Dune: Awakening, the Funcom-developed, open world, multiplayer survival game on a massive scale, has launched to rave reviews, and is currently sitting at an 85% Very Positive Steam rating with over 28,700 reviews. It currently has an 80 rating on Metacritic and 81 on OpenCritic. Take a break from spice hunting and see the new Accolades trailer.
In the first weekend following launch, Dune: Awakening beat its peak concurrent players record three times, reaching over 189,000, and massively beating the 53,400 record of their previous title, Conan Exiles. It is now also Funcom’s fastest-selling game of all time. Since the Head Start, Dune: Awakening has consistently been among the most played games on Steam.
As the soaring response from players, press, and content creators has exploded online, key aspects of the game have been noted in particular. With a deliberately positioned alternate timeline, the faithfulness to the Dune universe, and the visual and aural inspiration taken from Denis Villeneuve and Legendary’s blockbuster films, is clear. VGMAG, who gave Dune: Awakening an 8.5/10, said it’s “…the best way to experience Arrakis.”. 4P scored it 9/10 and said “I don’t know of any game world that is more Dune than that of Dune: Awakening.” For those who have waited years to explore an open and living Arrakis, Dune: Awakening has delivered.
It’s not just the authentic and immersive world which has captured critics. IGN scored Dune: Awakening 8/10; Eurogamer gave Dune: Awakening 4/5 and praised its “superb survival gameplay.”; Screenrant said they were “…so absorbed in playing it that I skipped meals.”; and DualShockers scored the game 9/10 and said “I believe Dune: Awakening is one of those games we’ll look back on ten years from now and say, ‘This is one of the best games of all time.’ ”
This is only the beginning. Dune: Awakening’s Season Pass includes the first four DLC, and the team is already hard at work on future improvements and major free content updates to expand the game’s story and features. Dune: Awakening is available now on Steam.
Watch the trailer here:
