Dave the Diver
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…
Dave the Diver is an adventure developed by MINTROCKET, released 28 June 2023 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch. It currently starts at $7.49 at IndieGala. The main story takes about 28 hrs to finish.
What Dave the Diver is
Dave the Diver is an adventure game developed by MINTROCKET and released in 2023. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Former arms dealer Cobra discovers that every time he enters the Blue Hole, the ecology and terrain change, presenting a lucrative opportunity. He convinces the ever-optimistic Dave (the playable protagonist) and Bancho, a sushi chef specializing in rare sea creatures, to open a sushi restaurant nearby. While investigating the interior of the Blue Hole at the request of archaeologist Bacon, Dave finds that the descendants of ancient Sea People—who still live in the deep—are under threat. Realizing that this could be catastrophic not only for the hidden village but for the Earth itself, Dave dives deeper in search of a solution.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 43 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Dave the Diver holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Players rate it 87, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 28 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 48.3 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $7.49, that works out to about $0.27 per hour of the main story, or $0.16 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 Dual Core, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 / AMD Radeon HD 5570. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.49 at IndieGala, 63% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Pakistan is the cheapest region we track at $4.09 (about $4.09), while United Kingdom pays £8.49 — 2.8 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 4 on Steam, which is about $4.09.
What it launched against
Dave the Diver launched on 28 June 2023, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XVI, Viewfinder, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and Trepang2. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XVI, Viewfinder, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Trepang2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dave the Diver yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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