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DREDGE

Black Salt Games · Team17 · 2023-03-30

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AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 30, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 30, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 30, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 18, 2024 (Mac), Feb 27, 2025 (iOS)

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.

827
playing now
96%
positive of 57k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
19
twitch viewers (latest)
86/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (237 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 24h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$10.79
steam price (US)

827 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Dredge is a 2023 video game developed by Black Salt Games and published by Team17 that combines genres of fishing, survival, and horror. It follows a fisherman who faces Lovecraftian creatures as he fishes and explores an open world consisting of five archipelagos. As the game progresses, the player can upgrade the character's fishing equipment and abilities. It follows a day–night cycle; the day is serene, while the night contains the game's horror elements, such as supernatural events and sea monsters.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 827 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,772 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~722/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.59-66%
GOG$9.99-60%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.39 at GameBillet (2026-01-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 147 of 204 observed days · $1.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.0k8.0k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8,047 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,144 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,366 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,942 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,444 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,332 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,007 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,488 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 654 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 954 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 890 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 888 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k3912026-08-06 21:00 — 602 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 391 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 537 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 615 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 473 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 641 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 751 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 508 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 774 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 824 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 413 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 583 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 740 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 500 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 760 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 819 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 597 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 988 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,366 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 712 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 741 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 994 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 816 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 957 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,056 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 836 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 636 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 925 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 827 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.762023-03-022026-08-302023-03-02 — best price $24.992023-05-06 — best price $24.992023-07-24 — best price $19.992023-08-23 — best price $17.242023-10-03 — best price $21.132023-11-07 — best price $24.992023-12-08 — best price $15.622024-01-13 — best price $18.742024-02-20 — best price $15.492024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-19 — best price $13.642024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-07-13 — best price $12.982024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-10-08 — best price $24.992024-11-15 — best price $24.992024-12-12 — best price $12.492025-01-07 — best price $24.992025-02-25 — best price $20.992025-04-01 — best price $20.742025-05-08 — best price $12.492025-06-16 — best price $24.992025-07-25 — best price $9.682025-09-01 — best price $12.492025-10-07 — best price $10.632025-11-04 — best price $24.992025-12-06 — best price $24.992026-01-31 — best price $21.492026-03-05 — best price $9.992026-04-10 — best price $7.762026-05-09 — best price $24.992026-06-11 — best price $8.802026-07-22 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6732232026-06-01 — 342 pageviews2026-06-04 — 307 pageviews2026-06-07 — 368 pageviews2026-06-10 — 299 pageviews2026-06-13 — 371 pageviews2026-06-16 — 378 pageviews2026-06-19 — 302 pageviews2026-06-22 — 363 pageviews2026-06-25 — 407 pageviews2026-06-28 — 673 pageviews2026-07-01 — 417 pageviews2026-07-04 — 422 pageviews2026-07-07 — 378 pageviews2026-07-10 — 399 pageviews2026-07-13 — 391 pageviews2026-07-16 — 319 pageviews2026-07-19 — 320 pageviews2026-07-22 — 270 pageviews2026-07-25 — 290 pageviews2026-07-28 — 322 pageviews2026-07-31 — 250 pageviews2026-08-03 — 290 pageviews2026-08-06 — 223 pageviews2026-08-09 — 310 pageviews2026-08-12 — 293 pageviews2026-08-15 — 312 pageviews2026-08-18 — 292 pageviews2026-08-21 — 302 pageviews2026-08-24 — 372 pageviews2026-08-27 — 318 pageviews2026-08-29 — 302 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

33632026-08-27 23:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 336 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 133 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 19 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "Introductions"
22.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionStereo Sound5 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33,8668%60
PS5 (PlayStation)23,9878%60
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)13,6184%60
PS4 (PlayStation)7,9906%60
Switch (Nintendo)7570%0

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

RPGHorrorFishingMysteryStylizedAdventureOpen WorldSimulationAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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