Armed with an angle grinder: New game Shark Dentist turns players into exactly that

What wouldn’t you do for perfect dental health, even if the patient has three rows of razor-sharp teeth? Some are willing to risk everything – at least in the newly revealed Shark Dentist. Announced on YouTube on July 11 with a wonderfully absurd trailer, the game is developed by Alice Games and delivers exactly what the title suggests: you're a dentist. For sharks. In a dark, underwater clinic.

The one-minute trailer features a dentist performing routine procedures – drilling, grinding and cutting – inside the jaws of a massive predator. But instead of standard tools, she wields an angle grinder. Unsurprisingly, things go south quickly, and the dentist ends up decapitated. Whether these scenes reflect actual gameplay or are purely pre-rendered remains uncertain. Reactions on Reddit are mixed: some users suspect clickbait, while others are thoroughly entertained. One comment sums it up best – "So stupid it's genius."

The genre? A bizarre blend of roguelike and simulation. Each treatment plays out differently, with mistakes leading quickly to a grisly game over. Lose your nerve, and you’re shark bait. Players can expect random tools, unpredictable tooth damage and a dose of stress management – after all, no shark opens its mouth willingly. While a release date hasn’t been announced yet, Shark Dentist is already listed on Steam. For now, there are no plans to bring it to PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S.