
DREDGE
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Company: Black Salt Games
Release Date: Mar 30 2023
Genre: Role-playing
Dredge is a 2023 fishing video game developed by Black Salt Games and published by Team17. The game follows a fisherman who encounters increasingly Lovecraftian creatures as he ventures out further into an open world archipelago. The game was released on March 30 2023 for Microsoft Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Dredge sees the player control a small motorized fishing boat. The game takes place on a day-night cycle where specific actions the player takes such as sailing or fishing push the clock forward. The player can look for fish to catch or underwater items to salvage at certain spots where they play a short minigame to bring their catch on board. If the player stays out into the night a panic meter starts to rise with higher levels leading to hallucinations that change reality around the boat creating hazards that may damage the player's vessel; however some fish only become available during the night hours forcing the player to stay out during these times. The waters around the archipelago also contain a number of sea monsters which can attack the player.