To downpatch (apply lower version of the game), following steps must be performed:

1. Open 'run' command window by presing 'Windows key'+'R' (or opening start menu and typing 'run' in searchbox)

2. Type in and run:

steam://open/console

This will open steam console

3. Run below command to download selected version from steam repository:

download_depot <app_id> <depot_id> <manifest_id>

Where:

• app_id - id of Dredge in steam (1562430)
• depot_id - id of depot (logical container of game files) (1562431)
• manifest_id - id of file containing information about the version we want to download. this part wil vary depending on version we want to apply

List of manifest_id for each version:

• 1.4.2 - 806127729099928319
• 1.4.0 - 3880709262743452397
• 1.3.0 - 1124752972443674702
• 1.2.0 - 5341364286180092464
• 1.1.2 - 4363128438927955963
• 1.1.0 - 4298781640385425856

So, if you want to downpatch to 1.1.2, run the following command:

download_depot 1562430 1562431 4363128438927955963

4. Swap game folder in your steam directory. To do this either remove current version of Dredge, or rename the folder. To find the installation directory, right click on the game in your steam library, select 'Manage' and then 'Browse local files'

After removing or renaming current version, copy folder with downpatch version (path to it can be found in console after download)

Rename the folder to 'DREDGE'.

5. Downpatch completed