4/5 ★ – jared_c's review of Dredge.

Dredge is an indie game with a simplistic art style where you play as a fisherman who wrecks his boat and wakes up on a small island with no memory of your past. You are given a boat by the mayor who just has you repay him for the boat by catching and selling fish. As you start to get more money then, you can upgrade your boat with it's size, different fishing rods, nets, engines, and lights. Once you get more comfortable you can start going to the other islands that are all pretty close together, with the more adventuring you do the more you realize something is off in this area. You'll meet various strangers along the way who offer upgrades or materials in exchange for your help. Some people seem hesitant to get close to you or trust you. You are strongly encouraged to not go out fishing at night due to SOMETHING weird in the waters around. This game has a sanity effect meter where you may begin to see hallucinations, unless some of those visions are real? You learn to never fully let your guard down no matter what as you continue solving the mysteries of the surrounding islands. There is a neat story here if you continue digging (or...err...fishing) further into the mystery. It's a relatively short game, but an enjoyable one throughout!