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Game pageDREDGE: Packing the hold and choosing a night voyage
A fishing adventure about funding your boat.
It suits players interested in cargo arrangements and tense night voyages as well as the catch.
What makes it fun
Another catch or head for port?
As your catch grows, you have to decide whether to keep fishing or head for port before dark. A quiet fishing trip can turn tense on the way home.
Make the catch fit
Fish have different shapes, and each catch has to fit in the Cargo hold. Rearranging the haul to free up space turns fishing into a packing puzzle.
Build a boat for farther waters
Selling your catch funds boat upgrades that bring farther waters and new fish within reach. Choosing gear for your destination makes planning the next voyage part of the fun.
Game details
As of Oct 29, 2026- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Release date
- Mar 31, 2023
- Developer
- Black Salt Games
- Languages
- Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Korean ／ 12 languages total
A typical run
Use Research Parts to research equipment.
Arrange the cargo hold.
Place map markers and check their positions through the spyglass.
Piece together clues to the mystery.
Select Passive Mode in Settings.
Core systems
Cargo
Empty equipment attachment points can hold fish.
Reviews enjoy thinking through both the catch and how it fits into the hold.
Map markers
Map markers are also visible through the spyglass.
Use them to plan a destination.
Passive Mode
The setting prevents attacks from creatures of the deep.
Choose whether to use it when fishing interests you more than fear.
What sets it apart
The developers describe designing a solitary sea rather than a multiplayer experience.
Reviews describe moving between the calm of fishing and anxiety on night voyages.
Learning curve and difficulty
Accounts that enjoy packing cargo suggest treating the catch and its arrangement as separate goals.
A player can enjoy developing the boat yet feel less satisfied later. Those experiences can help you decide what you want to collect.
Choosing between collecting species and following the story can give detours a different purpose.
Builds and playstyles
Match the destination to the loadout
One review describes choosing the next fishing area around available rod slots.
What longtime players say
Collection-focused reviews enjoy developing the boat while filling out the fish list.
What players like
Reviews value the tension that night voyages add to fishing.
Reviews praise the progression through fishing and boat upgrades.
Reviews enjoy organizing the cargo hold.
Reviews enjoy collecting fish species.
Reviews enjoy pursuing mysteries through clues and residents’ stories.
Reviews appreciate fishing and taking detours at their own pace.
Common complaints
Reviews find repeated fishing or regional tasks monotonous.
Reviews find the sea’s threats less frightening than expected.
Reviews question thin stories or characterization, or unconvincing endings.
Reviews question whether the additional content justifies its price.
Who it’s for
Players who want to develop a boat gradually, punctuated by tense night voyages.
Players who enjoy both collecting fish and arranging cargo.
Who might not enjoy it
Players expecting fishing and regional tasks to introduce new procedures throughout the late game.
Players primarily seeking intense scares rather than boat progression.
FAQ
- Is cooperative play the focus?
- Steam lists DREDGE as single-player. The developers have also said they will not add multiplayer.
- Are fishing errands timed?
- Hooded Figures and Castaway no longer have timers.
These impressions are based on 100 Steam reviews sorted by “Most Helpful.” They do not represent the views of all buyers.
Image: DREDGE on Steam