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SeriesManeater

Maneater

Critic score14 critics
First release
May 22, 2020
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Adventure · Open world, Action

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.

Also known as 맨이터, Maneater.exe

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Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 22, 2020
PlayStation 4
May 22, 2020
Xbox One
May 22, 2020
All 10 release dates
Xbox Series X|S
Nov 10, 2020
PlayStation 5
Nov 12, 2020
PlayStation 5
Nov 19, 2020
PlayStation 4
Dec 17, 2020
Xbox One
Dec 17, 2020
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 25, 2021
Nintendo Switch
May 25, 2021
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
6h
Main + Extras
7h
Completionist
12h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
bloody, underwater, animals, shark, female protagonist
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At a Glance

Critic Score
73
Main Story (IGDB)
6h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
7h
Completionist (IGDB)
12h

Overview

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 22,211 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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