Dig and Survive Co Op: How to Play With Friends
What Dig and Survive confirms about playing with friends, plus practical coordination advice for dividing digging, combat, and survival tasks.
Dig and Survive is designed around shared play — the official Roblox page states the game is "Best played with friends" — but that page does not publish a step-by-step session-entry flow, party size, or matchmaking rules. The reliable starting point is simple: load into the Roblox experience on the same platform group you normally use, have the host start or continue a run, and have friends join through Roblox's standard friend/experience entry options before committing to a long session. Confirm you are in the same run and can see each other's actions before investing time in a cooperative attempt.
The game itself is a Roblox experience set in an isolated mining town where the dead have risen. Players defeat enemies, dig for Scrap, and uncover what is really going on, with survival getting harder as new threats and bosses appear the further you go. It is available on PC, mobile, tablet, and console, so your group can mix platforms — but that also means input differences, so agree on who handles which job rather than assuming everyone can react the same way.
Coordinating a run (player suggestions, not built-in mechanics): The confirmed shared activities are fighting enemies, digging for Scrap, and pushing progress deeper into the run together. A practical division of labor:
- Assign one player to prioritize digging while others cover nearby enemies, rotating roles as Scrap needs change.
- Keep the group together when pushing into harder areas — difficulty rises as new threats and bosses appear the further you go, so splitting up too far tends to compound risk.
- Discuss class picks before starting. Roblox Premium members receive a starting class and group members receive free rewards, which can shape who brings what to a run — but treat role assignments as your own team agreement, not documented class requirements.
Known limitations to plan around: What is not documented is how shared resources, revives, or recovery work in a co-op run. Do not assume loot is shared or that a downed friend can be revived; test these behaviors in a short early run with your group, and set your own rules (such as pooling Scrap decisions or regrouping after a wipe) based on what you observe in-game.
Before organizing anything ambitious, verify everyone can enter the same session. A two-minute check that all players are loaded into the same run with matching day counts will save your group from a wasted long attempt.