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This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

Dread Dawn is a zombies, survival and exploration game developed and published by Kioop.
Released on September 30th 2024 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese and Russian.

It has received 1,975 reviews of which 1,438 were positive and 537 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 13.65€ on Steam with a 30% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Dread Dawn into these genres:

Zombies Survival Exploration Sandbox Open World Drama Base-Building Adventure Tower Defense RPG Atmospheric 2.5D Third-Person Shooter Action-Adventure Third Person Isometric Building Story Rich Horror Outbreak Sim

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 10/8/7
Processor: 4 core
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: gtx660
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 26 GB available space
Additional Notes: Please enable your dedicated graphics card.

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

I've just beaten the game and I'm glad I didn't listen to the bad reviews. This game is actually fun to play. I don't know why people are sh*tting on this game for? Perhaps they played an earlier build that had bugs and whatnot, but my playthrough I did not run into any issues at all. As of this writing it took me about 73 hours to beat the game, granted I've cleared out two of the three maps or major regions. Each map is huge so it will take a very long time to clear them out and search for every little nooks and crannies, so I gave up on the third map and just ran through the main quest line because it does get a bit tedious towards the end by doing the same thing over again, i.e. searching in boxes, containers and cars for loot. The end is also kind of a bit draggy, especially after having grinded two entire maps worth, I just wanted this game to end so I can see the ending. Other than that, overall I'm pleased with this game and I'm glad I've played it.

Dec. 2024

7/10. Its pretty fun after a few hours in where it begins to open up, but the Devs hurt themselves putting this game in full release instead of early access. Now I haven't encounter any more bugs since the latest patches so that's a plus and it got my attention so far with the story missions, side quests and at the same time I can explore at my own leisure. But OMG it so freakin tedious to search a million places for just 1 to 2 items at a time; I mean you can literately search everything. I can see where boredom can set in if you aren't a OCD trash panda. Wish the story had some emotion and depth. I still recommend it or maybe wait a few months. I don't see much else the devs can add to this beside a skill tree that would upgrade your guy, or be able to gain some powers, or more weapons. As long as the dev keeps up with the updates. Just remember to not expect any WOW factor in this.You will get your money worth and its DEI free. lol.

Nov. 2024

The game is pretty good but could you bring back the before the outbreak but for survival mode? Everything starts 20 hours after the initial outbreak so itd be nice to start from the very beginning and watch everything unfold

Oct. 2024

I very much enjoyed this, it scratched an itch I've had for a while now, a whole game during the outbreak itself and not 10/20 years down the line. Plays like a far simpler type of Project Zomboid, without all the super realistic details, would be interesting if it did. Love having tons of NPC's running around the city fighting for their lives. The map/areas of the city are far bigger than what i was expecting and i probably only explored about 50/60% of it all. Hard mode should normal mode, didn't find it all that challenging other than at the start getting 2/3 shot by zombies. Campaign can be further refined, campus hordes only attack from one direction instead of all direction, i wasted resources building defences at the other entrances for no reason cuz of this, proper side quest giver markers would be great, cutscenes need to be paced better at times and are too choppy at times and the ending should have been far far harder and forced you to use all or as much of the resources you gathered throughout. So yea, had a lot of fun here and I'm very much looking forward to what comes next from these Devs.

Oct. 2024

Game got review bombed on launch so I was skeptic at first but I decided to try it after watching some videos on it. DO NOT GO INTO THIS GAME EXPECTING A PROJECT ZOMBOID EXPERIENCE Other than that, this game is surprisingly fun, I have never played a zombie game that's set in the limbo between peace and total apocalypse and this game is exactly that, you are in a city on the verge of being overrun but the military and police are still active in the area and there are fortified survivor camps scattered around the map. The city feels very alive and immersive with the NPCs, the size of city is actually massive and there are tons of areas you can explore. Overall, I'd say it feel rough around the edges but the core gameplay is actually very strong, it's like a mix of project zomboid with 7 days to die. Dev is working like a machine and craking out updates literally everyday, which is insane, for that I have trust in the game's future and look forward to future content.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dread Dawn is currently priced at 13.65€ on Steam.

Dread Dawn is currently available at a 30% discount. You can purchase it for 13.65€ on Steam.

Dread Dawn received 1,438 positive votes out of a total of 1,975 achieving a rating of 7.05.

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Dread Dawn was developed and published by Kioop.

Dread Dawn is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Dread Dawn is not playable on MacOS.

Dread Dawn is not playable on Linux.

Dread Dawn is a single-player game.

Dread Dawn does not currently offer any DLC.

Dread Dawn does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Dread Dawn does not support Steam Remote Play.

Dread Dawn is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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