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DAVE THE DIVER

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Steam artwork — DAVE THE DIVER
Quick read

Dave the Diver is a day-night hybrid: dive for fish, run a sushi bar at night. The adventure carries a restaurant you plate when you surface.

What kind of game is it?

Side-view diving plus light restaurant management and RPG quests.

Who is it for?

For players who like diving by day and plating fish when they surface.

How it plays
Loop
Running a colony
Sessions
Medium sessions
Progression
Campaign
Players
Single-player
Structure
Linear
Tone
Comedic · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

  • Progression80

    Estimate

  • Story58

    Estimate

  • Social18

    Estimate

Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release
released

2023-06-28

Review score
96.5%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count
162,246

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price
$19.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages
11
Demo
No
Early Access
No
Players
Single-player

How many people play DAVE THE DIVER?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies
4.1M – 8.9M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55.

Estimated gross revenue
$41M – $140M

Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.

All-time peak players
98,281

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026
7,499

Peak that month: 18,225.

Median playtime
35.3 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 17.2–62.7 h. 2% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023: 4,518 average, 10,325 peakOct 2023: 3,755 average, 8,329 peakNov 2023: 5,167 average, 19,488 peakDec 2023: 9,292 average, 18,403 peakJan 2024: 7,989 average, 18,923 peakFeb 2024: 3,600 average, 6,823 peakMar 2024: 4,754 average, 13,444 peakApr 2024: 3,502 average, 7,242 peakMay 2024: 4,542 average, 17,301 peakJun 2024: 7,217 average, 20,484 peakJul 2024: 8,049 average, 20,004 peakAug 2024: 3,982 average, 8,049 peakSept 2024: 4,511 average, 12,530 peakOct 2024: 4,194 average, 14,850 peakNov 2024: 4,490 average, 11,747 peakDec 2024: 4,764 average, 10,130 peakJan 2025: 4,786 average, 10,210 peakFeb 2025: 3,577 average, 7,569 peakMar 2025: 4,056 average, 10,122 peakApr 2025: 5,965 average, 17,567 peakMay 2025: 3,821 average, 8,184 peakJun 2025: 5,288 average, 15,880 peakJul 2025: 6,451 average, 15,126 peakAug 2025: 3,717 average, 7,893 peakSept 2025: 2,703 average, 5,655 peakOct 2025: 3,636 average, 9,595 peakNov 2025: 3,811 average, 15,391 peakDec 2025: 5,724 average, 14,337 peakJan 2026: 5,633 average, 14,393 peakFeb 2026: 5,038 average, 11,821 peakMar 2026: 4,776 average, 12,586 peakApr 2026: 3,852 average, 8,533 peakMay 2026: 4,202 average, 9,936 peakJun 2026: 16,255 average, 63,489 peakJul 2026: 14,691 average, 42,548 peakAug 2026: 7,499 average, 18,225 peak
Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

  • English31%
  • Simplified Chinese27%
  • Korean10%
  • Spanish (Spain)6%
  • Portuguese (Brazil)6%
  • Traditional Chinese5%

DAVE THE DIVER players also play

Games played for more than an hour in 35 public Steam libraries of recent reviewers. Each one is played by at least 4 of these players and is more common here than across all libraries we read (× how much).

  • Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator20% · ×9.6
  • Slay the Spire31% · ×3.7
  • Forager17% · ×7.8
  • Skul: The Hero Slayer14% · ×11.7
  • Brotato23% · ×4.6
  • Gunfire Reborn17% · ×6.7
  • Subnautica31% · ×2.7
  • Slay the Spire 220% · ×3.9
  • Frostpunk 211% · ×10.5
  • Hades29% · ×2.5

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The two-shift structure is the hook. Neither half would carry the game alone.

Core mechanics

Related games

Nearby games. Not always a direct substitute.

Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: management.

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