rocks you discover, but nope.  Nice idea of a game but once you’ve gone in the shaft to find a box with nothing really notable in it, there isn’t anything left to do.

### 3/5 — Needs better controls

*2026-02-02*

The touch controls are poorly done and inefficient. It makes what would be a fun and relaxing game into a chore.

### 3/5 — Kinda boring

*2026-01-19, version 1.4*

It’s fun at the start the graphics are smooth but it starts getting boring the more you play it :/

### 4/5 — Perfect but pls fix this bug

*2025-12-28*

It is a perfect replica of the pc version but sometimes when I throw tnt it goes straight through the dirt.

### 3/5 — Игра на час

*2025-12-25*

Покупая эту игру я думал что это какой-то бесконечный гринд где надо просто копать глубоко вниз и постоянно прокачиваться, но на деле эта игра оказалась сюжетной и проходится за пару часов; имеет некоторые недоработки, управление реализовано так себе, а летающий пиксель земли вечно мешает пролетать вниз или на поверхность. Честно, по ощущениям такую игру можно на Юнити с каким-нибудь чатгпт сделать по приколу за пару вечерков, а просят за нее так какбудто это неплохой инди проект с реиграбельностью или хотя бы интересным геймплеем.
Поставил 3 звезды, однако не уверен что с такой ценой игра заслуживает подобной оценки.
Моя первая и единственная покупка на мобильную игру, и, к сожалению, я сделал худший выбор из всех возможных - практически любая другая платная игра предоставит куда большее разнообразие контента и будет намного интереснее, а некоторые даже дешевле. Настоятельно не рекомендую эту игру за любые деньги которые просят, этот проект полный проходняк и не может стоить своих денег

### 3/5 — 夢中になれるが短命

*2025-12-16*

・やり込み要素が無い
・アプッグレード要素がすぐ尽きる
この辺が改善されれば素晴らしいゲームになりそう
普通にオープンワールド化してちょっとビルディング要素と豊富なアップグレード要素が有れば大化けしそう。

### 2/5 — Pourquoi

*2025-12-12*

Sur iPad le jeu ne s’ouvre pas

### 3/5 — 楽しいです

*2025-12-11*

黙々と掘れて楽しいです。ただ最後の某動物がノイズ。ただ目標物掘り当てるでよかった。クリアした後にまたやろうとは思えない。バッテリーは熱くなる事もないし、消費も普通です。バッテリーが熱くなるってどうせ古いiPhone使ってるからなんでしょうけど、紛らわしいので書かないで欲しいですね。書くなら機種名を書きましょう。ちなみに自分はiPhone16です。

### 2/5 — Fun but full of bugs

*2025-11-25, version 1.4*

If you get to deep the lights suddenly make it harder to see because they make boxes dark and light on the screen

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2026-07-14, version 1.4*

I downloaded the app and it was just a screen like a photo or something it completely doesn’t work

### 1/5 — Very Short Game

*2026-04-29, version 1.4*

A 2hr game, a fast ending that doesn’t reward your time wasted, then forced you to start fresh after wasting time maxing out all your gear. No ‘New Game +’ type of reward. You unlock achievement/trophy hunting after beating it. Wahoo…

### 1/5 — Écran noir

*2025-12-17, version 1.4*

Le jeu reste sur un écran noir alors que ma version est bien supérieure à 15 comme demandé. Alors le jeux est injouable. Dommage

### 1/5 — Pointless

*2025-12-16, version 1.4*

This game is ridiculous. It takes forever to upgrade items to make the game actually fun. Waste of money. If I could give it zero
I would.

### 1/5 — Unplayable on Mac

*2025-11-30*

15 FPS on Mac Mini M4 when this pc can handle even Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk? Bruh.

### 1/5 — Bad

*2025-11-22, version 1.4*

Pitch black screen so I couldn’t play. Please read this before wasting your time time and money.

### 1/5 — Blank screen

*2025-10-05, version 1.3*

I can’t even play the game. It was just black screen One star fix your game

### 1/5 — So overpriced

*2025-09-09, version 1.2*

Waaaaaaay overpriced for a 60 minute game. Lame ending, not nearly enough to do for the price tag.

### 1/5 — Unspielbar

*2025-08-31*

Was ust das denn? Unspielbar auf einem aktuellen iPad, auch nicht mit einem BT Gamecontroller. Hängt sich im Geräteschuppen auf. Reinste Abzocke.

**Developer response:** Hallo, vielen Dank für das Feedback. Wir haben eine neue Version (1.3) veröffentlicht, die volle Gamepad-Unterstützung bietet. Falls du weiterhin Probleme haben solltest schicke uns bitte eine E-Mail an info@headupgames.com

### 1/5 — GIVE MY TİME AND GIVE MY MONEY !!!!

*2025-08-17, version 1.2*

DONT WASTE YOUR TİME TO PLAYİNG ABOUT THİS GAME JUST BEFORE PLAYİNG WATCH YOUTUBE VİDEOS

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Excellent casual play, difficult to speed run

*2026-06-11, version 1.4*

The game is perfectly balanced and keeps you curious until the end. 

The speedrun challenge keeps the game fresh after your first play through.

Family sharing makes this game a good value.

### 5/5 — 楽しかった🐗

*2026-06-02*

何周でもできるゲームです！！！私も今8週目で土無くなりそうなってます！ぜひ！

### 5/5 — loved it

*2026-05-04, version 1.4*

this game was the best. I absolutely loved it, but the moles were a bit scary. Besides that it was great. I only got one achievement though.

### 5/5 — Really addicting

*2026-03-22*

I don’t really know what I expected but this ended up being a really cool game. I wish it were longer but I guess that’s why it’s only a few dollars. 

If you’re not good with horror, maybe this isn’t the game for you. It scared the heck out of me right at the end. I wasn’t expecting it to turn into an almost horror game at the end

### 5/5 — Perfekt!

*2026-02-12*

Ich hatte geschrieben ein archievement sei nicht zu bekommen hab aber meinen Fehler bemerkt tolles Spiel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

### 5/5 — Полезный совет для игроков

*2026-01-04*

Игра очень крутая, все проработано хорошо, 
ПОЛЕЗНЫЙ СОВЕТ: крота, который может вас съесть, его НЕВОЗМОЖНО убить, только бежать от него.

### 5/5 — Tut was es soll

*2025-12-29*

Das Spiel macht genau das, was es soll. Man gräbt immer tiefer und sammelt dabei Kram ein, den man dann verkaufen kann. Dabei sammelt man immer neuere Materialien und insgesamt ist es ein sehr entspannendes Spiel :)

### 5/5 — 楽しい！

*2025-12-25*

時間を忘れて掘り続けてしまいますね。
2周目ですが実績解除目指して掘り続けます🪏

### 5/5 — Save Game Button

*2025-11-03*

We need a Save game button to have 4 game because if your baby sister clicks new game and it starts a new game you can’t get it back and that is what happened to me pls update the Save game button Update.

### 5/5 — Add Ores and tips

*2025-10-14*

Since I’ve completed the game I would like these ores to be added : Emerald : Ruby : iridium: aluminum: and kyawthuite. Tip 1 kyawthuite should be anywhere below -240 meters. 2. Emerald should be anywhere below -140 meters. 3. Ruby should be under -180 meters 4 irudium should be under -80 meters 5. Aluminum should be under -50 meters and that’s all

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