Dave the Diver is 2023's biggest and best surprise so far.
If there's one thing you can confidently predict about the games industry, it's that it will always be unpredictable.
And yet I find myself more excited to keep jumping into Dave's flippers this year than I am to ignite Cal Kestis' lightsaber, tie on Ryu's headband, or pick up Leon Kennedy's pistol. We just gave the game a well-deserved 91%, it's sitting at an 89 on Metacritic, and it's rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam thanks to over 20,000 user reviews. At its peak, about 86,000 people are swimming simultaneously each day, spearing triggerfish and fending off manta rays.
Dave the Diver's secret weapon is novelty. Its core loop is fun—there's a decent amount of strategy to your ocean dives, and rush hour at the restaurant is just intense enough to draw you in—but what elevates the game is the way it constantly adds new segments tothat loop.
Filler between these moments is kept to a minimum, allowing the constant introduction of layers to be its own reward for play—along with thethat accompany every new element. Instead of rushing through tutorials to set the stage for the game so it can then turn you loose, Dave the Diver finds joy in that moment of a game revealing itself to be a little bigger and more ambitious than you expected.
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