Dread Nautical

Zen Studios welcomes you aboard a cruise liner called the Hope for one of the most unique gaming experiences on Apple Arcade. A tactical turn-based RPG with rogue-like elements, Dread Nautical combines…

75 19 September 2019 from $1.99

Indie Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Survival

Dread Nautical is an indie developed by Zen Studios, released 19 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS. It currently starts at $1.99 at IndieGala.

Verified 17 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Dread Nautical is

Dread Nautical is an indie game developed by Zen Studios and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Zen Studios welcomes you aboard a cruise liner called the Hope for one of the most unique gaming experiences on Apple Arcade. A tactical turn-based RPG with rogue-like elements, Dread Nautical combines immersive gameplay with a cartoonish — yet captivatingly eerie — tone. Supernatural forces have overwhelmed the ship with mysterious malevolent monstrosities, and you’ll need to seek out other survivors, track down food and other resources, and manage your safe haven for any hope of escaping this “vacation” alive.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Dread Nautical holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price. Across the 4 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $5.99 — a spread of $4.00 for an identical product.

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What it launched against

Dread Nautical launched on 19 September 2019, within three weeks of Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and Gears 5. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), Gears 5.