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EARTH'S DAWN cover art

EARTH'S DAWN

One or Eight · 2016-12-07

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2016 (Xbox One), Sep 18, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jan 25, 2018 (Android), Jan 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 25, 2018 (iOS), Dec 07, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Earth’s Dawn is looming and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance! Dive into frantic side-scrolling combat and take the fight to the alien horde before destroying hulking bosses!

1
playing now
72%
positive of 274 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

"After decades of peace, the Earth was decimated by an invasion from an alien race known to humans as E.B.E. The E.B.E. moved across the planet like a plague of locusts, consuming anything in their path and wiping out most of humanity. All attempts to fight back were futile, as the E.B.E. appeared to be resilient to every kind of weapon that mankind could offer. At the last moment a breakthrough was made: by using weaponry crafted from the E.B.E’s own technology, a weakness was discovered that could be exploited. Bionic implants were quickly developed and implanted into the most superior forc(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 54% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.8k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 274 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 15 of 16 observed days · $5.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.792016-12-072026-08-272016-12-07 — best price $23.992017-07-12 — best price $29.992018-01-25 — best price $29.992018-08-30 — best price $14.992018-11-28 — best price $29.992019-04-06 — best price $29.992019-09-12 — best price $29.992019-11-27 — best price $14.992020-02-26 — best price $26.882020-05-29 — best price $26.882020-06-16 — best price $26.882020-08-05 — best price $29.992020-09-16 — best price $29.992020-10-04 — best price $29.992020-10-22 — best price $29.992020-11-18 — best price $26.882021-01-01 — best price $5.992021-02-20 — best price $29.992021-03-18 — best price $5.992021-04-18 — best price $29.992021-05-06 — best price $22.042021-06-06 — best price $22.042021-07-30 — best price $26.882021-09-06 — best price $29.992021-11-10 — best price $5.992022-01-08 — best price $22.042022-05-06 — best price $5.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-09-22 — best price $13.492022-11-21 — best price $2.392023-02-10 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $3.442024-08-15 — best price $1.492025-03-06 — best price $29.992026-02-15 — best price $0.792026-08-27 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieActionBeat 'em upSingleplayerSide ScrollerHack and Slash

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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