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Without a Dawn cover art

Without a Dawn

Jesse Makkonen · 2025-05-19

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 19, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 16, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 16, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Apr 16, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Apr 16, 2026 (Xbox One), Apr 16, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

92%
positive of 865 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

She seeks refuge from her constant, restless thoughts in a remote cabin. There are no distractions in the profound silence and isolation, but the eerie sound of the cold wind weaving through the trees keeps her awake. In the dark stillness of the night, the silence has begun to take on physical form. Without a Dawn masterfully immerses the player in introspection, intertwining psychological and philosophical elements to create a narrative that blurs the line between reality and fiction.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 865 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 20 of 35 observed days · $2.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020252026Week of 2025-05-19: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$3.592025-05-192026-08-302025-05-19 — best price $6.792025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $6.392025-07-24 — best price $7.992025-08-23 — best price $5.992025-09-06 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-20 — best price $7.992025-11-19 — best price $5.592025-12-03 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $5.352026-01-19 — best price $7.992026-02-18 — best price $5.192026-03-04 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $5.112026-03-20 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-02 — best price $7.992026-04-03 — best price $7.992026-04-04 — best price $4.792026-04-18 — best price $7.992026-05-05 — best price $5.992026-05-13 — best price $5.992026-05-18 — best price $3.992026-05-21 — best price $7.992026-05-25 — best price $5.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-06-02 — best price $7.992026-06-04 — best price $5.992026-06-15 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-07-17 — best price $5.992026-07-23 — best price $7.992026-08-01 — best price $7.992026-08-12 — best price $5.992026-08-27 — best price $5.992026-08-28 — best price $5.992026-08-29 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
77.6%
earned "Dream One"
63.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41353%10
PS5 (PlayStation)2065%10
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1989%10
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1100%10

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

Player tags

2DDarkDramaHorrorMysteryModdableEmotionalRealisticStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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