Support NeoGAF

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Black Salt Games' eldritch fishing adventure Dredge has sold over 1 million copies since launching in March 2023.

Dredge producer Nadia Thorne and 3D artist Mikey Bastiaens shared the milestone with Game Developer during an interview at PAX Australia, and revealed the title has performed well beyond its wildest expectations.

"We hoped to maybe sell 100,000 copies in our first year," said Thorne. "That would have been amazing. That was a top estimate when we were setting our expectations. We smashed through those targets."

Thorne said the New Zealand-based studio initially felt that selling 1 million copies in the space of a year was a "crazy" target, but said that Dredge actually surpassed 100,000 sales within 24 hours of launch providing some indication as to what the future held.

"We actually had our launch party on a boat," says Bastiaens, "and we were just refreshing the [sales page] going 'oh my god, oh my god'"

Those milestones have allowed Black Salt to continue supporting the project from a place of security, and the studio is now preparing to launch its first official expansion for Dredge in the form of The Pale Reach on November 16, 2023.

Dredge smashes internal expectations after topping 1 million sales

"We hoped to maybe sell 100,000 copies in our first year."

www.gamedeveloper.com

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

One of the best indies I've played this year. I would not be surprised if it will get GOTY nominations in the indie category.