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Funcom has announced that their large-scale multiplayer survival game, Dune: Awakening, is now available on PC. Awakening is the biggest game ever created featuring the iconic Dune IP, and is one of the most ambitious survival dates to date.
Developer and publisher Funcom is proud to announce that Dune: Awakening is now available on Steam! The time has come to rise from survival to greatness and challenge the power of an Imperium in what is not only the biggest Dune game ever made, but also one of the most ambitious survival games to date.
Those who bought the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition have had the opportunity to play the in the 5-day head start that began on June 5th. During that time, Dune: Awakening saw 117,087 people play at peak concurrency on Steam, a number that is expected to soar even higher now that the floodgates are open and the pre-order phase is concluded.
Dune: Awakening currently holds an 89% user rating on Steam.
While PC players can dive into Dune: Awakening today, Funcom has also confirmed that the game will be coming to PlayStation and Xbox. Console release is expected sometime in 2026.
Dune: Awakening follows a classic business model: buy once and own it. Players can choose to purchase optional DLCs, but the game is not in Early Access, and it features no subscription fees or microtransactions.
Last week, Funcom premiered the game’s launch trailer during the live Summer Game Fest show. Today, they’ve released a new supercut trailer that brings together highlights from earlier trailers into one celebratory video to mark the June 10th launch.
Dune: Awakening is a large-scale multiplayer survival game set on the unforgiving planet of Arrakis, inspired by the imaginative universe created by Frank Herbert and brought to life by Denis Villeneuve and Legendary Entertainment’s award-winning movies. Players must endure scorching sun, deadly sandstorms, and ever-present sandworms. They’ll craft everything from weapons and armor to ground cars and ornithopters, while advancing in both personal and political power. Players can align with the Atreides or Harkonnen to participate in activities that influence the shared world. Bridging survival and MMO
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