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Diggles: The Myth of Fenris
Developer Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, General Arcade
Diggles: The Myth of Fenris (also known as just Diggles in the North American version, and Wiggles in the European version) is a game released by Innonics in Europe on September 27, 2001, and by Strategy First in North America on March 19, 2002. The game is both a side-scrolling strategy and a colony management sim game which is based on a 3D-engine. You are guiding your dwarves, called "diggles" in the English… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
141 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest May 29, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
99 positive · 22 negative
95% range 74–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 99 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
115 of 140 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 103 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 125 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (586 of 655 positive).
Players are thrilled that this classic colony sim is finally playable on modern systems. [1][2][3] Many praise its unique charm, humor, and addictive gameplay despite dated graphics. [4][5][6] Some reviewers warn about bugs, slow pacing, and poor AI that can frustrate new players. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
this game sucks. however it has just enough charm that you are strangely compelled to play it to completion. however, that will take anywhere from 20-60 hours, each one feeling longer than the last. there are so many issues and bugs with this game that it's not even worth listing them. just know that Diggles could have been an amazing game if the developers had maybe another year to polish it. but what we did get …
- [1]
I've been searching for this game for sooo long and then poof - it's on Steam! I still can't believe it! It's exactly how I remember it from my childhood - as addictive now, as it was then, couldn't wish for more! Totally worth it! Thank you guys for bringing this gem here!
- [3]
After more than a decade of technical issues preventing this game from being played at more than 2fps without registry editing, it has been revived! This game is in the same vein as other colony survival games such as Oxygen Not Included, Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress, but with more focus on the story and quests provided throughout the campaign. When you start the campaign, you have access to only five Diggles and a …
- [12]
Wiggles (or Diggles, as it is called outside Germany) is a very old colony sim that predates Dwarf Fortress by a year but had already had many of the features that make DF so fun. This is not an improved version of that game but simply a port to run on modern systems. Wiggles was one of my favourite games as a kid, I played it whenever I could. There was something appealing to me, it combined strategy, RPG and crude …
- [2]
I loved this game for a long time, but wasn't able to play it for a few years because of severe bugs that even prevailed after using every known patch tools but after buying this copy every major bug I've experienced after starting alone is gone. Definetly worth it's money.
Summarised from 34 of the 145 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Diggles: The Myth of Fenris sits at 82% positive across 121 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Reviewers cited technical/graphic issues, AI/Pathing problems, the user-interface design, slow pace, and excessive micro-management among others.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 141 · most liked firstOpen data\scripts\misc\genattribs.tcl in hte diggles directory with notepad++ or a similar editor. The very first line (def_attrib atr_ExpMax) defines the experience caps. First number I'm unsure of, second is max in the game, third is max for the first generation. Change this to for example 0 10 5 and you'll start with dwarfs that have an xp cap of 500, enabling you to progress a lot faster, making the game a LOT more fun. Line 23 (def_attrib atr_Mood) defines mood, where the first number…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been searching for this game for sooo long and then poof - it's on Steam! I still can't believe it! It's exactly how I remember it from my childhood - as addictive now, as it was then, couldn't wish for more! Totally worth it! Thank you guys for bringing this gem here!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WTF!?! Who's feet do I have to kiss for finally bringing this game to Steam!! If you ever played and enjoyed, Oxygen not Included, and the new early access game, Hammerington, then you will like this game as well. I even purchased those aforementioned games in the hopes to fill the hole this game left in me decades ago. While a bit dated on graphics (released in 2002), the game still has its same charm and is still very playable. By the end of the game, your dwarves will be riding around on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game for a long time, but wasn't able to play it for a few years because of severe bugs that even prevailed after using every known patch tools but after buying this copy every major bug I've experienced after starting alone is gone. Definetly worth it's money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game sucks. however it has just enough charm that you are strangely compelled to play it to completion. however, that will take anywhere from 20-60 hours, each one feeling longer than the last. there are so many issues and bugs with this game that it's not even worth listing them. just know that Diggles could have been an amazing game if the developers had maybe another year to polish it. but what we did get was an unfinished, buggy mess with an aesthetic and idea that still to this day…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 19 years this game is on Steam. I can`t believe it. Great pleasure to know this forgotten masterpiece will be a little more popular and the devs get some deserved money. Actual GOTY. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was originally released in 2001 in Germany under the name "Wiggles" and aside from patching it to run on Win 10 nothing was changed from the original. The game hates you and tries its best for you to fail miserably. This is helped by many bugs which are patched in Steam/GOG version allegedly. In my multiple attempts to beat the game over the years I never got further than the Crystal World. The phrase "stubborn like a dwarf" applies to this game. E.g. your Wiggles/Diggles might stop…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After more than a decade of technical issues preventing this game from being played at more than 2fps without registry editing, it has been revived! This game is in the same vein as other colony survival games such as Oxygen Not Included, Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress, but with more focus on the story and quests provided throughout the campaign. When you start the campaign, you have access to only five Diggles and a campfire. In order to progress from this point, you must train your Diggles in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Liked this game as a kid, but replaying it isn't worth it even for nostalgia's sake. The glaring issue of Wiggles is its AI: 1) Sometimes Wiggles will simply prefer standing around instead of doing tasks for no discernible reason. 2) Wiggles perform tasks in an egregiously inefficient manner, i.e. they walk a mile to chop down a mushroom, carry the trunk back to the production place, craft the item, walk back to the next mushroom and so on instead of just chopping all mushrooms down at once…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FIRST! finally a version of this game that is playable on modern systems in modern resolutions. if they add UI Scaling for my 4K i'll give it 10/10, until then 9/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you crave a Harry Potter Game that is not attached to a bigoted author, I recommend "Mind Over Magic" Hogwarts-esque colony sim, with a wolf race! It reminds me of that old game Diggles: The Myth of Fenris, but done much better... ( Sorry, I have played every single video game )
neutral · AI labelView post →This was one of my favourite games during my childhood. I never made it past the 1st world, but I played hundreds of hours.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, the game crashes every time I enter the brain settlement in the crystal world with a runtime error (in the cut sequence with the piano music). I would have liked to give a good review but my disappointment too high at the moment. I hope that this error will be fixed at some point. edit: Bug was fixed just a few days after the comment.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game as teenager two decades ago. But there is no nostalgic feeling any more. Clumsy handling, AI for runaways, and the veeeery slow progress ingame make it unplayable for me nowadays. And the humor is ... well... Really, we need Diggles 2.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game because of the good reviews, but it is absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Unfortunately nobody cared to mention that this is a relaunch from a 2001 game. And it plays and looks like it. So if you bought it to re-live your childhood it might be great, but for somebody expecting a playable game in the year 2020 it is a bad joke.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually, I played the CD version for a long time and, in fact, still have the CD on a shelf right near where I sit. I just figured I'd see if it's remastered or anything (It isn't.) So, anyway, I have a bit more experience with it than my number of hours on steam might suggest. And it also tells you I found the game worth buying again. That said, be warned that everything isn't just slow, it's padded beyond belief. For example, let's take making a grilled hamster. In a game like The Sims,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic game! Updated to work flawlessly on modern hardware. Very cool to see this on here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pure gold, Never thought to see this gem again. Graphics may be old, but gameplay fun and full of jokes. 8/10 ! +1 one of the first Games to crack itself with a patch +1 Nudity Patch for the fairy ( remember tomb raider2 naked cheat? yes just like those :D )
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay so the game is from 2001. And the review section is all abuzz? Why? Well, it's a great game, plain and simple and it was unprecedented at the time and still today. This game was one of the first to use the side view in a 3D environment. So is this a virtual ant farm? Yes, in a way. But you get to tell your ants - ahem - pardon me, dwarves what to do. They're snarky, they're funny, they're tough, they have babies...There is a bunch going on. The mechanics are easy to pick up and master.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wiggles (or Diggles, as it is called outside Germany) is a very old colony sim that predates Dwarf Fortress by a year but had already had many of the features that make DF so fun. This is not an improved version of that game but simply a port to run on modern systems. Wiggles was one of my favourite games as a kid, I played it whenever I could. There was something appealing to me, it combined strategy, RPG and crude humour in such a way that found it a very enjoyable experience. In this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was waiting to finally get a working copy. I love how you can manage you tribe and all mechanics behind
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've Been looking for this Game for YEARS! I remember Playing the original Disk version over 10 years ago, but that disk stopped working and I haven't played it Since. I love this game so much, it brings back such great memories! 10/10 Would recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Totally bugged audio for me. Its either none at all or only specific sounds that play. And i have had moments that it works only for the next cutscene to go silent. Tried to fix it but no luck and found nothing online. Kind of sad because it looks like an old hidden gem that i would have enjoyed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is OLD. It never got the attention it deserved when it was originally released back in 2001/2002. Maybe because at the time hardware capable of running it was less available. It's a great game that had just a little bit too much ambition. I'm glad to see it finally resurrected with compatibility support for modern operating systems. Runs flawlessly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i remember this game from my teens and instantly purchsed it as soon as i heard it got a release on steam and win10 support. Unfortunately, while i do keep trying to play this game, it gets very frustrating as time passes, since Diggles AI dumbs down over time and sometimes even bugs to a point when they refuse to perform any queued tasks, which results in their their demise, while i am busy elsewhere and unable to give my attention to my main hub with where they reside. Last time i even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very surprised Diggles/Wiggles has appeared on Steam, but VERY happy it did! This is an unique game; nothing really compares to it then (20 years ago), and since then no game has been published (to my knowledge) that comes even close to it. So i almost immediatly bought it (again). Didnt play Wiggles for years as the original sadly wasnt compatible with 'newer' Windows-version. (Could play the official Demo a bit longer though.) Although graphics is a bit outdated and gameplay is quite slow,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Older game. A mix between an ant colony and dwarf fortress. Highly recommend, looked for this game for 1.5 decades, as good as i remember it when i was a kid. biggest tip, + and - will increase and decrease game speed
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best christmas gift :p
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love it ! I have been playing this Game for seemingly days in my Childhood but never finished it because it takes so much dedication and was frankly quite buggy from time to time. I didn´t manage to get it running after Win 7 so I was devastated never to play this masterpiece again but now out of nowhere it is back and better then ever. Those pesky little dwarfs in this pun packed story is pure joy. Thanks for porting it to Steam and to Win 10 !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Childhood game It might not be the best game and it has problems but its still pretty good if u like playing games u can just play passively. The jokes in the game are nice too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game. Its not perfect but there is no other game quite like it :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this game as a kid and it's just as much fun as it was back then. So glad it was made available on modern systems! Real chill strategy game, with a hilarious story. Of course it's far from perfect and clunky, but brings a smile to my face being able to play it again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been looking for this gem for ages. Played it as a kid as many others, but forgot how buggy this is. The horrible AI, the general issues with getting stuck, the weird way the camera works and absolutely dreadful cutscenes - like everything is made out of wood. But by Odin, this is so much fun, digging, finding caverns, looting, conquering troll castles or other clans. Can sometimes feel slow as heck and then all the sudden everything starts collapsing in my little society. I love this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is one of my favourite games of all time. It get's a bit tedious in the course of the campaign, but it's depth and techtree and love to your wiggles and training is just so lovable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just like I remeber it from my childhood. Works absolulty fine on Windows 10. I still got the CD ROM but I never got that run on my computer. Thanks for bringing back all those memories.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A wonderful colony sim from years past. If you enjoy games like Oxygen Not Included and don't mind the older graphics and a bit less refined controls, then this game is perfect for you. While it isn't as replayable or in-depth as Oxygen Not Included, it still is very unique and did some interesting things I haven't seen in any games since. I highly recommend it and am very happy it's finally available on digital storefronts.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a great title! Just recently I've been thinking when finally this brilliant game gets published on Steam... It is one of my favourites back in school years. Now, after all those years, the game looks more like a grandfather to Oxygen not Included, only with a bit more meaningful story I guess. Would be great to see support for WSAD camera movement, but it is not that critical after all.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally. The Wiggles (or the Diggles) are on Steam and GOG. A very addictive and funny dwarf management game that was one of my first games i ever played. Its definetly worth a buy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good old game :) was looking for it for ages!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How my quick test play of Diggles is going. Maybe I should stream this...
neutral · AI labelView post →the dopamine rush you get when your dwarfs finally do the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing you told them to do hits harder than crack
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh my! Another blast from the past! We are definitely nearing the season to be jolly. People, Diggles: The Myth of Fenris is FREE on GOG right NOW! www.gog.com/en/game/digg...
neutral · AI labelView post →Patchy in places apparently... but I love this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →attempted to play this game since it came out years ago with nothing but bugs gliches and crashes.thought it might be better since steam reissued it but total waste of time.crashes at different points throughout the game still to this day 20 years or more after it was first issued.i invested 238 hours this time and got dropped out of the game 3 times and had to start over.TOTAL WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been searching for this game for sooo long and then poof - it's on Steam! I still can't believe it! It's exactly how I remember it from my childhood - as addictive now, as it was then, couldn't wish for more! Totally worth it! Thank you guys for bringing this game here!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic game from Germany, with a nice controversy around the band "Wiggles": The band didn't want to be associated with these coarse, substance-abusing dwarves, so they had to rename the game to "diggles". In the game itself we have to guide a tribe of dwarves through several large levels on their way to re-store the chain of fenris, and ultimately subdue the beast. It has a 3d environment viewed from the side. The dwarves have their own abilities (and a maximum score of it), lifespan and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Works well on Windows 10! Revolutionary game for me, I love these types of games, kind of like dwarf fortress with less micromanagement. Very Fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had to ask for a refund. This game is incredibly dated and choppy; lots of holes and flickering in the terrain. N64 had prettier games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun but challenging game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible interface, clunky 2/5 meh
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never thought I would get to play this gem again. If you can get past the dated graphics, the style and mechanics offer a certain feel that other subterranean colony builders such as Craft the World just didn't manage to capture. Its like an ant farm that you design, but its filled with dwarves that are slightly more amusing to watch than the ants that you would have originally used to fill the farm in real life. Maybe its just the nostalgia talking, but I really enjoy this dusty antiquity…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After so many years the game is still great! The best Christmas gift ever! :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a beloved game of mine, but had to quit due to all the glitches. So glad it is back . It is nice to see parts that would never play correctly before.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dig around and find out.(preferably don't)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uniquely adorable colony manager, but be warned... it's very slow. You manage a bunch of dwarfs that do some things on command, like digging, picking resources, fighting but other chores like transport, cooking, training, building or inventing stuff they only do during their designated work time and only if they are happy. To keep them happy they have to be fed, rested and entertained, otherwise they go on strike. This lack of complete control is very rewarding when things happen, but can also…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of my childhood memories - I simply love it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my little piece of nostalgia
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →youth that's where it all began
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a game i bought at big lots back in the day
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very old, but charming game from Germany, fixed to run on newer systems. Hell yes. If you can deal with a bit of jank, you get a more slower paced little colony builder with a cute story, a nice bit of humor and lots of grilled hamster. Your dwarves gain skills, find partners, pass on their skills to their kids and actually die after a while. A usual dwarven life lasts approximately 12 real time hours, and before you finish the campaign you WILL have gone through several generations of…
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