DREADMOOR has a confirmed Early Access launch on November 9, with Japanese support. It remains in development for PC via Steam, where it was most recently slated for the fourth quarter of 2026.
DREADMOOR is a first-person fishing adventure from developer Dream Dock and publisher Digital Vortex Entertainment. As of the most recent announcement, it will enter Steam Early Access on November 9 with Japanese support on day one. The game places players in the role of Malcolm, who shows signs of mutation, in a flooded world hit by a plague called Seablight. Fishing is the core loop: real-time controls pull grotesque, mutated fish from murky water, and those fish can be traded with settlements and mysterious merchants for higher prices. Scrap metal collected in abandoned buildings will feed a crafting system for bait, weapons, and medicine, and the full game will include real-time combat against monsters attacking from sea and land.
The first public look came from a hands-on report out of BitSummit PUNCH, the indie festival in Kyoto held May 22 to 24, 2026. That demo focused on the fishing system, and the report described the game as a survival-fishing hybrid built around atmosphere and resource management rather than arcade-style fishing. At that point the release was given as the fourth quarter of 2026 for PC via Steam.
The launch plan has since narrowed to a specific date. Early Access is expected to last six months to one year, and the Early Access price will be lower than the full release price. The game remains scheduled for PC via Steam.
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Digital Vortex Entertainment will begin Early Access for DREADMOOR on November 9, with Japanese support. Dream Dock's first-person fishing adventure puts players in the role of Malcolm, who shows signs of mutation, in a world submerged by a past catastrophe and hit by a plague the game calls Seablight. Early Access is expected to last six months to one year, at a lower price than full release.
Game Spark published a hands-on report for DREADMOOR, a dark first-person fishing adventure game, from the BitSummit PUNCH indie game festival held in Kyoto from May 22 to 24, 2026. The game is developed by Dream Dock and published by Digital Vortex Entertainment. Set in a flooded world where most of humanity has sunk beneath the sea, players pilot a fishing boat through wetlands and shipwrecks. The demo focused on the core fishing system, which uses real-time controls that create a tense back-and-forth with the environment. Fish pulled from the murky water have grotesque, mutated designs. Caught fish can be traded with scattered settlements and mysterious merchants for higher prices. The full game will also include a crafting system for making special bait, weapons, and medicine from scrap metal collected in abandoned buildings, plus real-time combat against monsters that attack from sea and land. DREADMOOR is scheduled for release on PC via Steam in the fourth quarter of 2026.