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Alice Games · Published by Alice Games
Last updated 4 Oct 2026
Shark Dentist is a unique horror roguelike where you play as a shark dentist. Your task is to treat the teeth of giant predators in a dark clinic while avoiding their deadly aggression. Balance tactics, luck, and limited resources to heal your patient without losing your own life.
Indie, Simulation · More free games
Dive into Shark Dentist, an indie simulation where you balance tactics and luck to heal monstrous patients without losing your own life.
About this game
Key Features:
Intense Gameplay: Treat a shark's teeth without waking it. Every mistake can lead to deadly consequences.
Roguelike Mechanics: Randomly generated dental issues, tools, and debuffs make each attempt unique.
Multitasking: Monitor the shark's pulse, maintain oxygen supply, manage anesthesia, and choose the right tools.
Realistic Tool Interaction: Use syringes, drills, mirrors, and even a circular saw to tackle various tasks.
Organic Balance: Manage the shark's stress level by finding a balance between the pain of treatment and limited resources.
Your Main Enemies:
Shark Stress: Higher stress brings the shark closer to waking.
Limited Resources: Be cautious with your supply of anesthetic and tools.
Random Events: Equipment failures, sudden pain spikes, and other surprises.
The game will appeal to horror fans, streamers, and lovers of films like Jaws, The Meg, and Saw. If you enjoy challenging games with random elements and a tense atmosphere, Shark Dentist will become your new favorite.
Can you stay calm and survive while doing your job? Find out in Shark Dentist!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8Ghz or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 4850
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i3
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Dev Diary #3: Dental Tools vs. Power Tools
Remember your last trip to the dentist? The whine of the drill, that smell, the calm voice promising "this won't hurt a bit"... Delicate work on tiny human teeth calls for delicate instruments. Now take a look at this great white shark. A regular dental drill would get lost somewhere between the back teeth of those enormous jaws, and so would the dentist. So we skipped the dental tray and went straight to the hardware store.Tool #1: Hammer drillFirst up is a hammer drill to prep a tooth for treatment. It's perfect for chipping off years of rock-hard tartar. Just go easy on the vibration. You really, really don't want to wake the patient:Tool #2: Circular sawNext is a circular saw for cutting off tooth overgrowths and anything else in the way. A scalpel won't cut it here. Literally:Tool #3: Pressure washerA dental water flosser won't make a dent in teeth this battered. You'll need a pressure washer, a strong grip and even stronger nerves to hold it steady a few inches from a mouth that could swallow you whole:One look at this horrifying, toothy beauty, and your hand will reach for the right tool on its own. Preferably a very long one:Thank you for all your support, your love and your perfectly healthy fear of sharks and dentists! Special thanks to everyone who sent detailed bug reports during the playtest ❤️ We're hard at work on the game and getting ready for another playtest wave.See you in the OR! 😉Read full article on Community Announcements (Summer Happiness ☀)AnnouncementsOfficial
🧑💻 Closed Playtest Start
We are thrilled to announce Shark Dentist’s first closed playtest! Fill out the form below to apply:🔗 https://forms.gle/XiqpXrnuvkSRggCf8We have begun sending Steam keys via direct messages from Elven Sun or stasy_alice_games_90293 on Discord.Please do not share any gameplay videos, streams, or screenshots online. This is an alpha build of the game, and we still have a lot to polish and add.Also, a huge thank you in advance for providing detailed feedback and bug reports via the form after your play sessions. We’re looking forward to reading what you think of the game! 🔥Thank you for your love and support! 🤗Read full article on Community Announcements (Summer Happiness ☀)AnnouncementsOfficial
🙋 Shark Dentist — Apply for the Closed Playtest
The most enthusiastic interns are welcome in our gloomy, toothy operating room! We're looking for community playtesters to share feedback about the game: your impressions and any technical issues you run into.Fill out the form to apply for the first Shark Dentist closed playtest:🔗 https://forms.gle/XiqpXrnuvkSRggCf8As this is our first playtest, an NDA applies to all playtesters, so please don't share the game publicly just yet. We're being very careful about the quality of the game, and there's still plenty of polishing and adjusting ahead. We can't wait to read your feedback reports, and we're looking forward to the day when you can share your video content publicly too.If you're a streamer or blogger, please tell us about it and send links to your channels to stasy_alice_games on Discord. We'll keep you in mind for when the game is ready to be shown publicly.Keys will be sent to playtesters on Discord in a private message by Elven Sun on our official server: https://discord.gg/rbfxhqx95VWe'll start giving out keys after we publish the closed playtest announcement here on Steam and on our social channels.In the playtest, you'll get to see the opening stages of the game, explore the operating room and treat your first teeth, while trying not to get eaten right away.Watch one of our dev team members play a bit of the playtest.Have fun in the OR!Read full article on Community Announcements (Summer Happiness ☀)AnnouncementsOfficial
Dev Diary #2 — Meet Your Patient
This is our second dev diary for Shark Dentist, so let's continue our OR inspection. You are a dentist. Your patients are sharks. They are anesthetized (for now) and they weigh three tons. Fix the tooth. Don't wake the patient.Today we want to talk about the patient itself, because in this game the shark isn't a monster you fight. It's the room you work in. Why shark skin got main-character treatmentIn most games you see a shark from a distance, in dark water, for about 4 seconds. In ours you spend the entire session with your hands inside its mouth and your face 20 cm from its hide. At that range nothing hides: every pore, every scar, every gill slit is on camera the whole time.So the shark got the texture work usually reserved for a main character — because that's what it is.From grey mesh to an animalThe model arrives clean and grey. Then into Substance 3D Painter, passes in order: base hide tone, then countershading: dark on top, pale underneath, the way real sharks are lit from above. Then the markings and the damage. Scars, worn edges, the sandpaper roughness that makes skin read as skin and not rubber.The gills and the stripes are what you'll actually be staring at, so they took the longest.One animal, several patients A tiger shark, a blue one and a great white are the same body wearing a different hide: one mesh, three materials, three patients. Every session puts a different shark on your table, and you don't get to choose which one you get.A different animalAnd then there's the hammerhead you met at the top of this post.It isn't the same shark in a different coat. Different silhouette, different head, different problem for whoever has to reach inside it. When a patient's eyes sit at the ends of a metre-wide bar, "stay out of its field of view" stops being simple advice.That's the animation you never want to see from the inside. The jaw closes in under a fifth of a second. Your hand is in there considerably longer than that.What's nextNext diary we leave t...Read full article on Community Announcements (Summer Happiness ☀)AnnouncementsOfficial
Developer AMA session
We’re gathering questions from the community for an upcoming AMA/Q&A post.If there’s anything you’ve wanted to know about the game or development process, send us your questions below.Drop your questions here:👉 Form link: https://forms.gle/o9d3XNktiqs48G3g8Join our socials to stay in touch, learn more about the game and discuss the game!📌Discord: https://discord.gg/rbfxhqx95V 📌Twitter/X: https://x.com/dentist_shark 📌Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SharkDentist/Read full article on Community Announcements (Amalie)
