Your journeys are considered short since your backpack can only hold a small amount of gems. You go into the depths of a mine, dig around for loot while dispatching any enemies along the way, get to the surface to cash out your findings, and repeat the process. Much like the first game, most of your time is spent in a short gameplay loop. Armed with that information and a stubborn will, Dorothy sets out to discover the answer to both mysteries. She learns that the inhabitants have seen Rusty, and the place has been besieged with earthquakes. After a mishap in a mine, she picks up a mischievous sprite named Fen and happens upon the town of El Machino. After his big discovery in the initial game, Rusty has ventured to other mines, but he hasn't been heard from in a long time. Players take on the role of Dorothy, a friend of Rusty's.

SteamWorld Dig 2 takes place shortly after the events of the first title. For its first real sequel, the team returned to the game that got them noticed in the form of SteamWorld Dig 2. Not only did each game take on a different chapter of robot life, but it did also so while covering completely different game genres. SteamWorld Heist took on a seafaring theme, but with the water replaced by the vastness of space. SteamWorld Dig expanded on that as you took control of an unlikely prospector who uncovered something that could threaten the sentient robots. SteamWorld Tower Defense showed off an interesting world set in the Wild West, where humans were savages and robots were the superior beings. In the span of three games, developer Image & Form has created one of the more fascinating worlds in recent memory.

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