DAVE THE DIVER
Dave the Diver is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by MINTROCKET. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and collection and development goals, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.7 / 10
About this game
Dave the Diver is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and collection and development goals. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation 5AI review
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Diving and restaurant management make each other more rewarding.
Dave the Diver connects its two routines through practical decisions. Fish determine the menu, service funds equipment, and better equipment opens more ambitious expeditions. Night diving even competes with restaurant hours. Staff, research and special customers gradually introduce new priorities, keeping the familiar daily schedule lively. Expressive pixel characters and extravagant cutscenes add warmth to the underwater exploration. Not every diversion is equally convincing: some puzzles feel fussy, certain mechanics receive only brief explanations, and the PS5 review finds restricted aiming awkward during a few bosses. Its appeal is therefore the changing balance between activities rather than exceptional depth in any single combat system. This judgment covers the reviewed base campaign, without silently including later crossover additions.
Strengths
- Exploration and business decisions reinforce each other.
- New responsibilities keep the daily routine varied.
Weaknesses
- Some puzzles and aiming restrictions interrupt the flow.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy alternating management, exploration and light action.
Play notes: Based on the April 2024 PS5 review; later crossover content is outside scope.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension New responsibilities keep returning value to the central loop, with occasional fussy interruptions. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Diving and service finance each other, with night trips creating meaningful opportunity costs. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Expressive characters and underwater scenery give both halves of the routine a distinctive identity. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Accessible daily interaction is qualified by awkward boss aiming and underexplained features. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- MINTROCKET
- Publisher
- MINTROCKET
- Release date
- Apr 16, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyMain Story 10–20 HoursLinear LevelsReal-time CombatSlow BurnCollection-richThird PersonInvestigation3D GraphicsPuzzle SolvingExplorationStory-driven
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideApr 16, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideOct 26, 2023
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideNov 6, 2025
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Sources
- www.nintendo.com