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DAVE THE DIVER cover art

DAVE THE DIVER

MINTROCKET · 2023-06-28

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazon

AdventureCasualRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 16, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2022 (Mac), Apr 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 20, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

5,170
playing now
97%
positive of 160k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51
twitch viewers (latest)
93/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (181 ratings)
90/100
opencritic · mighty · 99% recommend
28h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 48h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5,170 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Dave the Diver is a 2023 video game developed and published by Mintrocket. The game combines both action-adventure and management gameplay styles as players explore deep sea environments to gather ingredients for a sushi restaurant. It was released for macOS and Windows in June 2023 following an early access release in October 2022.

Trailer

DAVE THE DIVER trailer thumbnail

DAVE THE DIVER | Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,170 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15,625 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,953/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2M–7.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 160,251 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.37 at GameBillet (2026-06-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 106 of 120 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30k30k20222026Week of 2022-10-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,320 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,327 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,103 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,734 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,434 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29,543 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,058 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6,234 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,743 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,155 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18,438 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5,595 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,749 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,679 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,541 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,562 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,371 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,396 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,770 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,482 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,620 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,498 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,877 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,445 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,601 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 914 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,458 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,945 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,870 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,154 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,140 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,171 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,722 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,527 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,245 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,063 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,805 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,145 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

14k3.4k2026-08-06 21:00 — 3,500 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 5,876 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 10,816 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,058 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 7,812 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 11,943 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4,384 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 8,976 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 13,527 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,541 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 6,143 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 11,768 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3,564 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 5,934 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 11,432 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,381 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 5,018 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 10,045 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 4,587 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 4,765 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 6,872 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 4,050 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 4,888 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 13,298 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 7,676 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 5,091 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 10,042 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 10,139 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 5,170 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.372022-10-272026-08-142022-10-27 — best price $17.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-23 — best price $16.482024-04-19 — best price $17.532024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-06-05 — best price $17.532024-06-28 — best price $11.472024-07-22 — best price $17.062024-08-01 — best price $17.532024-08-21 — best price $11.592024-09-16 — best price $10.992024-10-28 — best price $11.472024-11-21 — best price $13.992024-12-11 — best price $10.992025-01-03 — best price $15.292025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-02-07 — best price $12.972025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-03-24 — best price $13.372025-04-23 — best price $12.952025-06-30 — best price $11.992025-07-13 — best price $9.842025-08-16 — best price $14.692025-09-21 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $11.892025-11-28 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $10.992026-01-08 — best price $19.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $10.892026-04-18 — best price $15.892026-04-29 — best price $15.892026-05-15 — best price $15.892026-06-04 — best price $15.892026-06-18 — best price $9.992026-07-10 — best price $16.592026-08-03 — best price $14.972026-08-14 — best price $15.87
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.7k2152026-05-28 — 229 pageviews2026-05-31 — 261 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,390 pageviews2026-06-06 — 430 pageviews2026-06-09 — 474 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2,022 pageviews2026-06-15 — 759 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,203 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,144 pageviews2026-06-24 — 918 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,807 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,150 pageviews2026-07-03 — 687 pageviews2026-07-06 — 724 pageviews2026-07-09 — 628 pageviews2026-07-12 — 527 pageviews2026-07-15 — 432 pageviews2026-07-18 — 410 pageviews2026-07-21 — 378 pageviews2026-07-24 — 370 pageviews2026-07-27 — 414 pageviews2026-07-30 — 331 pageviews2026-08-02 — 310 pageviews2026-08-05 — 339 pageviews2026-08-08 — 284 pageviews2026-08-11 — 349 pageviews2026-08-14 — 313 pageviews2026-08-17 — 300 pageviews2026-08-20 — 279 pageviews2026-08-23 — 382 pageviews2026-08-25 — 324 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

368122026-08-26 19:15 — 153 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 97 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 128 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 129 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 368 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 169 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 162 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 319 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 319 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 65 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 189 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 159 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 166 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 231 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 51 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
87.5%
earned "Better Equipment"
35.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51,3999%43
PS5 (PlayStation)27,94928%44
PS4 (PlayStation)8,20933%44
Switch (Nintendo)1,6000%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,37213%43

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCasualFishingRelaxingAdventureManagementRogue-liteSimulationStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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