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Dredge: The Iron Rig

Gather, craft and deliver your way through the mysteries of The Iron Rig, revisiting areas from Dredge to investigate ancient disturbances stirring in the deep. Assist the Ironhaven Corporation in constructing…

80 15 August 2024

Dredge: The Iron Rig is an adventure developed by Black Salt Games, released 15 August 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Dredge: The Iron Rig is

Dredge: The Iron Rig is an adventure game developed by Black Salt Games and released in 2024. It was published by Team17. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gather, craft and deliver your way through the mysteries of The Iron Rig, revisiting areas from Dredge to investigate ancient disturbances stirring in the deep. Assist the Ironhaven Corporation in constructing facilities that unlock items, gadgets and more, but what are they truly here for?
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How it plays

Its themes are action, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Dredge: The Iron Rig holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 and 4 GB RAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dredge: The Iron Rig launched on 15 August 2024, within three weeks of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Thank Goodness You're Here! and Age of Mythology: Retold. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Age of Mythology: Retold.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dredge: The Iron Rig yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Dredge: The Iron Rig — frequently asked questions

When did Dredge: The Iron Rig come out?
Dredge: The Iron Rig was released on 15 August 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dredge: The Iron Rig?
At minimum, Dredge: The Iron Rig needs Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Dredge: The Iron Rig?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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