Room to Dig: A Construction Sandbox

Big machines. Bigger possibilities.

Climb into powerful construction machines, reshape the land, haul dirt, uncover buried treasures, and build whatever you can imagine.

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Room to Dig is in development. Store pages are coming soon.

Dig. Build. Discover.

Your island. Your machines. Your way.

A giant construction sandbox where anyone can dig, build, haul, discover, and play their own way.

Operate heavy equipment

From the cab or a chase camera, with real controls or a helping hand.

Reshape the ground

Holes, trenches and heaps stay where you leave them.

Build and experiment

No goals, no timers. Push it, pile it, flatten it, start again.

Discover buried things

Shells, bones, fossils and treasure wait under the sand.

As much help as you like

Four assistance levels, from young kids to experienced operators.

Big machines

Big machines, ready to work

Every machine is detailed, heavy and fun to drive. Jump between them whenever you like, and earn bigger sizes as you move more dirt.

Available
Excavator
The heart of the dig. Cut trenches, scoop heaps and load trucks from the cab or a chase camera.
Available
Dump Truck
Follows your excavator, backs in to be loaded, hauls to your dump marker and tips.
Available
Bulldozer
Push heaps, spread piles and grade the ground flat with the blade.
Available
Wheel Loader
Scoop loose material and carry it across the site.
Available
Skid Steer
Small, quick and handy for tidying and grading tight spots.
Available
Mini Excavator
Light digging and detail work where the big machine won't fit.

Dig and build

Dirt that stays where you put it

Every scoop changes the terrain, and the dirt you dig is the dirt you carry. It isn't created or destroyed on the way.

Dig into terrain
Load dirt
Move material
Dump material
Push dirt
Create piles
Grade terrain
Leave lasting changes

Tyre tracks left in the sand around a loaded truck

Six soils, six feels

SandPours and slumps
DirtDarker, piles steeper
ClaySticks in the bucket
GravelHeavy and free-flowing
Fluffy snowLight and loose
Snowman snowPacks into lumps

Play your way

How much assistance?

Easy enough for kids, deep enough for operators. Pick how much the game helps you. You can change these settings anytime.

The most help
Heavy
Gentle, slower controls. The machine plans your scoops and loads the truck for you.
Relaxed play
Medium
Click to scoop, click again to dump. The trucks drive themselves. You aim over the truck.
A little help
Light
You drive the trucks. The camera follows your dump. You run the dozer blade.
Experienced players
None
Full control of boom, stick and bucket. No help.

Custom

Pick which helps are on and which are off.

Controller ready

Every screen works with a controller as well as keyboard and mouse, and the button prompts match the device you're holding.

Character portraits and the controller are menu artwork. The bar under each level shows how much control you take on.

Explore different worlds

Places to dig

Start on a sandy island that's different every time, or try every soil on its own test site. More worlds are planned.

Available
Sand Island
Dunes, quarry pits, a pond, rocks and plants. Every new world is a different island.
Available
Test Sandbox
A big open sandbox of loose natural sand. Dig, pile and shape it however you like.
Available
Soil Test Sites
Dirt, clay, gravel, fluffy snow and snowman snow, each with banks, ramps and room to trench.
Coming Later
Forest
Wooded hills with mixed soils.
Coming Later
Quarry
Rock faces, gravel benches and haul roads.
Coming Later
Flatlands
Open grassland with room for very large builds.

World cards show menu and concept artwork.

Found treasures

You never know what's underground

Digging isn't only about moving dirt. Hidden objects, forgotten toys, old tools and unusual discoveries can become part of your collection.

The Discovery Found card for a sea shell, seen from the excavator cab

39 finds to collect, from common shells to legendary treasure. Rarer finds are buried deeper. Every find is earned by digging. Nothing is bought, and finds have no real-world value.