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DAVE THE DIVER cover art

DAVE THE DIVER

MINTROCKET · 2023-06-28

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AdventureCasualRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

DAVE THE DIVER is a $19.99 Adventure, Casual, RPG and Simulation game released in 2023, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 162426 reviews).

8,102
playing now
96%
positive of 164k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48
twitch viewers (latest)
4.8
viewers/channel (concentration)
93/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (181 ratings)
54
Nexus mods (216k downloads)
4.79★
PlayStation Store rating (33,042 ratings)
90/100
opencritic · mighty · 99% recommend · from 89 critics
28h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 48h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8,102 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 8,102 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15,048 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,881/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.3M–7.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 163,877 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$8.96-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 91 of 104 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: 1,570 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 42 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13k1.7k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,978 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 3,592 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 5,586 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 3,420 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 4,026 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 4,810 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 3,684 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 2,517 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 6,104 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 6,715 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 2,334 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 3,837 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 6,733 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 2,004 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 6,936 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 12,810 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 3,285 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 6,827 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 10,849 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 4,319 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 8,438 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 10,242 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 4,911 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 8,102 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
37k302Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 1,841 · peak 5,146Jan 2023 — avg 663 · peak 1,284Mar 2023 — avg 915 · peak 4,206May 2023 — avg 302 · peak 625Jul 2023 — avg 36,868 · peak 98,281Sep 2023 — avg 4,518 · peak 10,325Nov 2023 — avg 5,167 · peak 19,488Jan 2024 — avg 7,989 · peak 18,923Mar 2024 — avg 4,754 · peak 13,444May 2024 — avg 4,542 · peak 17,301Jul 2024 — avg 8,049 · peak 20,004Sep 2024 — avg 4,511 · peak 12,530Nov 2024 — avg 4,490 · peak 11,747Jan 2025 — avg 4,786 · peak 10,210Mar 2025 — avg 4,056 · peak 10,122May 2025 — avg 3,821 · peak 8,184Jul 2025 — avg 6,451 · peak 15,126Sep 2025 — avg 2,703 · peak 5,655Nov 2025 — avg 3,811 · peak 15,391Jan 2026 — avg 5,633 · peak 14,393Mar 2026 — avg 4,776 · peak 12,586May 2026 — avg 4,202 · peak 9,936Jul 2026 — avg 14,691 · peak 42,548Aug 2026 — avg 7,499 · peak 18,225
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2042042026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 204 new positive2026-09-21: 12 new negative2026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 37 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 20 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 21 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 27 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 24 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 39 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 25 new positive2026-09-30: 39 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-02: 94 new positive2026-10-02: 13 new negative2026-10-03: 65 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-04: 70 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 76 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 61 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 53 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 59 new positive2026-10-09: 65 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 65 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 85 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 68 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 61 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 63 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.372022-10-272026-10-012022-10-27 — 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 $15.872026-10-01 — best price $8.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.8k2152026-05-28 — 229 pageviews2026-06-01 — 215 pageviews2026-06-05 — 494 pageviews2026-06-09 — 474 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,014 pageviews2026-06-17 — 714 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,144 pageviews2026-06-25 — 885 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,431 pageviews2026-07-03 — 687 pageviews2026-07-07 — 682 pageviews2026-07-11 — 512 pageviews2026-07-15 — 432 pageviews2026-07-19 — 406 pageviews2026-07-23 — 385 pageviews2026-07-27 — 414 pageviews2026-07-31 — 313 pageviews2026-08-04 — 295 pageviews2026-08-08 — 284 pageviews2026-08-12 — 282 pageviews2026-08-16 — 360 pageviews2026-08-20 — 279 pageviews2026-08-24 — 356 pageviews2026-08-28 — 356 pageviews2026-09-01 — 302 pageviews2026-09-05 — 719 pageviews2026-09-09 — 438 pageviews2026-09-13 — 429 pageviews2026-09-17 — 657 pageviews2026-09-21 — 490 pageviews2026-09-25 — 295 pageviews2026-09-29 — 309 pageviews2026-10-03 — 313 pageviews2026-10-06 — 349 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.6k02026-09-30 18:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-04 12:12 — 2,645 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 308 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 213 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 154 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 48 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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2023-06-28, latest 2026-06-18 (Steam store data)

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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