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Dave the Diver

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.

2023 Adventure Casual RPG Simulation ★ Overwhelmingly Positive · 96% 164,332 reviews
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Guides

Guides

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Dave the Diver Beginner Guide — Day Loop, Upgrades and Early Money

Every in-game day in Dave the Diver is a morning dive, an afternoon dive and an evening shift at Bancho Sushi. The dives feed the restaurant, and the restaurant pays for the gear that lets you dive deeper. This guide gives the upgrade order with real iDiver prices, the fish and recipes that earn early money, how hiring and staff pay work, the early story missions in order, and the beginner mistakes that quietly cost you gold and days.

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Dave the Diver Boss Guide — Every Boss in Order and How to Beat It

Dave the Diver's base game has fourteen bosses across sixteen fights, from the Giant Squid in Chapter 1 to Yawie in the finale and the hidden Lusca. Several are optional and only appear through a vortex on a stormy night. This guide lists them in story order with where each starts, what helps, the mechanic that decides the fight and what it drops, plus the sharks and jellyfish that cost you the most dives.

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Dave the Diver Weapons and Diving Gear — Upgrade Order, Guns and Depths

Dave the Diver has two gear shops: the iDiver app (air, cargo, depth, harpoon) and Duff's Weapon Shop (permanent guns from materials). Crate weapons break when you surface. This guide gives the upgrade order with real prices, the harpoon and gun upgrade paths, why a netted or sleeping fish gives up to five times the sushi of a dead one, what each depth zone needs, and the best loadout per stage.

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Dave the Diver Sushi Restaurant Guide — Best Recipes and Staff

Bancho Sushi is where Dave the Diver's money comes from, and it rewards planning more than speed. Prices rise through recipe enhancement (each level adds 30% of the base price) and a GOOD-or-better green tea pour, not through wasabi. This guide covers the recipes to sell at each stage with real prices, an enhancement plan based on actual ingredient costs, Cooksta ranks, staff hiring, training and dispatch, VIPs and parties, and common mistakes.

Overview

What's 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.

Day diving action

A procedurally varied Blue Hole. Manage oxygen and damage to reach deeper waters.

Night sushi management

Make sushi, serve customers, hire and train staff, upgrade the restaurant.

Rich story

Charismatic characters drive a layered narrative with boss-tier event setpieces.

Many minigames

Sushi prep, fishing, farming, aquaculture — relentless variety.

Gorgeous pixel art

Dreamlike underwater scenes and mouth-watering sushi presentation.

Huge content

30 to 50 hours in the base game, plus free DLC extending replayability.

Trailer

Trailer

DAVE THE DIVER_DIVE IN NOW Trailer Watch on Steam

Screenshots

Screenshots

Languages

Supported Languages

Language Interface Audio Subtitles
English ● ✓ — ✓
Deutsch ✓ — ✓
Español ✓ — ✓
Français ✓ — ✓
Italiano ✓ — ✓
日本語 ✓ — ✓
한국어 ✓ — ✓
Português (Brasil) ✓ — ✓
Русский ✓ — ✓
简体中文 ✓ — ✓
繁體中文 ✓ — ✓

Specs

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i3 Dual Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 / AMD Radeon HD 5570 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device

Recommended

OS: Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5 (Hexa Core) / i7 (Quad Core) Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB / AMD RX 480 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device

macOS

Minimum

OS: Big Sur 11.0 Processor: Intel Core i3 Quad Core 3.6GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon Pro 555X Storage: 11 GB available space

Recommended

OS: Big Sur 11.0 Processor: Apple M2 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Apple M2 integrated graphics Storage: 11 GB available space

Achievements

Achievement Highlights

Bancho Sushi is Back! Bancho Sushi is Back!
Better Equipment Better Equipment
Culinary Master Culinary Master
Culinary Researcher Culinary Researcher
Deep-sea Diver Deep-sea Diver
Influencer Influencer
New Undersea Friend New Undersea Friend
Shop's Lookin' Good! Shop's Lookin' Good!
Undersea Civilization! Undersea Civilization!
Undersea Gunslinger Undersea Gunslinger

FAQ

FAQ

Yes. UI and subtitles are available in both English and Japanese on Steam.
A dual-loop game where you spend days diving in the Blue Hole hunting fish, and nights running a sushi restaurant with what you caught. Diving action plus restaurant management — a Game of the Year nominee for indies.
No — buy-to-play (around 19.99 USD on Steam). Free updates have added significant DLC-tier content.
Prioritize oxygen tank and harpoon upgrades — diving range and damage govern everything else. At the restaurant, always add wasabi and soy sauce condiments to multiply menu prices 1.5x to 2x.
Premium dishes are pricey but slow to prepare — mix a few premium dishes with many standard ones for balance. Train employees in cooking, drinks, cleaning, and refilling, and check the fish farm daily for spare ingredients.

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