DREADMOOR for PC: Download, Mods, Requirements & Guide

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DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure for PC from Dream Dock, available on Steam. The sea has swallowed most of the land. You captain a rusty trawler between flooded settlements, catch fish to trade, craft gear and upgrade your boat.

The fish are not the only thing in the water. Mutated creatures hunt you on the sea and on land, and you fight them in real time with harpoons and a hook gun. Every trip out is a trade between a bigger catch and getting home in one piece.

DREADMOOR entered Early Access on November 9, 2026. It runs on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11, has full controller support, and has voice acting in English and Russian. Digital Vortex Entertainment publishes it.

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What You Need to Know

It is in Early Access. The full story and one large region are in, and the developer plans 6 to 12 months before the full release.
It is sold on Steam only. It is not on the Epic Games Store or GOG.
It is single-player only. There is no co-op.
It has full controller support, including the PS5 DualSense.
It needs a stronger PC than most fishing games: 8 GB of RAM and a GTX 1060 at minimum.

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Quick Facts

A huge tentacle bursting out of dark water beside a small fishing trawler at night, lit by the boat spotlight

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Price	$19.99
Released	November 9, 2026 (Early Access)
Developer	Dream Dock
Publisher	Digital Vortex Entertainment
Genre	First-person fishing adventure, survival, horror
Players	Single-player
Store	Steam
Platform	Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Controls	Mouse and keyboard, full controller support
Voice Acting	English and Russian
Languages	English and 11 more
Mods	Nexus Mods

How to Download DREADMOOR on Windows

DREADMOOR is on Steam only. The download is about 7 GB.

Step 1. Install Steam. Get Steam and sign in.
Step 2. Open the store page. Go to DREADMOOR on Steam.
Step 3. Buy the game. Click Add to Cart and check out.
Step 4. Install it from your Steam library.
Step 5. Launch it and follow the first story quest to learn fishing and sailing.

DREADMOOR Price and Editions

DREADMOOR costs $19.99 on Steam during Early Access, with regional pricing in other countries. The base game is the whole game: every area, fish and upgrade comes with it.

There is one optional add-on, the DREADMOOR Supporter Pack for $4.99. It adds six cosmetic items for your trawler: two dashboard figurines, two flags and two ship wheels, including one with a tiny aquarium in the middle. It changes nothing about how the game plays.

💡 Your PC is too weak? Cloud gaming is an option. Check on Boosteroid.

What Is DREADMOOR?

DREADMOOR is set in the Submerged Lands, a world flooded by a human mistake. The coasts sank, most of the rest followed, and the survivors live in scattered settlements on stilts and rooftops. A disease from the sea has twisted the animals into something worse.

You live off the water. You find good fishing spots, try different baits and fight each fish on the line. Back at port, mysterious traders pay more for rarer and more dangerous catches, so the best money is always in the worst places to fish.

Some catches fight back. Bigger prey means harpoons, not just a rod.

Between trips you explore. Abandoned buildings, caves and shipwrecks hide scrap metal and old blueprints, which you turn into bait, reinforced harpoons, medicine and survival tools. Your hold has limited space, and fish in it will eat each other, so you also have to sort what you keep.

The dry dock is where your trawler grows, one part at a time.

Your trawler is your lifeline. At the dry dock you fit a stronger engine and propeller, reinforce the hull, add a spotlight for the dark, rack spare fuel and bolt on an afterburner for a burst of speed. Better parts open up deeper and more dangerous water, and the game warns you with a danger timer when you push past what your boat can handle.

Official Trailer

Watch the official Early Access launch trailer for DREADMOOR to see the flooded settlements, your trawler at night and the creatures waiting under the water.

Key Features

Fishing that takes skill

Find the right spots, pick the right bait and fight each catch, from common fish to rare mutated species.

A trawler you build up

Upgrade the engine, propeller and hull, then add a spotlight, a fuel rack and an afterburner.

Crafting from scrap

Turn scrap, blueprints and fish parts into bait, harpoons, medicine and survival tools.

Real-time fights

Mutated creatures attack on the water and on land, and you fight back with harpoons and a hook gun.

A drowned world to explore

Search sunken buildings, caves and shipwrecks between trips to the settlements.

A story with an ending

The full story is in Early Access, and you can keep fishing and upgrading after it ends.

Is This Game for You?

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Our Take

🎮 Our Take

DREADMOOR takes the fishing game in a darker and more physical direction. Instead of a top-down boat on a map, you stand on the deck in first person, fight fish on the line and fight off things that want to eat you. The flooded world has a strong, grimy look, and the boat upgrade loop gives every trip a clear goal. It is a true Early Access launch, though: the first two patches, in the first two days, fixed several bugs that could block story progress. The quick fixes are a good sign, but expect rough spots, and remember that only one region is in for now.

If you like fishing games with danger in them, or survival games built around one vehicle, it is worth picking up now, since the full story is already there. If you only play finished games, or want co-op, wait for more of the 6 to 12 month Early Access plan to land. And check the system requirements first, because this is a heavier game than most in its genre.

System Requirements

DREADMOOR is a full 3D game, so it asks more of your PC than most fishing games. A GTX 1060 or RX 580 with 8 GB of RAM is the floor, and an RTX 4060 class card with 16 GB of RAM is what the developer recommends. It needs a 64-bit version of Windows 10 or 11.

DREADMOOR PC Requirements

As published by the developer on Steam

Component	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10 or newer (64-bit)	Windows 10 or newer (64-bit)
Processor	Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Memory	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM
Graphics	Nvidia GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)	Nvidia RTX 4060 or AMD Radeon RX 7600
DirectX	Version 12	Version 12
Storage	7 GB available space	7 GB available space

Not sure your PC is up to it? See our Best Gaming Desktops guide.

Tips for Beginners

Sort your hold often

Fish in your hold can eat each other. Sell or store your best catches before a big one gets swallowed.

Search every wreck

Scrap metal and blueprints are what you upgrade with. Abandoned buildings, caves and shipwrecks are where they hide.

Heed the danger timer

If a danger timer starts, you are in water your story progress or boat upgrades are not ready for. Turn back.

Prepare for the dark

Nights bring worse creatures. A spotlight and a fuel canister rack make night trips far safer.

Using a PS4 controller?

The DualSense works out of the box, but a DualShock 4 needs Steam Input turned on in Steam’s controller settings.

DREADMOOR Mods

DREADMOOR has no official mod support or Steam Workshop. The first fan mods are showing up on Nexus Mods, and since the game is brand new, there are only a few so far. These two are worth a look.

Ukrainian Localization

Translation

By furmonenko

A full Ukrainian translation: menus, tutorials, items, fish, the journal, quests, notes, audio logs, radio and all dialogue. It also adds Ukrainian letters to the game’s fonts.

View it on Nexus Mods

MoorTime

Quality of life

By bitterbeer

Changes how fast time passes. By default it makes days twice as long and leaves nights as they are, so you get more daylight for fishing. It needs UE4SS (a free script loader for Unreal Engine games), and you can tune the day and night speed in its config file.

View it on Nexus Mods

💡 These are fan-made mods, not official ones. The game is single-player, so mods do not risk an online ban, but Early Access patches arrive often and can break mods until their authors update them. If the game acts up, remove the mod, and use Steam’s Verify Integrity of Game Files option to restore the original files.

DREADMOOR Screenshots

The traders, crafting, your trawler by day and by night, the engine upgrade, a creature attack, a fresh catch and the workshops of the Submerged Lands. Click any image to open it full size.

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DREADMOOR FAQ

How long will DREADMOOR stay in Early Access?

Dream Dock expects Early Access to last about 6 to 12 months. The developer plans to add new areas with new adventures, more fish species, new fishing mechanics and more boat upgrades before the full release, with smaller content updates along the way.

Is DREADMOOR a horror game?

It has horror in it: mutated creatures, giant tentacles and nights that are far more dangerous than days. At its core, though, it is a fishing, crafting and exploration game, so it plays more like a dark adventure than a pure horror game.

Does DREADMOOR have co-op or multiplayer?

No. DREADMOOR is a single-player game. There is no co-op or online mode.

Does DREADMOOR support controllers?

Yes. Steam lists full Xbox controller support. The DualSense (PS5) controller works natively, and the DualShock 4 (PS4) controller works once you turn on Steam Input in your Steam controller settings.

Can you keep playing after the story ends?

Yes. Once you finish the story content in the Early Access version, you can keep exploring, fishing, collecting rare fish and upgrading your boat and gear.

Is DREADMOOR on Epic, GOG or consoles?

No. On PC it is sold on Steam only, and it is not on the Epic Games Store or GOG. Only a Windows PC version has been announced.

What are the DREADMOOR system requirements?

Steam lists an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 8 GB of RAM and a GTX 1060 6 GB or RX 580 8 GB as the minimum. The recommended spec is an Intel Core i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600, 16 GB of RAM and an RTX 4060 or RX 7600. You need 64-bit Windows 10 or newer and 7 GB of free space.