After a jam-packed week for games last week, you’d think it would be quiet. But no..
Between a remaster of the original Space Marine, an engimatic unknown title called MindsEye, and the promising looking The Alters, we also have a pretty exciting survival title based on a massive franchise!
While technically releasing last week for early access, the game releases in full today on PC and Steam and it’s getting rave reviews and attention!
Proving an early hit in Steam Next Fest, the game has now gone on from strength to strength in early access and is now being touted as one of the hottest games in 2025.
What is it?
Dune Awakening is a multiplayer survival game. You build a fortress out in the desert, deal with the horrendous conditions, fight back against the wildlife – including, yes, that sandworm – and both collaborate and compete with others online in a distinct Dune setting.
If you loved the films and TV show, this surely sounds a dream and it certainly looks and plays like one.
Awakening is filled with the politics you’d expect from Dune as well as a cinematic story befitting the series, set in an alternate version of the story, assuming Paul Atreides had never been born and the Fremen have vanished.
Starting out as a prisoner, you’re sent to Arrakis to ‘uncover the mystery of the Fremen’s disappearence’ by surviving, exploring and discovering.
You’ll craft stillsuits and shelters, while also gliding and climbing Arrakis, and find new locations and dangers as well as rewards each week.
The game has unique combat which lets you use various weapons and vehicles, but you can also be part of various schools to support your conquest – whether it’s as a Bene Gesserit or even working as a Mentat.
Of course, you’ll also deal in Spice and that means trading, controlling and even taking it to give you new abilities.
You can play solo or multiplayer wise, team up with and unite with other survivors in a massive persistent online world. This also extends to exploring Ecology labs or taking part in a co-op building system. As well as creating a guild, swearing allegiance to Atreides or Harkonnen and then trying to restore a balance of power.
That reputation then extends to faction rewards and building pieces as you rise through the ranks, and that will sometimes result in massive PVP battles with your rivals that affects everyone playing the game.
It sounds massive and awesome and will also be coming to consoles at a later date.
What are my options?
You’ve already missed out on getting in on early access with the pre-purchase but there’s lots of other cool options for you to buy and pick up.
The Standard Edition of the game gives you some pre-order incentives in…
- Terrarium of Muad’Dib (Gives Desert Mouse a unique home in your base)
- Sunset Dye Global Swatch
The Deluxe Edition, meanwhile, offers…
- Head Start Play from June 5th
- Season Pass
- Sardaukar Bator Armor
Finally, the Ultimate Edition gives you
- All the above
- Dusk Rider Sandbike Swatch
- Blue Dasher Ornithopter Swatch
- Caladan Palace Building Set
- Dune (2021) Film Stillsuit
- Digital Artbook
- Digital Soundtrack
Dune Awakening is available from today on Steam PC. It comes to consoles at a later date.
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