Pearl Diver: The Abyss is an arcade diving simulator built on one honest bargain: you have exactly the air you have, and you alone decide when to surface.
A dive starts with timing: a power meter sets your depth. On the seabed you gather shells while the oxygen drains away. The "Surface" button is always available, but every extra shell is worth more than the last. Black out underwater and the whole basket is gone. Coming up takes judgement too: rush and you get the bends, and the catch is lost again.
Up top the shells open one by one, and the size of each pearl depends on how clean the dive was.
Features:
• Four dive sites — Turquoise Lagoon, Coral Reef, Sunken City and Black Abyss — each with its own water, flora and music.
• Fifty species of shells and sea creatures, four legendary pearls and a catalogue with descriptions.
• Eleven upgrade lines: lungs, fins, knife, lantern, an eye for pearls.
• Seasons with blessings, achievements, a trophy case, cloud saves and a leaderboard.
How to play
1. Choose a dive site and start the dive.
2. Descending is a timing shot: stop the moving meter inside the band you want. Deeper means rarer and richer shells, but the air runs out faster.
3. On the seabed, tap the shells and they drop into your basket. Watch the oxygen bar — it never refills.
4. The "Surface" button is available at any moment. If the oxygen runs out underwater you lose the entire basket. That is the heart of the game: one more shell, or up?
5. Ascending: keep your pace inside the safe zone. Rise too fast and you get decompression sickness and lose the catch. Oxygen keeps draining meanwhile.
6. At the top, open the basket with one precise cut of the knife: the cleaner the cut, the larger the pearls.
7. Spend coins in the shop on gear — lung capacity, fins, knife, lantern, a surer grip and the rest.
8. New dive sites unlock as your gear and income grow.
9. Ads are optional and only ever grant an extra bonus.