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DK Liao · Published by DK Liao · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 93% positive (91 reviews) · 21 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
NetDive is a short, experimental incremental game about an AI learning what makes a human human.
£2.49
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Indie, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
Embark on a unique journey where an AI learns about human essence in this short, experimental incremental game. Created by DK Liao and released in 2025, NetDive offers a fresh take on understanding the complexities of human nature through an AI's perspective.
About this game
This is a story about an AI prompted to learn what makes a human human.
Take in stimulations, learn and reinforce to increase capability, retrain with more initial conditions when needed.
Dive deep, break through the firewalls blocking the way.
Can you learn what makes a human human?
Features:
A short (~2.5hr ish) incremental game
A SHMUP flavored gameplay intercepting packets on the internet
A story, very specific to be told in this way
Skill tree of upgrades to explore
Chill soundtrack accompanying your journey
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Quad Core 3.0 GHz
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD RX 470 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: The game is optimized for Steam Deck at 800p/90FPS
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
My new game Ultra Void is out now!
I'm glad to share that my new game Ultra Void is now released on Steam! It's a short, narrative-driven incremental mining game about humanity facing the heat death of the universe. With mechanics inspired by Minesweeper.If you like NetDive, maybe you'll like this one as well :)Read full article on Community Announcements (dklassic)AnnouncementsOfficial
Soundtrack now released!
I finally got time to do some additional mastering work on the music, and also tried out how to release on streaming services. You can listen to them here:YouTubeSpotifyApple MusicAmazonKKBOX (jp) KKBOX (tw)Some additional materials are only available in this Steam and Bandcamp release. But for whichever way you listened, and for whoever played the game, thank you so much!(Still very eager to do a video with a cool visualizer but we'll see if I can make time later)Read full article on Community Announcements (dklassic)AnnouncementsOfficial
NetDive is out NOW!
So Steam finally let's me press that release button!Anyways, NetDive is out now. I spent way more time than I expected last week to do adjustments to the content, and I think it is now my most interesting work.I hope you'll enjoy it!Read full article on Community Announcements (dklassic)AnnouncementsOfficial
Release Delay (Basically waiting for Steam to show that release button)
NetDive is finished, uploaded, and ready to be release!Except I'm still waiting Steam to give me that big green button for releasing it, and for some reason it hadn't show up yet. But I'm gonna hit that button as soon as it show up.Apologies in advance ;_;Read full article on Community Announcements (dklassic)
