Shark Dentist: The Terrifying Roguelike Where One Wrong Move Gets You Eaten

Shark Dentist is the newest indie horror roguelike from Alice Games, mashing together the tranquill brow-or-assumed-of dentistry action with a very real and present danger of death. The players are put into the surreal position of shark dentist — repairing the teeth of giant underwater predators in a dirty, dark clinic.

All of which tests your nerves, and tactics. One slip, and your “patient” might decide to have you for supper.

Checkout the Trailer Preview on Play Nestor.

Release Date and Platforms

The game is launching soon on PC through Steam. Shark Dentist will be developed and published by Alice Games for Windows (other platforms may follow depending on demand).

Gameplay Overview

This isn’t your typical simulation. Every round of Shark Dentist plays out like the high-stakes meeting of healer and hunter.

Key Features

• Action-Packed Play: Clean a shark’s teeth without rousing it — one slip and you’re fish food!
• Roguelike Elements: Randomly final dental situations, tools, and hazards’ placement are keeping you on edge each play through.
• Plan and Excise: Budget your tools and sedatives as you race against the clock to operate with care.
• Dark Humor: The more you play, the darker it gets! Perform surgery on bizarre characters such as “loving” hammers and magic eyeballs (yes, it’s as strange as it sounds).

The concept, which players have already been heaping praise on for its blend of the absurd with tension — and that even the developer is poking fun at itself in a trailer adds an off-kilter tone to what has been promised as a Phasmo-esque horror game.

Community Reactions

Ever since its trailer was released, Shark Dentist has become an internet darling, eliciting amused and intrigued responses:

“We’re gonna need a bigger waiting room.

“Well, sharks have no use for dentists because their teeth grow back on their own.”

OMG WAY TO REAL – AS A DENTIST.

“I want a VR version of this. The gameplay would lend itself so perfectly.”

Some are speculating about what might come next — a Megalodon boss battle, for example, or the possibility of prehistoric predators like Dunkleosteus making cameos.

System Requirements

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

Developer’s Tone and Humor

Alice Games knows full well how absurd its premise is. The trailer plays up the comedy horror — from the hero’s stone-faced skepticism to images like a dentist giving a thumbs-up with a half-devoured hand. It’s that mix of dark comedy and tactical tension that makes Shark Dentist so notable among the indie roguelike scene.

Final Thoughts

Shark Dentist guarantees a one-of-a-kind mix of suspense, imagination, and demented humor. It’s a survival experience and parody of simulation games both — a combination that might attract players seeking an unusual, harrowing and bizarre game to get hooked on.

Whether its horror or just weirdness, one thing you can be sure of - in this practice visit YOU are the patient and YOU are not in control! |

FAQ

Q: What is Shark Dentist about?
A: It’s a horror roguelike in which you are an underwater dentist treating the teeth of gargantuan sharks in a dingy sea bed clinic, and attempting to avoid being devoured.

Q: Who’s developing the game?
A: Shark Dentist is designed and published by Alice Games.

Q: When will it release?
A: The official release date has not been confirmed yet — Steam lists it as “Coming Soon.”

Q: What makes it unique?
A: It’s the unique little mix of roguelike randomness, horror tension and dark comedy that separates it from your run-of-the-mill sims.

Q: Will there be VR support?
A: Nothing confirmed, but the community is demanding a VR mode since it would be an entirely new way to experience and participate in bank robbing.