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Grim Dawn cover art

Grim Dawn

Crate Entertainment · 2016-02-25

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2021 (Xbox One)

Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

Grim Dawn is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2016, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 109772 reviews).

3,915
playing now
93%
positive of 110k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40
twitch viewers (latest)
40.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (211 ratings)
219
Nexus mods (1.8M downloads)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 83% recommend · from 24 critics
87h
to beat · rushed 42h · completionist 110h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

3,915 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Grim Dawn is an action role-playing game for Windows developed by Crate Entertainment and published in February 2016. A version for Xbox One was released in December 2021. Developed using the Titan Quest engine, it is set in a thematically dark fictional world loosely based on the Victorian era. It received generally favorable reviews from critics and had sold 7 million units by February 2022.

Trailer

Grim Dawn trailer thumbnail

Grim Dawn Release Trailer (Feb 2016)

≈415,813 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,915 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,995 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~749/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8M–6.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 110,307 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-85%
GOG$3.75-85%
GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 36 of 69 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,527 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,561 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,724 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,963 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,192 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,532 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 938 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,800 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,438 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,310 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 983 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,140 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,269 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,920 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,209 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,553 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 49 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.6k2.9k2026-09-15 11:00 — 6,270 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 5,786 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 4,306 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 6,850 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 6,860 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 4,187 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 3,970 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 5,385 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,783 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5,557 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 5,501 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,869 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,341 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 5,510 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,597 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 3,742 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 5,719 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3,824 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3,572 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 6,291 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,999 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 3,650 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 3,915 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k81Nov 2013Aug 2026Nov 2013 — avg 265 · peak 708Mar 2014 — avg 216 · peak 629Jul 2014 — avg 290 · peak 715Nov 2014 — avg 222 · peak 508Mar 2015 — avg 708 · peak 1,792Jul 2015 — avg 573 · peak 1,156Nov 2015 — avg 736 · peak 2,682Mar 2016 — avg 7,536 · peak 13,517Jul 2016 — avg 3,287 · peak 6,442Nov 2016 — avg 3,196 · peak 6,821Mar 2017 — avg 3,822 · peak 11,177Jul 2017 — avg 2,875 · peak 6,176Nov 2017 — avg 6,437 · peak 13,627Mar 2018 — avg 3,500 · peak 8,882Jul 2018 — avg 3,356 · peak 6,396Nov 2018 — avg 3,498 · peak 6,591Mar 2019 — avg 4,920 · peak 19,435Jul 2019 — avg 4,556 · peak 8,545Nov 2019 — avg 4,259 · peak 9,853Mar 2020 — avg 6,471 · peak 14,958Jul 2020 — avg 5,898 · peak 10,515Nov 2020 — avg 4,730 · peak 9,317Mar 2021 — avg 3,944 · peak 7,075Jul 2021 — avg 4,572 · peak 9,582Nov 2021 — avg 4,396 · peak 8,976Mar 2022 — avg 2,955 · peak 7,551Jul 2022 — avg 4,442 · peak 8,595Nov 2022 — avg 3,322 · peak 6,013Mar 2023 — avg 3,871 · peak 9,361Jul 2023 — avg 3,321 · peak 6,686Nov 2023 — avg 4,757 · peak 11,004Mar 2024 — avg 2,714 · peak 5,178Jul 2024 — avg 2,638 · peak 5,025Nov 2024 — avg 2,287 · peak 4,525Mar 2025 — avg 2,990 · peak 5,856Jul 2025 — avg 3,051 · peak 5,893Nov 2025 — avg 2,590 · peak 5,095Mar 2026 — avg 2,708 · peak 5,706Jul 2026 — avg 7,785 · peak 27,820Aug 2026 — avg 10,233 · peak 22,817
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
83832026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 83 new positive2026-09-21: 22 new negative2026-09-22: 7 new positive2026-09-22: 9 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 13 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 24 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 22 new positive2026-09-29: 16 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 18 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 29 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 31 new positive2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 22 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 15 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 28 new positive2026-10-09: 14 new negative2026-10-10: 19 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new negative2026-10-11: 23 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 16 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 13 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $16.242015-05-25 — best price $24.992015-10-29 — best price $18.742016-03-18 — best price $22.492016-09-26 — best price $12.492016-12-12 — best price $24.992017-03-13 — best price $24.992017-07-31 — best price $24.992017-11-28 — best price $24.992018-03-23 — best price $24.992018-08-06 — best price $24.992018-12-10 — best price $7.492019-02-04 — best price $6.242019-05-24 — best price $7.492019-08-05 — best price $24.992019-11-20 — best price $4.992020-01-17 — best price $6.242020-03-30 — best price $24.992020-08-14 — best price $24.992020-12-16 — best price $6.242021-04-16 — best price $6.242021-09-06 — best price $24.992021-12-04 — best price $24.992022-02-28 — best price $24.992022-06-13 — best price $4.992022-11-18 — best price $6.242023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-10-26 — best price $9.992024-02-22 — best price $24.992024-09-09 — best price $24.992025-03-19 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $24.992026-05-27 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $24.992026-09-13 — best price $24.992026-09-25 — best price $3.752026-10-07 — best price $3.742026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7001092026-05-28 — 405 pageviews2026-06-01 — 228 pageviews2026-06-05 — 190 pageviews2026-06-09 — 143 pageviews2026-06-13 — 109 pageviews2026-06-17 — 147 pageviews2026-06-21 — 138 pageviews2026-06-25 — 164 pageviews2026-06-29 — 248 pageviews2026-07-03 — 232 pageviews2026-07-07 — 273 pageviews2026-07-11 — 213 pageviews2026-07-15 — 210 pageviews2026-07-19 — 226 pageviews2026-07-23 — 700 pageviews2026-07-27 — 497 pageviews2026-07-31 — 284 pageviews2026-08-04 — 314 pageviews2026-08-08 — 246 pageviews2026-08-12 — 218 pageviews2026-08-16 — 204 pageviews2026-08-20 — 200 pageviews2026-08-24 — 154 pageviews2026-08-28 — 152 pageviews2026-09-01 — 128 pageviews2026-09-05 — 194 pageviews2026-09-09 — 168 pageviews2026-09-13 — 215 pageviews2026-09-17 — 152 pageviews2026-09-21 — 120 pageviews2026-09-25 — 121 pageviews2026-09-29 — 115 pageviews2026-10-03 — 164 pageviews2026-10-07 — 132 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

18702026-09-30 21:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 40 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "Survivor"
20.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Input API SupportSteam Cloud8 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Korean, Vietnamese

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2016-08-03, latest 2026-07-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)61,2770%234

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

RPGDarkLootCo-opActionFantasyAdventureIsometricAction RPGMultiplayer

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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