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Dawn of Man

Madruga Works · 2019-03-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 05, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Apr 01, 2019 (Mac), Dec 18, 2019 (Xbox One), Mar 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 21, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Dawn of Man is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2019 for $12.49, with a Very Positive sentiment (87% of 17840 reviews) and an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000.

270
playing now
87%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (98k downloads)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (1,643 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 48h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.49
steam price (US)

270 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Dawn of Man is a survival and city-building video game which was developed by Madruga Works. The closed beta started the week of October 17, 2018 and the game was released on March 1, 2019.

Trailer

Dawn of Man trailer thumbnail

Dawn of Man - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 270 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 387 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~48/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,924 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 49,353 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 447k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,892 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.74 at Steam (2025-11-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 76 of 115 observed days · $16.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20192026Week of 2019-03-01: 2,376 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 548 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 619 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4861702026-09-14 20:00 — 337 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 170 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 241 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 390 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 268 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 234 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 326 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 203 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 205 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 390 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 207 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 178 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 333 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 224 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 251 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 486 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 304 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 198 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 310 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 375 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 270 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 288 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 384 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 270 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.5k289Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 5,540 · peak 23,738Jun 2019 — avg 685 · peak 1,655Sep 2019 — avg 595 · peak 1,347Dec 2019 — avg 1,067 · peak 2,091Mar 2020 — avg 1,216 · peak 2,505Jun 2020 — avg 891 · peak 1,710Sep 2020 — avg 975 · peak 1,866Dec 2020 — avg 1,094 · peak 1,984Mar 2021 — avg 767 · peak 1,492Jun 2021 — avg 598 · peak 1,492Sep 2021 — avg 573 · peak 994Dec 2021 — avg 635 · peak 1,046Mar 2022 — avg 535 · peak 915Jun 2022 — avg 491 · peak 856Sep 2022 — avg 492 · peak 911Dec 2022 — avg 481 · peak 877Mar 2023 — avg 461 · peak 900Jun 2023 — avg 483 · peak 1,023Sep 2023 — avg 501 · peak 942Dec 2023 — avg 563 · peak 1,033Mar 2024 — avg 502 · peak 886Jun 2024 — avg 447 · peak 1,119Sep 2024 — avg 366 · peak 663Dec 2024 — avg 387 · peak 619Mar 2025 — avg 401 · peak 944Jun 2025 — avg 349 · peak 596Sep 2025 — avg 337 · peak 578Dec 2025 — avg 378 · peak 811Mar 2026 — avg 347 · peak 608Jun 2026 — avg 307 · peak 586Aug 2026 — avg 292 · peak 588
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$9.992019-03-012026-10-142019-03-01 — best price $21.242019-08-19 — best price $24.992019-12-10 — best price $24.992020-01-24 — best price $18.742020-05-07 — best price $17.492020-09-21 — best price $17.492020-12-08 — best price $24.992021-04-05 — best price $24.992021-09-20 — best price $17.492021-12-17 — best price $14.992022-04-14 — best price $17.492022-08-12 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-27 — best price $24.992023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-10-30 — best price $24.992024-01-23 — best price $24.992024-04-10 — best price $12.492024-06-21 — best price $24.992024-09-16 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $12.492025-02-21 — best price $12.492025-05-10 — best price $24.992025-07-17 — best price $12.492025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-01 — best price $24.992026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-04-30 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-09-02 — best price $12.492026-09-17 — best price $12.492026-10-02 — best price $12.492026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3862026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-02 — 27 pageviews2026-06-06 — 17 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 21 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 28 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 16 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 25 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
99.8%
earned "Launch Forth"
8.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,8251%24
PS4 (PlayStation)1,3713%25
Xbox One (Xbox)1,1430%24
PS5 (PlayStation)2973%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSIndieEconomySandboxStrategySurvivalColony SimHistoricalOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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