Story Highlights
- The Blood of Dawnwalker sold over 1 million copies worldwide within 48 hours of its September 3 launch.
- It’s the debut release from Rebel Wolves, a Warsaw studio led by former Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz.
- The game holds an 85 average and 93% critic recommendation rate on OpenCritic.
Rebel Wolves confirmed the milestone directly on its official account: “Thank you for playing, sharing, supporting, and being part of the community!”
It’s a brand-new IP from a studio formed in 2022, led by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who directed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and later co-directed Cyberpunk 2077.
The Blood of Dawnwalker Has Launched To A Great Reception
SteamDB’s charts for the game show an all-time peak of roughly 74,000 concurrent players with an overall positive rating of 80.28% over 10k reviews. PlayStation Store also shows the same level of positive reception, with a rating of 4.56 over 4.4K reviews.
The numbers are backed up by critics too. OpenCritic has the game at an 85 average with a 93% critic recommendation rate, a “Mighty” rating that puts it in the top 7% of games on the site. It’s clear the game is a hit among both fans and critics.
Set in an alternate 14th-century Europe overrun by vampires, it casts players as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, racing a 30-day in-game clock to save his family, a mechanic that’s split opinion among players but hasn’t slowed sales. Additionally, a rocky pre-launch stretch over console framerate, where Rebel Wolves initially confirmed no 60 FPS option on PS5, PS5 Pro, or Xbox Series X before reversing course days before release and adding one through a day-one patch, didn’t affect the overall reception either.
The Blood of Dawnwalker is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (via Steam, GOG, and Xbox on PC)
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