- Game
- Dreadmoor (Steam Early Access)
- Release date
- Monday, November 9, 2026
- Release time
- 13:00 UTC (8 a.m. EST, 5 a.m. PST), per Dream Dock's release-time map
- Platforms
- PC (Steam)
- Price
- $19.99 / £17.75 / €20.49; optional Supporter Pack $4.99
- Modes
- Single-player
- Developer
- Dream Dock
- Publisher
- Digital Vortex Entertainment
- Source
- Dream Dock's Steam announcements and the Steam store page
Dreadmoor passed 400,000 Steam wishlists in early September, and Dream Dock's post about it skipped the usual PR paragraph to call the number "slightly ridiculous." The game it describes is a first-person fishing adventure in a flooded world: you run a battered trawler between settlements, sell your catch to traders and avoid what lives in the water after dark.
What is the Dreadmoor release time?
Dreadmoor unlocks at 13:00 UTC on November 9, 2026, which is 5 a.m. Pacific and 8 a.m. Eastern in the US. Dream Dock posted a world map of unlock times in its Get Ready for Early Access announcement on Steam, and every city on it lines up with the same moment. The Dreadmoor release date is one worldwide moment rather than a midnight-local rollout, which is why Sydney only gets it just after midnight on November 10. Casualties: Unknown unlocks on Steam the same day.
| City (Dream Dock's map) | Unlock time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 5:00 a.m. PST, November 9 |
| New York | 8:00 a.m. EST, November 9 |
| São Paulo | 10:00 a.m. BRT, November 9 |
| London | 1:00 p.m., November 9 |
| Berlin | 2:00 p.m. CET, November 9 |
| Cape Town | 3:00 p.m. SAST, November 9 |
| Beijing | 9:00 p.m. CST, November 9 |
| Tokyo | 10:00 p.m. JST, November 9 |
| Sydney | 12:00 a.m. AEDT, November 10 |
The map labels London "BST", but the UK is on GMT in November, and 1 p.m. GMT is the time that matches every other city on it.
How much does Dreadmoor cost?
Dreadmoor costs $19.99 in the US, and Dream Dock published regional prices for ten countries before launch, alongside an optional Early Access Supporter Pack. The studio calls these the planned launch prices and says your local Steam store shows the final one. The store page says the price will go up when the game leaves Early Access.
| Country | Early Access price | Supporter Pack |
|---|---|---|
| United States | $19.99 | $4.99 |
| United Kingdom | £17.75 | £4.19 |
| Germany | €20.49 | €4.89 |
| Canada | C$23.99 | C$6.29 |
| Australia | A$28.50 | A$7.05 |
| Brazil | R$67.99 | R$17.99 |
| Japan | ¥2,600 | ¥705 |
| China | ¥77 | ¥19 |
| Russia | ₽855 | ₽245 |
| Kazakhstan | ₸5,720 | ₸1,490 |
Dream Dock hasn't said what the Supporter Pack contains in its announcements. Dreadmoor isn't free to play, and none of Dream Dock's announcements mention a subscription service.
What's in the Early Access version?
The Early Access build has a complete core gameplay loop, one major region, the original story and "a wide variety of fish species and mutations," according to the developer's answers on the Steam store page. Once the story runs out you can keep fishing, hunting rare specimens and upgrading the boat and gear. Dream Dock expects Early Access to last about 6 to 12 months, and plans new areas, more fish, new fishing mechanics and further boat upgrades for the full release.
The loop is fish, sell, upgrade. The store page describes sorting your catch and watching the hold, because "sea creatures do not hesitate to devour each other," and says the more dangerous the prey, the higher the price the traders of the Submerged Lands pay. Nights are where the risk sits: the studio's Early Access announcement says familiar waters become far less predictable after dark.
Publisher Digital Vortex posted the Early Access release date trailer on its YouTube channel.
Is Dreadmoor multiplayer?
No. Steam lists Dreadmoor as single-player only, with Steam Cloud and Family Sharing, and there is no co-op or crossplay. It is a PC game on Steam, one of the November 2026 releases on our calendar; the store page and Dream Dock's announcements list no PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 or mobile version, and no console release has been announced.
It also isn't a sequel to Dredge, the 2023 fishing game people search alongside it: that one was developed by Black Salt Games and published by Team17, while Dreadmoor comes from Dream Dock and Digital Vortex Entertainment.
Dreadmoor system requirements and Steam Deck
Dreadmoor needs at least an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, a GTX 1060 6 GB or RX 580 8 GB and 8 GB of RAM, on 64-bit Windows 10 or newer with DirectX 12. Both tiers on the Steam page ask for 60 GB of storage.
| Steam requirements | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Intel Core i5-12400F / AMD Ryzen 5 5600 |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB) | Nvidia RTX 4060 / AMD Radeon RX 7600 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB | 60 GB |
| OS / API | Windows 10 or newer (64-bit), DirectX 12 | Windows 10 or newer (64-bit), DirectX 12 |
On Steam Deck, the October demo was playable, and Dream Dock said it had been improving the game with the device in mind, but the game "has not yet received an official Steam Deck Verified Rating," per its demo announcement. The store page also asks you to accept a third-party EULA. Text is in 12 languages, with voice acting in English and Russian.
What we don't know yet
- Steam review scores: there are none before the unlock.
- What the $4.99 Supporter Pack includes.
- A date for the first content update, or for the full release beyond the 6 to 12 month estimate.
- Whether console versions will follow.
