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The start of the holiday season means sales, deals, and gifts. As you probably know, Amazon Prime oftentimes offers some free games to their members. Dredge is the newest addition to the Prime’s offer of free games, and it runs well on Steam Deck.
What Is Dredge?
Dredge is a fishing horror adventure RPG. It was released on March 30, 2023, developed by Black Salt Games, and published by Team17. In its first year, it managed to score dozens of prestigious nominations and several wins. It boasts an 80 Metascore on Metacritic.
The player controls a small fishing boat. You can fish, as well as salvage things you find on the bottom of the sea. Once you return to the main settlement (or stumble upon a traveling merchant), you can sell what you’ve caught. You can also buy new equipment and upgrade your little boat.
Sounds pretty innocent, right? Well, there is a horror component to this game, as well. There is a day-night cycle in the game. If you decide to stay out on the water during the night, a panic meter appears. After some time, you can even start hallucinating. As the reality changes, the probability of damaging your boat rises. Oh, and, also, if that isn’t scary enough, there are plenty of sea monsters in those waters.
Steam Deck Users Praise Dredge
If you play on Steam Deck, you know that Dredge is a great choice, so getting it for free is a real treat. Many players raved about wanting this game for quite some time, but never actually getting around to buying it.
Ok-Gate-6240 broke the news to the Steam Deck community and also provided some instructions. They stated: “Many out there love playing Dredge on their Steam Deck. I just wanted everyone who hasn’t bit on this gem to know that it is free for a limited time on Prime gaming if you have an Amazon Prime account. It will give you a GOG.com code. GOG.com is DRM free by the way. Anyway, hope this helps a few of you out”.
So, you can claim this amazing offer here until January 5, 2025. If you don’t have an Amazon Prime account, you can even activate the free trial, and the game will still be yours once the trial expires. Enjoy and watch out for those monsters.