Surprisingly Excellent 'Dave the Diver' Hits PS Plus Soon

Dave the Diver‘s designer Jaeho Hwang took to the PlayStation blog Tuesday to reveal that his cozy pixel art game will arrive on PS5 for PlayStation Plus members on April 16. He also revealed some cool new content on the way.

The game is a weird hybrid of game styles that shouldn’t go together, but do, making for a delightful play experience. During the day, you’ll explore the ocean depths to find various fish and loot, while nighttime finds you running a sushi restaurant with a cast of unique characters to interact with. Right? Weird, but strangely compelling. If that wasn’t enough, the developer decided to create even weirder side content, like cooking contests, seahorse racing, photography quests, and a… rhythm game? Yeah. That.

“This is the most delightful twist that caught everyone off guard; What on earth is this rhythm game with an anime title song doing in the diving game?! One of our characters, Duff, an avid fan of Stra Stella – a fictional anime within the game – embarks on a musical journey to attend a dream concert featuring beloved characters,” wrote Hwang in the blog entry

Reviews aggregator Metacritic shows the title at 90/100 right now, with an 8.3/10 user score, showing how well the game has been received. The game has been out on Steam for macOS and Windows since June 2023, with a Nintendo Switch version released in October 2023, as well.

But wait, there’s more. The title will get a free DLC this May, too, with Godzilla showing up in the Dave the Diver world. So if you’re a fan of the loveable natural disaster metaphor kaiju, you won’t have long to wait.