The Dig is a point-and-click adventure game in which you control Commander Boston Low, an astronaut exploring an ancient alien world. You'll need to explore and interpret the ruins to find out what happened to the beings who once lived there, as well as locating a way to get home to Earth. If you've played other point-and-click adventure games, the gameplay will be familiar to you, but the town is sombre and mysterious in contrast to the usually flippant tone of LucasArts adventure titles. The puzzles are more reminiscent of games like Myst than other adventure games.