Hero image: DREADMOOR. Image: Dream Dock
DREADMOOR, Dream Dock’s first-person fishing game set in a flooded world, is out now in Early Access on Steam — and it arrived with more than 750,000 wishlists behind it.
Publisher Digital Vortex Entertainment confirmed the launch in a Steam post overnight. The post says the game “surpassed 750,000 wishlists on Steam” and made it into the “Top 50 most wishlisted games” on Steam ahead of launch.
By early Tuesday morning it was the second-highest seller on Steam’s Australian store, behind Casualties: Unknown.
The store page describes it as “a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe.” Players take the helm of a fishing trawler, catch fish to trade, upgrade the boat, craft gear and fight the creatures that live under the water and on land.
The post gives a US price of US$19.99 with a 10% launch discount, and says regional pricing applies. On the Australian store that comes to A$25.65, down from A$28.50.
There is also an optional Early Access Supporter Pack — six cosmetic items for the trawler, including two dashboard figurines, two flags and two ship wheels — which is A$7.05 in Australia. The post calls the items “purely cosmetic”.
Six Steam bundles launched alongside it, pairing DREADMOOR with Pacific Drive, Cast n Chill, Murky Divers, GONE Fishing, Fishing Inc and Voodoo Fishin’.
Most of the rest of the post is a request for Steam reviews, positive or negative. It says reviews help other players decide whether the game is for them, and act as feedback on where to focus as development continues. “We do read each and every one of them,” it says.
No length for Early Access or date for a full release is given in the post. It says only that there is “still much to discover, more to build, and a long journey ahead.”
It is not the only Steam launch this season to open with a number. Probably Stolen‘s developer reported 200,000 copies sold in its first few hours last month.
Source: Digital Vortex Entertainment – DREADMOOR Is Out Now in Early Access (Steam), Steam – DREADMOOR, Digital Vortex Entertainment – DREADMOOR Early Access Out Now (YouTube)