Blindside Interactive

Maneater

You were cut from your mother's body and left to die in the unforgiving waters of the Gulf Coast. Your only tools are your wits, your jaws, and an uncanny ability to evolve as you feed. Anything and everything is on the menu... provided you kill it before it kills you.

Released: 22 May 2020
Developer: Blindside Interactive
Publisher: Deep Silver
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Perspective: Third person
Age rating: PEGI 18 · ESRB M
Controller: Full controller support
Metacritic: 70/100
Steam recommendations: 21,332
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
Estimated owners: 500,000–1,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 73
Critic rating: 116
Ratings counted: 87.3%
Steam reviews: 44
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Quick answers

Crossplay System requirements 8 GB RAM Download size 20.0 GB Steam Deck Verified Player counts 874

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The story

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a terrifying shark! Maneater is a single player, open world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where you are the shark. Starting as a small shark pup you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the ecosystem. To do this you will explore a large and varied open world encountering diverse enemies - both human and wildlife. Find the right resources and you can grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended, allowing the player to tailor the shark to their play style. This is fortunate, because to get revenge on the cruel fisherman that dismembered you will take evolving into a massive shark, an apex predator of legends. Eat. Explore. Evolve. Battle fierce wildlife including other apex predators or fight against various types of human hunters ranging from town drunks all the way up to the Coast Guard. Feed on humans and wildlife to grow your shark, and find shark loot to evolve your shark down multiple possible paths. 7 large regions including bayous of the gulf coast, resort beaches, industrial docks, the open ocean and more. Experience a living world with a full day/night cycle.

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How long to beat

Main story: 6 h
Main + extras: 7 h
Completionist: 12 h

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Platforms

Game modes

Single player

Themes

Action
Open world

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Reviews and languages

87.3% of 26,144 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Very Positive”.

20 languages in the interface, 8 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.

Publisher's content notice

Maneater is an open world action RPG in which a lone bull shark massacres and devours an endless array of humans and wildlife. Copious gallons of blood are shed as players explore the American coastal city of Port Clovis. Along for the ride is darkly humorous narrator Trip Westhaven, who overshares about his ex-wife Susan, penchant for tropical drinks, and a possible foray into cannibalism.

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