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Six months on from its full release, Dave the Diver has netted 3m salesQuite the catch
Quite the catch
Image credit:MintRocket
Image credit:MintRocket
Definitely-not-an-indie-gameDave the Diverhas reeled in an impressive sales milestone, just six months after the mix of fishing sim, restaurant management game and slice-of-life RPG exited Early Access.
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Dave the Diver first bobbed up to the surface back in 2022 as a curious blend of fishing minigame and running a sushi restaurant that managed to make a bit of a splashthanks to its unexpectedly winning smörgåsbord.
After almost a year in Early Access, developers Mintrocket - an arm of Korean publishing giant Nexon, making Dave the Diver decidedly Not Indieno matter what Geoff Keighley tells you- launched the finished game last June. Well, mostly finished, anyway, as they’ve continued to add quality of life improvements - includingreduced button-mashing- and some other new gameplay elements (largely crustacean-based) in updates since.
In the just-over six months since, Dave the Diver has shifted three million copies around the world, Mintrocket announced in a post aping The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s cover with the game’s pixellated characters. Those sales lump together both PC and Nintendo Switch players, but it’s an impressive number to hit regardless.
🌊3 million global sales of Dave the Diver!🤿Thank you so much for the support and love!🐳pic.twitter.com/YzfUSOrHxd— DAVE THE DIVER (@DaveDiverGame)January 3, 2024
🌊3 million global sales of Dave the Diver!🤿Thank you so much for the support and love!🐳pic.twitter.com/YzfUSOrHxd
While Mintrocket have been putting out new content for Dave the Diver, they’ve already revealed their plans for their next project,a much less Sit Back And Relax-y horror gamethat throws players into a grim struggle for survival in a zombie apocalypse. Maybe you’ll be able to fish to take the edge off desperate misery, at least.
