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 navi...
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...
Explore the Islands & Discover their Secrets
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.
Dredge the Depths
Someone wants you to dig up the past, but can you trust them and will it ever be enough?
Beware the Fog
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...
Game Features:
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.
Floating around, trying to find freaky fish, avoiding unknown horror that I don't want to know.
Chill paced game that is light hearted in a H. P. Lovecraftian like environment.
DREDGE is an impressively well done, fun and relaxed exploration game with mystery elements. Every part of it is very polished. I deliberately used word "mystery" instead of "horror" because let's be honest: these scary parts are more akin to the kids cartoons than something truly creepy or unsettling. Still, it has its charm and adds some flavor to the main course which is fishing and exploring. The archipelago where the game is set is small but charming and in every direction there is something new to discover.
At first I was afraid this game will be too repetitive and grindy for my taste - it can feel a bit overwhelming at the beginning when new mechanics and unlockables are introduced - but soon realized its not really the case. There is no pressure whatsoever, and everyone can play at their own pace. No need to worry about ever running out of time or money: you don't have to buy fuel, water, pay for rent etc., and even if that'd be the case, there's infinite amount of fish everywhere. If anything, I've spent too much time dawdling in the early areas, I guess, because I had my ship fully upgraded in like halfway through the game, and then there was not much left to do other than clearing side-quests and following main story line. Sure, there is over hundred species to discover and catch, but unless you're hardcore completionist or achievement hunter, there's not much reason to do so, especially that you don't have anything to spend money on in the late game other than occasional repairs.
It runs fantastic on potato powered PC's and takes under 1 GB of disk space. It's better optimized than many 2D pixel-art games these days.
I guess my only gripe that doesn't allow me to call it a truly remarkable game is that the story and characters are rather forgettable and the endings could be a bit more fleshed out. Side missions also often seem intriguing at first glance, but in the end most of them turn out nothing but simple fetch quests with not much background.
Having spent more than 150 hours on this game, I find myself coming back to it again and again. The music, the ambiance, the blend of horror and coziness is incredible, 10/10!
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