DAVE THE DIVER

Dave the Diver is a pixel hybrid of two genres in which each day is split exactly in half. By day you go down into the Blue Hole, a bottomless ocean canyon with sharks, giant octopuses and secrets that lead ever deeper. Catch fish with a harpoon and nets, collect rare ingredients and upgrade your gear: the ecosystem changes with every dive.

At night you are the head chef of the sushi bar BANCHO: you take orders, choose recipes based on the day's catch, hire staff and build the restaurant's reputation. Both modes are tied together by a narrative mystery about the enigmatic Baatu civilization hidden on the seabed, and by a set of mini-games, from quiet boss hunting to restaurant management.

For Russian-speaking players: an official text translation was added on March 11, 2024 (patch 1.0.2). There is no voice acting in any language, which is a deliberate design decision by the developer, Mintrocket.

Metacritic PC: 90, "universal acclaim"; Steam: more than 147,000 reviews, 96% positive. By November 2024, 5 million copies had been sold. The DLC "In the Jungle" is released on June 18, 2026: a new ecosystem, the village of Utara and a new restaurant, Bancho Grill.

Diver Dave catches fish in the mysterious Blue Hole by day and serves guests at a sushi restaurant by night. A 2023 pixel hit with 5 million copies sold.