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Captain a fishing trawler across a strange archipelago, selling catches, upgrading gear, and uncovering a mystery beneath the waves.
Released 30 Mar 2023
Catch Aberrant Fish
Dredge Sunken Relics
Pack Your Fish Hold
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Developed by Black Salt Games · Published by Team17
You take over as a fisherman in a remote archipelago, where islanders offer work and clues to the strange history of the surrounding waters. As you explore, you meet local characters, pursue quests, and search for lost artifacts.
Catch fish through short timing-based minigames, then fit your haul into the boat’s limited cargo space and sell it at port. Different areas and times of day yield different catches; nets and crab pots provide other ways to fish, while dredging can uncover materials and treasures.
Earnings, salvaged materials, and research parts let you improve your trawler and fishing equipment, opening routes to more distant waters. Plan around daylight and keep your panic in check: night travel brings reduced visibility, strange visions, and dangerous encounters.
In this sample, players often enjoy the contrast between calm fishing trips and an unsettling sea, along with the satisfying rhythm of catching fish, selling them, and improving the boat. Exploration, unusual catches, and the gradual discovery of the archipelago’s mysteries are also recurring draws. Some reviewers find that the fishing-and-upgrade loop becomes repetitive, or that the threats feel less frightening once their patterns are familiar.
Captain your fishing trawler to explore a collection of remote isles, and their surrounding depths, to see what lies below. Sell your catch to the locals and complete quests to learn more about each area’s troubled past. Outfit your boat with better equipment to trawl deep-sea trenches and navigate to far-off lands, but keep an eye on the time. You might not like what finds you in the dark...
Starting from your new home in the remote archipelago, ‘The Marrows’, take to the water and scour the depths for curious collectables and over 125 deep sea denizens. Explore each area while completing quests and visiting neighbouring island regions – each with their own unique opportunities, inhabitants, and secrets.
Someone wants you to dig up the past, but can you trust them and will it ever be enough?
Danger is everywhere, so watch for sharp rocks and shallow reefs, though the biggest threats of all lurk within the fog that cloaks the night-time seas...
Unravel a Mystery: Captain your fishing trawler across a collection of remote islands, each with its own inhabitants to meet, wildlife to discover, and stories to unearth.
Dredge the Depths: Scour the sea for hidden treasures and complete quests to gain access to strange new abilities
Study Your Craft: Research special equipment and upgrade your boat’s capabilities to gain access to rare fish and valuable deep-sea curios.
Fish to Survive: Sell your discoveries to the locals to learn more about each area, and upgrade your boat to reach even more secluded locations.
Fight the Unfathomable: Strengthen your mind and use your abilities to survive trips out on the water after dark.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 60 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 5 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
