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Sent to Arrakis to investigate the missing Fremen, survive the desert by gathering, crafting, building, and mastering its dangers.
Released 10 Jun 2025
Outrun Sandworms
Fly an Ornithopter
Harvest Spice Under Threat
Dune: Awakening is an Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story alone or with friends as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Developed by Funcom · Published by Funcom
You arrive on Arrakis as an agent of the Bene Gesserit, tasked with investigating the disappearance of the Fremen. The story follows an alternate path in which Paul Atreides was never born, with journeys across the planet and encounters tied to the Atreides and Harkonnen.
Survival means finding water, managing heat and shade, gathering materials, and watching for sandworms and storms. Explore settlements, ruins, caves, and desert regions on foot or by vehicle, then use what you find to craft equipment, research unlocks, and build a base with production machines.
Complete quests and contracts, develop skills drawn from the Imperium’s schools, and choose abilities and equipment to suit your approach. Build increasingly advanced vehicles, including an ornithopter, and play alone or with others as you pursue the story, exploration, crafting, and faction activities.
In this review sample, players often enjoy how Arrakis’s harsh conditions, landscapes, and sandworms create an atmospheric survival adventure. Many also value the satisfying early progression from basic survival to crafting, vehicles, and larger bases, while some appreciate being able to play solo or with friends. Praise is tempered by recurring complaints about the late-game loop and the pressure of PvP for players who prefer PvE.
Dune: Awakening is an epic Open World Survival Game where you get to fully immerse yourself in one of science fiction’s most iconic worlds.
You have been chosen by the Bene Gesserit to go to Arrakis as their agent and uncover the mystery of the missing Fremen. Visit locations such as Arrakeen and Hagga Basin and meet familiar characters such as Duke Leto Atreides and Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, as you unravel an epic Dune story never told before: yours.
Whether you prefer to play alone or with friends, Dune: Awakening gives you the opportunity to explore a vast, open world Arrakis brimming with secrets to discover, stories to investigate, gadgets to craft, vehicles to assemble, and bases to build. You choose which path to take as you rise from survival to greatness.
Avoid the roaming sandworms. Seek shadows to stay out of the scorching sun. Study the slow blade or learn to master the powers of the Mentat and Bene Gesserit. Build a modest home or a massive base and decorate it to reflect your character’s unique personality. Climb mountains or craft your ornithopter and take to the skies.
Dune: Awakening gives you a living, breathing Dune on a scale never seen before.
Discover a dynamic and immersive Arrakis, from the rolling sand dunes of the Deep Desert to hidden Fremen caves and the bustling city streets of Arrakeen. Climb towering mountains with the Shigawire hook and fly across sandworm-infested deserts in an ornithopter you built yourself. Escape the destructive might of the massive sandstorms towering above you as they sweep across the landscape, then take a quiet moment to witness the beauty of Arrakis when the sun is low.
In Dune: Awakening, you get to step into the books and movies and experience one of science fiction’s most incredible worlds up close. Join the Atreides or the Harkonnen and rise through their ranks as you explore their unique stories. Meet familiar characters such as Duke Leto and Feyd-Rautha, investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Fremen, and discover the truth about your own past. Unravel an epic, cinematic Dune story that asks the mind-bending question: what if Paul Atreides was never born?
Arrakis is a test that few survive. Those who do, awaken. Learn to survive the unique climate of Arrakis, chasing shade and extracting liquid from the bodies of your enemies to refine it into water. Study the teachings of the Schools of the Imperium to unlock a powerful repertoire of abilities, weapons, and tools. Wield the Trooper’s unparalleled firepower, use the Bene Gesserit voice to control your enemies, deploy the Mentat’s deceptive traps, or master the Swordmaster’s unique dance of death.
Carve out your own piece of Arrakis and build your personal base of operations. From small outposts to elaborate and towering strongholds, build everything piece-by-piece in the Atreides or Harkonnen style, or any of the other available architectural styles, and decorate it to reflect your personality. Equip it with powerful crafting machines and spice refineries and watch your power and fortune grow. Craft anything from useful desert-survival gadgets to entire vehicles such as ground cars and ornithopters.
Play alone, with friends, or head into the wider world filled with hundreds of other players and engage in the politics of Arrakis. Host your own server, rent one from a third-party provider, or play on an official server. A full single-player mode will arrive on September 22nd, along with many other additions and improvements.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 72 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | Dune: Awakening supports solo play, online co-op, and shared online multiplayer on official or private servers. The store text states players can play alone, with friends, or in a wider world with hundreds of other players. PvP and PvE both exist, with reviews describing PvP-focused endgame areas, PvE zones, guild play, social hubs, and instanced group PvE content. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No mod support for multiplayer is described in the provided material. One review asks for mod support, but no supported multiplayer modding features are confirmed. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 6 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
