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Dave the Diver (2023)

MINTROCKET

Mac · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S

4.06 from 467 ratings

2235 members have it in their collection · 142 playing now · 859 backlogged · 250 wish listed

How long? Main story 33h · with extras 35h · 100% 62h (from 36 logged playthroughs)

Dave the Diver is an action-adventure and management simulation game developed by Mintrocket. In the game, players control Dave, who spends his days diving into underwater environments to catch fish and gather resources, and his nights managing a sushi restaurant. The gameplay combines real-time underwater exploration and combat with restaurant management mechanics.

Details

Developers
MINTROCKET
Publishers
MINTROCKET
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Themes
Action, Business
Series
Dave the Diver
Events
Xbox Partner Preview November 2025, PlayStation State of Play 2024.01.31, Nintendo Direct - 2023.09.14, IGN Summer of Gaming 2023, MIX Showcase March 2023, The Mix Next 2022
Steam
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Release dates

  • Oct 27, 2022 (Early Access) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jun 28, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Oct 26, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Apr 16, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
  • Nov 06, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch 2
  • Nov 20, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Xbox Series X|S

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Rating distribution

5 stars
154
4 stars
207
3 stars
88
2 stars
16
1 star
2

Community All Reviews Statuses

Atag

Status Atag Dec 8, 2023

Unfortunately deciding to drop this after growing increasingly frustrated with navigation in the game world.

I think the map / sea floor is randomly generated when not on a quest that requires a specific layout? This combined with the lack of waypoints during quests has turned the game more into a chore than an enjoyable experience. Don't get me wrong, …

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Unfortunately deciding to drop this after growing increasingly frustrated with navigation in the game world.

I think the map / sea floor is randomly generated when not on a quest that requires a specific layout? This combined with the lack of waypoints during quests has turned the game more into a chore than an enjoyable experience. Don't get me wrong, I love learning a good map, but when everything looks the same, and when the map feels like it changes layout sometimes, I really can't be asked to fumble my way to the next objective. There's been way too many times where I have no clue where I'm meant to be going.

The restaurant management side of the game, and the mini-games, are really fun though! More of that please!

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Lolvide

Status Lolvide Nov 26, 2023

9 hours in and i'm getting bored. I shouldn't have bought this, i don't like management games, i just wanted to know what all the fuss was about. The diving part feels like low stakes Subnautica :( i liked it for the first 5 hours but then i got tired of it. Maybe if it was 10 hours long it'ld …

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9 hours in and i'm getting bored. I shouldn't have bought this, i don't like management games, i just wanted to know what all the fuss was about. The diving part feels like low stakes Subnautica :( i liked it for the first 5 hours but then i got tired of it. Maybe if it was 10 hours long it'ld be fine, but i can't see myself playing 20 more hours of this.

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Atag

Status Atag Nov 25, 2023

Me experiencing Dave the Diver for the first time

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Nov 13, 2023

In case you've seen some controversy about this game today on social media and Resetera and you dont' understand why, let me explain briefly.

Dave the Diver was nominated as Best indie game in The Game Awards.

This is a really good and fun game. But is not and indie game. Mintrocket Studio is part of Nexon. Is like …

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In case you've seen some controversy about this game today on social media and Resetera and you dont' understand why, let me explain briefly.

Dave the Diver was nominated as Best indie game in The Game Awards.

This is a really good and fun game. But is not and indie game. Mintrocket Studio is part of Nexon. Is like saying that Pentiment is and indie game despite being made by a Microsoft Studio.

In case you don't believe me, the same devs reject the indie category.

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leggomymeggo

Status leggomymeggo Sep 14, 2023

Out of all the nintendo direct announcements I'm the most excited for Dave the Diver on switch no shame. (probably going to do some research on how the controls are first tho)

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peter

Status peter Jul 17, 2023

My son made his own little sushi restaurant in his play kitchen this weekend after watching me play this. 5/5.

It's also very fun. I can't decide if this would be an approved @BMO fishing game or not. You're mostly shooting fish more than actually fishing.

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NightTray

Status NightTray Jul 2, 2023

I'm a notorious fishing hater, both in real life and in games, but this game is fun. Though I'm not sure if I'd call this a fishing game in the traditional sense so much as a game that has "catching" fish as part of its many mechanics. There's alot of charm here and gameplay aside, the art direction and dialogue …

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I'm a notorious fishing hater, both in real life and in games, but this game is fun. Though I'm not sure if I'd call this a fishing game in the traditional sense so much as a game that has "catching" fish as part of its many mechanics. There's alot of charm here and gameplay aside, the art direction and dialogue is goofy, comedic, and just enjoyable. There are parts that are a little bit annoying, such as having to dive to activate a mission that tells you to go back to surface to get a new item and then come back to proceed. It's not a big deal though of course, as no dive is wasted when you can bring back a haul of fish for the restaurant portion of the game. Also why is everyone so mean to Dave??

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Nelemania

Status Nelemania Jun 28, 2023

Dave the Diver has officially left Early Access!

Time to dive right in! :D

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ThePrettySavage

Status ThePrettySavage Feb 9, 2023

Considering this is still in early access, what you get is brilliant. Sure there are a few small things that could be added to improve the over all experience (like being able to fast travel in certain underwater locations), but it's super relaxing, the soundtrack is great, and it features tons of details that show how much effort went into …

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Considering this is still in early access, what you get is brilliant. Sure there are a few small things that could be added to improve the over all experience (like being able to fast travel in certain underwater locations), but it's super relaxing, the soundtrack is great, and it features tons of details that show how much effort went into it.

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