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Dawncaster | The RPG Cardventure

Wanderlost Interactive · 2026-02-06

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 11, 2021 (iOS), Mar 10, 2021 (Android), Feb 06, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2026 (Linux), Feb 06, 2026 (Mac)

What if you combine the best of story-driven RPGs with the strategic decision-making of cardgames? Dawncaster was created to answer that question, containing over 1100 handcrafted cards and over 100 unique challenges designed by veterans of the cardgame genre.

82%
positive of 279 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 46% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 279 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220262026Week of 2026-02-06: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$15.992026-02-062026-07-092026-02-06 — best price $17.992026-02-13 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-04 — best price $15.992026-05-11 — best price $19.992026-06-26 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
63%
earned "Yoink"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game Menus#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed Input6 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1810%122

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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