Dredge is nice. We referred to as it “a unbelievable fishing sport with a sinister thriller lurking in its depths” in our 89% evaluation, and likewise named it Best Setting in our 2023 Game of the Year Awards. And now, for the primary time ever, you’ll be able to choose it up free of charge from the Epic Games Store.
Along with being nice, Dredge can be a wee bit misleading, a minimum of at first look. A cute little fishing boat, a stunning sundown, a quaint seaside village—the octopus is slightly bizarre, yeah, however fish, proper? They’re bizarre by nature. But issues take an odd flip in an actual hurry, and I’m not speaking about wind within the wire making tattletale sounds right here: There’s one thing decidedly not good occurring within the depths.
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“Dredge has essentially the most immaculate vibes of any sport I’ve performed this yr,” PC Gamer’s Mollie Taylor wrote about Dredge in 2023. “By day it is a stress-free and serene fishing sport, however as soon as the solar units it turns into an unsettling realisation of how remoted your tiny boat is on these large darkish waters. Dredge performs to that polarity splendidly, crafting a delightfully spooky world that has my traditional horror-averse self determined to dig deeper into its mysteries.”
And if “nyctophobia horrors” aren’t your factor, Dredge additionally gives a “passive mode” that maintains the creepy ambiance however tones down the outright awfulness. (“Awfulness” used right here completely in a complimentary style, to be clear.)
So Dredge is admittedly good, and it is now actually free—however just for the day. The Epic Games Store is within the midst of its not-quite-daily giveaways for the vacations (15 video games over a three-week stretch) so you’ve got solely bought till 11 am ET on December 25 to seize it.
