Ive been saying for a long time that video game titles are stupid. What does Horizon: Zero Dawn even mean? Arent Dead Space and Killzone the same titles in a different font? Games need to be more honest with their names, like A Game About Digging A Hole.Theres nothing to hide with this one: You have a shovel and yearn for a really big hole. Its a small hole at first, but it gets bigger with time. The deeper you go, the more secrets you find, and by secrets I just mean different rocks. There are a lot of rocks and they fill your backpack up pretty quickly, pulling you away from the hole every few minutes to sell them on the computer. I dont know who is buying them and A Game About Digging A Hole, as weve established, isnt about that, so I wont be asking questions.Every dollar I earned went towards the hole. You can buy a better electric shovel, a bigger battery for the shovel, a larger backpack, and a jetpack for leaving the hole, of course. Like a clicker game, every upgrade just makes you more efficient at digging a hole. And youll need those upgrades because digging a really big hole is a lot of work. Once youre 50 meters deep into the earth, its a challenge dropping back down to where you left off without hurting yourself. Thankfully, health care is extremely cheap in the fantasy world of A Game About Digging A Hole and only costs you the price of a few rocks.If theres anything A Game About Digging A Hole is missing, its a good satisfying sound effect for carving away dirt. I want to hear that Minecraft crunch every time I click. Whats there doesnt hit the same way, and the drill you get later on just sounds like a vacuum. These are minor issues, however, and the game makes up for them by forcing you out of the hole so frequently that you get the satisfaction of seeing your hole grow. Sometimes I would just stand at the top and look at it, admiring every little detour I made to place a lamp or to uncover treasure. The hole tells a story.After a few hours, you become a hole god. Dirt is your medium and the hole is your masterpiece. Youre rich on rocks, youre fully kitted out, and you have nothing to lose. A Game About Digging A Hole only has one secret, and its what you find at the bottom. Youll know it when you see it; the ground will give way to a tunnel and in that tunnel youll face a challenge the hole never prepared you for. The trial that awaits isnt easy, but neither was digging the hole, when you think about it. You started with a single scoop and built a hole empire. Nothing can stop you.A Game About Digging A Holewas released Feb. 7 on Steam. The game was reviewed on Windows PC using a pre-release download code provided by Cyberwave Games. Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not influence editorial content, though Vox Media may earn commissions for products purchased via affiliate links. You can findadditional information about Polygons ethics policy here.