DREDGE
Dredge is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Black Salt Games. It centers on area and route exploration, collection and development goals, and objective or clue progression, 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
- 8.4 / 10
About this game
Dredge is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on area and route exploration, collection and development goals, and objective or clue progression. 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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AI review
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A compelling overlap of quiet work and maritime unease
Fishing, cargo packing and boat upgrades reinforce each other, while night-time danger gives staying out longer a tangible cost. Simple inputs conceal continuing decisions about routes and capacity, creating an absorbing risk-and-reward loop. Different islands and fishing requirements lead naturally into new waters, giving upgrades a purpose beyond accumulation. Material farming and repeated journeys occasionally slow progress, and the central mystery is less developed than the sailing loop. Stylised coastlines, unsettling catches and maritime sound gradually turn ordinary work into unease. The horror grows through changes to familiar routines rather than relentless shocks, closely matching the rhythm of the adventure. PS5 fishing and navigation support short expeditions effectively, while repeatedly adjusting cargo in the grid can feel fiddly. This is a usability trade-off, not a reason to invent frame-rate measurements or promise later-version stability.
Strengths
- Fishing, cargo and night-sailing decisions
Weaknesses
- Repeated journeys and occasional interface friction
Who it is for: Players who enjoy exploration, resource planning and restrained horror
Play notes: Based on the historical review conditions of 2023-03-23, not a guarantee about subsequent patches or current matchmaking populations.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Different islands and fishing requirements lead naturally into new waters, giving upgrades a purpose beyond accumulation. Material farming and repeated journeys occasionally slow progress, and the central mystery is less developed than the sailing loop. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Fishing, cargo packing and boat upgrades reinforce each other, while night-time danger gives staying out longer a tangible cost. Simple inputs conceal continuing decisions about routes and capacity, creating an absorbing risk-and-reward loop. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stylised coastlines, unsettling catches and maritime sound gradually turn ordinary work into unease. The horror grows through changes to familiar routines rather than relentless shocks, closely matching the rhythm of the adventure. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PS5 fishing and navigation support short expeditions effectively, while repeatedly adjusting cargo in the grid can feel fiddly. This is a usability trade-off, not a reason to invent frame-rate measurements or promise later-version stability. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Black Salt Games
- Publisher
- Team17
- Release date
- Mar 30, 2023
- 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
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- Third PersonSlow BurnExplorationSolo-friendlyLinear LevelsMain Story 10–20 HoursInvestigationPuzzle SolvingCollection-rich3D GraphicsStory-driven
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideMar 30, 2023
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideMar 30, 2023
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Sources
- www.nintendo.com