Dave the Diver developer Mintrocket has revealed that the "In the Jungle" DLC launches June 18th on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch/Switch 2. The expansion sends Dave into freshwater territory with roughly 10 hours of new content, introducing mechanics that branch away from both the base game and previous DLC. Physical editions for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, including a Complete Edition and a Collector's Edition packed with acrylic standees, pin badges, and a dolphin pendant necklace, are available to pre-order now through Silver Lining Direct.
The base game, already available on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store alongside PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and macOS, built its hook on a clean split: dive into the Blue Hole by day to catch fish and gather resources, then run Bancho Sushi by night. Combat underwater plays out in real time with rogue-like elements, the Blue Hole shifting its layout between dives so no two trips feel identical. Oxygen is the hard limit. Run out and you leave behind whatever you've collected, giving every dive a quiet gambling edge as you push deeper for rarer catches. Profits from the restaurant feed back into equipment upgrades and new gear, forging a loop where each half of Dave's life directly fuels the other. "In the Jungle" preserves that structure but swaps the ocean for a massive freshwater lake stocked with new aquatic life and new dangers. Dave's latest piece of gear, the Jungle Gun, can transform freely into net guns, shotguns, snipers, or standard firearms, letting players adapt mid-dive and experiment with preferred combat styles rather than locking into a single loadout.
The setting this time is Utara, a jungle village where time flows in real time. Where the base game anchored itself to the Blue Hole's coral depths and pixel-rendered ocean floors, the DLC trades saltwater blues for freshwater greens and unfamiliar waters. Dave the Diver has always paired pixel art with 3D environments to create something visually distinct, an underwater world dense with over 200 species of sea creature in the base game alone. Utara extends that approach into new terrain, filling the village and its surrounding lake with fresh encounters and cuisine options.
Utara also reshapes how Dave interacts with the people around him. The base game's cast leaned into quirky humour, spoofs, and in-jokes, surrounding Dave with eccentric characters whose stories played out through side quests and multiple storylines. The village works similarly but ties relationships more directly into progression. Dave can spend his days diving, gathering fruits and resources, or completing tasks and side quests for the locals. As those bonds deepen, new opportunities unlock across the village, with ripple effects that extend all the way back to the restaurant business. Villagers whose trust Dave has earned eventually show up as diners, turning the restaurant into a hub that connects Dave's social life to his bottom line.
That restaurant is Bancho Grill, one of the DLC's biggest departures from the original. Where Bancho Sushi confined Dave's movement to a single horizontal plane, the Grill lets him move freely throughout the space, serving customers across multiple areas. The menu is built entirely around freshwater ingredients, which means the lake isn't just a combat arena but the direct supply chain for a new dining experience. It's the same satisfying feedback loop: dive feeds restaurant feeds upgrades feeds deeper dives, but the expanded restaurant movement and the village relationship system layer new decisions on top of it.
Scale has always been part of Dave the Diver's appeal. The base game packed minigames, side content, and branching storylines around its core loop, offering enough variety that the rhythm of dive-and-serve never calcified into routine. "In the Jungle" promises 10 hours of content with new encounters and mechanics, and the freshwater setting gives Mintrocket room to introduce creatures and challenges that wouldn't fit in the Blue Hole's marine ecosystem. For a game built on the pleasure of one more dive and one more dinner service, a whole new body of water is a meaningful expansion.