{"id":60089,"date":"2026-06-12T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=60089"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T01:56:00","slug":"dave-the-diver-swims-onto-ios-and-android-this-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=60089","title":{"rendered":"Dave The Diver Swims Onto iOS And Android This August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/dave-the-diver-swims-onto-ios-and-android-this-august\/l-intro-1781197306.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">This is an underwater exploration roguelite mixed with a restaurant manager.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One of the best games of 2023 is finally coming to mobile in the US. <em>Dave the Diver<\/em> will be available for iOS and Android devices this August, after releasing in China earlier this year. This version looks like a port of the entire game, and not some kind of stripped-down mobile experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For the uninitiated, <em>Dave the Diver<\/em> is a bizarre and addictive game that mixes underwater exploration, roguelite mechanics and restaurant management. During the day, players explore an ever-shifting underwater world, hunting for resources, upgrades and ingredients for the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DAVE THE DIVER | Official Launch Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p85VHMpE0to?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At night, the gameplay shifts to restaurant management. This includes hiring people, creating new dishes and, of course, running a successful dinner service. That last piece involves a fun minigame that&#8217;s vaguely reminiscent of the arcade classic <em>Tapper<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both aspects of gameplay tie into one another. Taking down a fearsome shark, which can appear just about anywhere while diving, opens up new menu items and so on. There&#8217;s also an ongoing story and plenty of fun side characters.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The only potential downside here is with the medium. <em>Dave the Diver<\/em> requires extremely precise inputs, both while diving and when handling a dinner service. Use a Bluetooth controller for this one.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2192366\/dave-the-diver-swims-onto-ios-and-android-this-august\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an underwater exploration roguelite mixed with a restaurant manager. One of the best games of 2023 is finally coming to mobile in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5386,2739,12002,24609,13433,24610],"class_list":["post-60089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-android","tag-august","tag-dave","tag-diver","tag-ios","tag-swims","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}