Completed with 100% of secrets/items collected (post-game trials excluded). SteamWorld Dig 2 is another hit from Image & Form, building on the success of the first game in pretty much every way. The game sees players taking control of Dorothy, a companion to the first game's protagonist, Rusty, as she seeks to discover what has happened to Rusty, and develops into a full-blown 'Metroidvania'-style exploration game while retaining the mining and wealth accumulation from the original SteamWorld Dig.

While it's easy to drop in and out of the game for brief stints of gameplay, it's very easy to lose yourself in the game's core mechanics, which make for a very relaxing, engrossing and ultimately satisfying experience, as you gradually expand and improve Dorothy's abilities. New to this over the original game are a range of additional bonus abilities that can be selected (and swapped out at will) - the range of these expanding as more core upgrades are obtained/purchased - which themselves also encourage further exploration to gather more of the upgrade 'cogs' that each bonus ability costs to enable.

Dotted throughout as you dig deeper through each of the the game's key areas are a number of secondary cave areas, the majority of which present a challenge or puzzle or some kind. There's an impressive range of different scenarios offered by these, each of which is very enjoyable to solve, rewarding upgrade cogs and other materials. For those who want to challenge themselves, there's good potential for replaying the game with a speedrunning approach, or limiting the abilities that you allow yourself access to, but even without this the game has a good length.

This is all presented with some attractive graphics and animation, making for an excellent overall package - highly recommended.