Dave the Diver has had a lot of critical acclaim.

It has a cute storyline, it isn’t high-pressure although it still has its peaks of action and tension in the game, and overall it’s a pretty relaxing game to play without being an office cubicle simulator.

There’s a nice mix of microgenres within the game so it’s got a bit of an old school RPG feel to it in that sense. If I could describe it in one sentence I’d say that it’s a series of different mini-games of varying scale stitched together in a nearly seamless way and wrapped in a narrative.

You’ll probably get 20 to 30 hours out of it, although the pacing is mostly self-directed so you could likely speedrun it in half that time or stretch it out to double or triple if you want to enjoy it at a leisurely pace or you want to keep on doing smaller stuff without advancing the narrative forward.

Here’s a good first-time play through from the start of the game if you want to get a feel for the style of the game but maybe just watch the first 10 or 15 mins I guess because if you go too far then you’ll encounter spoilers.

Good luck and make sure to congratulate yourself on getting out. You deserve to heal and you deserve happiness.