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Dawn of Man

Madruga Works · 2019-03-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

349
playing now
87%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
29h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 48h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.49
steam price (US)

349 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 349 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 3% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 446k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,828 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.49-50%
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 46 of 78 observed days · $3.75 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

4351702026-08-06 21:00 — 274 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 171 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 286 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 326 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 209 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 334 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 360 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 252 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 387 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 342 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 174 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 298 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 307 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 184 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 295 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 261 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 186 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 346 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 392 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 184 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 241 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 312 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 252 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 323 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 336 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 247 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 241 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 435 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 349 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$9.992019-03-012026-08-302019-03-01 — best price $21.242019-06-25 — best price $18.742019-11-21 — best price $18.742020-01-09 — best price $18.742020-02-03 — best price $17.492020-05-07 — best price $17.492020-09-10 — best price $24.992020-11-27 — best price $17.492021-01-11 — best price $17.492021-05-28 — best price $17.492021-09-20 — best price $17.492021-11-26 — best price $17.492022-03-04 — best price $17.492022-05-16 — best price $24.992022-09-05 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $12.492023-06-01 — best price $12.492023-08-07 — best price $24.992023-11-20 — best price $24.992024-01-23 — best price $24.992024-03-16 — best price $24.992024-05-22 — best price $12.492024-07-25 — best price $24.992024-10-03 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $12.492025-01-23 — best price $12.492025-04-09 — best price $12.492025-06-03 — best price $24.992025-07-31 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-17 — best price $12.492026-01-26 — best price $12.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-13 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-30 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3862026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-01 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 31 pageviews2026-06-07 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 23 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews2026-08-26 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5602026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 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.

Player tags

RTSIndieEconomySandboxStrategySurvivalColony SimHistoricalOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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