Without a Dawn
Jesse Makkonen · 2025-05-19
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Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text
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.
Without a Dawn is a 2025 Indie game priced at $7.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 865 reviews).
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
- · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
- · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Top 11% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 908 total reviews — how this is computed.
Current store prices
| GOG | $5.99 | -25% |
Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.
All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2026-08-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $7.99 · on sale 58 of 78 observed days · $2.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Price history
Completion
- · 77.6% of players earned Dream One
- · 63.5% of players earned The Grizzly Bear
- · 20.8% of players earned Frozen Time
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
12 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 413 | 53% | 10 |
| PS5 (PlayStation) | 20 | 65% | 10 |
| Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox) | 19 | 89% | 10 |
| Switch (Nintendo) | 1 | 0% | 0 |
| PS4 (PlayStation) | 1 | 100% | 10 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Player tags
2DDarkDramaHorrorMysteryModdableEmotionalRealisticStory RichAtmospheric
Census log
- 2025-05-19First review activity on record (week of 2025-05-19).
- 2025-05-19Biggest review week on record: 83 reviews (week of 2025-05-19).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
Recent updates
- 2026-07-16Without a Dawn Korean Localization Now Available!
- 2026-05-19One Year Anniversary
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Similarity via IGDB.