While searching the mines for Rusty while also hearing rumors of him turning into a monstrous machine, Dorothy comes across a group of humans led by Rosie, who claims that mysterious machines are triggering earthquakes. Along the way, she comes across Fen, a remnant of the Vectron that Rusty had previously fought, who joins Dorothy as a navigator. Following Rusty's disappearance at the end of SteamWorld Dig, Dorothy, a robot who he had befriended, travels to the mining town of El Machino in order to search for him. The story takes place in between the events of SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist. More blueprints for upgrades become available to the player by either increasing their level by killing enemies or completing quests, or by finding artifacts hidden in the mines.
Each of the weapons also have perks that can be activated by installing Upgrade Cogs found in secret areas. Any resources found can be traded in for cash in the game's hub world, where the player can upgrade their health, weapons, and abilities. As the game progresses, Dorothy can gain new abilities and weapons such as pressure bombs, a hookshot, and a pneumatic arm that can punch through rock. Like the original game, gameplay largely involves exploring a vast underground mine, coming up against enemy creatures while also finding various resources as the player digs their way downwards. Publisher Rising Star Games would later release physical retail copies of the game for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2018.Ĭarrying on from its predecessor, SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2 puts players in control of Dorothy, a steam-driven robot searching for the previous protagonist, Rusty, who disappeared following the events of the previous game. It was released on 21 September 2017 for Nintendo Switch in the Nintendo eShop, on Steam for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux, on the PlayStation Store for PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita, and on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS.
It is the fourth installment in the SteamWorld series of games and the direct sequel to 2013's SteamWorld Dig. SteamWorld Dig 2 is a 2D platform action-adventure video game developed and published by Image & Form.