30 Years Ago, LucasArts Dropped a Brilliant Spielbergian Fever Dream
Ryan Britt
created: Dec. 12, 2025, 1:30 p.m. | updated: Dec. 18, 2025, 5:08 p.m.
It was called The Dig, and it might be the best example of a cozy sci-fi game ever.
Like LucasArts’ 1992 game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, The Dig is primarily a point-and-click game.
LucasArtsThe player is encouraged to be methodical about the various alien puzzles, and though there’s a sense of menace lurking around every corner, it’s not stressful.
This is the paradox of a cozy sci-fi game: It needs to be both original enough to entertain us, but slightly boring enough not to excite us too much.
The synthesizer score from Michael Land is perfect for a moody sci-fi game that is basically about nothing and everything simultaneously.
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