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Dawn of Defiance

Traega Entertainment · Fireshine Games · 2024-08-15

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.

Dawn of Defiance is an Action, Adventure, Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 1851 reviews).

84
playing now
77%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
3
Nexus mods (329 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

84 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Discontent brews in the Underworld, and by the hand of Charon, you have been spared death and brought to a lost shore to be tested. To discover your role in an elusive plot against the Gods, you must start from nothing, hunt for resources, and arm yourself against the dangers of the isles. Only then will you prove yourself worthy of the greater trials ahead.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 84 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 266 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (858 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–85k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,882 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69569520242026Week of 2024-08-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

39932026-09-15 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 33 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 65 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 393 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 324 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 104 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 263 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 84 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k18Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 1,112 · peak 3,728Sep 2024 — avg 226 · peak 925Oct 2024 — avg 100 · peak 249Nov 2024 — avg 55 · peak 135Dec 2024 — avg 64 · peak 151Jan 2025 — avg 46 · peak 168Feb 2025 — avg 27 · peak 74Mar 2025 — avg 28 · peak 87Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 65May 2025 — avg 24 · peak 54Jun 2025 — avg 56 · peak 237Jul 2025 — avg 41 · peak 113Aug 2025 — avg 33 · peak 77Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 63Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 66Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Dec 2025 — avg 134 · peak 535Jan 2026 — avg 84 · peak 255Feb 2026 — avg 50 · peak 131Mar 2026 — avg 49 · peak 144Apr 2026 — avg 47 · peak 174May 2026 — avg 19 · peak 53Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 46Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 57Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-08-152026-08-202024-08-15 — best price $14.992024-08-16 — best price $14.992024-08-29 — best price $19.992024-10-21 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-18 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-09 — best price $12.992026-04-16 — best price $12.992026-04-20 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-04-29 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $12.992026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $12.992026-06-11 — best price $12.992026-06-12 — best price $12.992026-06-18 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-20 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

72102026-10-10 20:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 124 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 721 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-15 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-15 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-15 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 08:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-08-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

PvESandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalMythologyOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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