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Dawn of the Monsters cover art

Dawn of the Monsters

13AM Games · WayForward · 2022-03-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 01, 2022 (Google Stadia), Mar 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

The cataclysmic battle between giant monsters has begun in this manga-inspired, side-scrolling, kaiju beat-'em-up!

Dawn of the Monsters is an Action and Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $7.49, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (88% of 153 reviews).

88%
positive of 153 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (189 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.49
steam price (US)
Dawn of the Monsters is a beat'em up video game developed by 13AM Games and published by WayForward. The game was released in March 2022 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Google Stadia. The game received generally positive reviews upon release.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 153 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.49-75%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-08-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 100 of 184 observed days · $24.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120222026Week of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$6.982022-03-122026-10-142022-03-12 — best price $29.992022-07-03 — best price $20.992022-08-03 — best price $23.892022-10-27 — best price $20.992023-02-21 — best price $29.992023-07-14 — best price $23.892023-09-11 — best price $29.992023-10-23 — best price $29.992023-11-29 — best price $23.892024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-02-11 — best price $11.902024-03-23 — best price $29.992024-04-29 — best price $21.412024-06-28 — best price $29.992024-08-12 — best price $11.242024-09-24 — best price $23.892024-11-05 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-29 — best price $23.892025-03-17 — best price $12.742025-05-02 — best price $23.612025-06-17 — best price $21.412025-07-28 — best price $10.492025-09-08 — best price $12.742025-10-09 — best price $29.992025-11-20 — best price $12.742025-12-25 — best price $29.992026-01-31 — best price $29.992026-03-01 — best price $23.892026-04-11 — best price $23.612026-05-12 — best price $29.992026-06-17 — best price $7.492026-07-27 — best price $21.412026-08-24 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2992026-05-27 — 15 pageviews2026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 21 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 18 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-14 — 26 pageviews2026-07-18 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 23 pageviews2026-08-31 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 17 pageviews2026-09-08 — 23 pageviews2026-09-12 — 18 pageviews2026-09-16 — 19 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 21 pageviews2026-10-02 — 13 pageviews2026-10-06 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 16 pageviews2026-10-12 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
80.3%
earned "Alpha Predator"
19.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DAnimeCo-opFunnyActionArcadeCombatSci-fiAdventureComic Book

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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