Dig VR is a funny VR working sim with unexpected heart

Dig VR is a game that is exactly what the title implies: It’s a virtual reality title in which you are driving a digger and digging things up. To drive the point home even further, it takes place in Diglington, Diglingshire (a cute pastiche of British towns) and the radio you listen to while working is called DIG FM. Seems like a fairly straightforward experience, right? I would have thought the same — but the game surprised me, both because it has such good humor and heart, and an emotional story behind its creation.

Dig VR is deceptively simple to control: You have two handles for moving the digger itself, and two for controlling the arm and bucket. It sounds like it should be easy to figure out — and it is, if you’re content to just scoop whatever and be messy. But if you care about precision and neatness, then the game gives you that as well, albeit with a bit more of a learning curve behind it. Still, the game doesn’t really judge you if you want to be messy — it’s more about the fun of learning to use the tools.