DAVE THE DIVER
Worth it · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99. Typically $11.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hour
- $0.80/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 164,749
- Critics
- 90 players 6 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 9% Roguelike
Holding it back: AI content, Monetization
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 25.1h
- To 100%
- 51.8h 2.1x the story
- Finish
- 25% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 43
Price and sales
- Sales
- 23 on record
- Typical cut
- 33% off
- Steam low
- $9.99 June 2026
- Sale every
- 54d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 3,953 now
- Recent reviews
- 93% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 9% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
87% start to 4% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 4 years tracked, the median cut is 33 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 9 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Doloc Town ($15.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Little Witch in the Woods ($19.99, scores 62).
More about DAVE THE DIVER
13 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2026 to October 2026. That is fewer refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,176 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 1,004 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 4,610 reviews written there were positive, against 96 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (cosmetic, time-limited); the score docks it lightly for that.
HowLongToBeat players log 25.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 52, 2.1 times as much.
The rating rests on 164,749 reviews, so it is not going to move much from here.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 23 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
TL;DR: Dave the Diver does not have the best combat, farming, fishing, or restaurant simulation. Its achievement is combining all these mechanics into something much greater than the sum of its parts. It's a charming, incredibly creative game that constantly finds new ways to surprise you. An easy 9/10. The premise of Dave the Diver is simple. During the day, you explore a mysterious underwater world, catch fish...
2 more reviews
I'm currently at a phase of my life where I find all games to be boring... until I found this gem. I absolutely love the gameplay and the music.
One of those times when I had to think if I recommend this or not. At the start, Dave the Diver is a very fantastic concept: Explore the ocean, harpoon some fishes, make sushi out of fishes, serve said sushi, use profit to upgrade gear. Fun loop, pleasing playability, all good. Plot advances, things happen, animations good, characters funny. Then, it changes. You get employees to manage. You get the ability to grow...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 / AMD Radeon HD 5570, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
DAVE THE DIVER scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1868140/dave-the-diverReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.