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The Blood of Dawnwalker

The Blood of Dawnwalker

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The Blood of Dawnwalker

The Blood of Dawnwalker

by Rebel WolvesSep 2, 2026
Action
Adventure
RPG
Family Sharing
Single-player
Full controller support
Steam Cloud
Steam Achievements
84%Positive Rate
14,269Total Reviews
11,9702,299
Very Positive
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AI Summary
Player verdict:Players praise the story, atmosphere, and time mechanic, but widely warn about performance, combat, and localization issues.
What players praise
Gripping story, lore, and mature writingRich dark vampire atmosphere and immersionTime system makes choices feel meaningfulBeautiful world, visuals and soundtrackBranching quests with real consequences
Common complaints
Poor optimization, stutters, and crashesEverything costs time, hurting explorationClunky combat, camera, and controller issuesNo Russian localization frustrates players30fps cutscenes and Japanese censorship

Key insights

  • Very Positive: ~84% of 14,269 reviews are positive
  • Bandai Namco-published debut of ex-Witcher studio
  • Polish price complaint tops negatives with 2,614 votes
  • Numerous Russian reviews cite missing localization
  • 30fps cutscenes and censorship draw heavy criticism
Last synced: 9/8/2026
Official Overview

The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG set in 14th-century Europe. You play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, fighting to save your family in a story shaped by your actions and the secrets you uncover.

Most Valuable Reviews

Duckie48m
NegativeEnglishSep 2, 20262,216 helpful votes

Really digging the vibe. Story is interesting. Characters are interesting.. Sadly the optimization needs some work. The movement feels super strange, and every time I entered a cutscene, it reset my sensitivity without...

Karbonyth7.9h
NegativeEnglishSep 4, 20262,169 helpful votes

This negative review is probably telling more about myself than about the game. I'm not gonna talk about the performance issues, nor the occasional jank in movements, combats, NPCs behavior. Those aspects can be...

suejak21m
NegativeEnglishSep 3, 20262,065 helpful votes

Japanese laws DO NOT require the JP version to have no blood or violence or nudity. This is incorrect. The PC Steam versions of games released in Japan are usually uncensored, e.g. Cyberpunk 2077. Some games that are...

Alesta5.3h
PositiveEnglishSep 4, 20261,555 helpful votes

[h1]Maybe Wait Until Some Issues Are Fixed [/h1] I played the game for around 3-4 hours in offline mode. I gave it a positive rating mainly because this is the developers’ first game after starting their own studio,...

Skelth5.2h
NegativeEnglishSep 2, 20261,363 helpful votes

I'm not Russian, I don't even live in Russia, but I speak Russian, just like 60% of the people in my country, that's millions of people. Russian is spoken by millions, including people who don't live in Russia. And I...

Zydrin15.3h
PositiveEnglishSep 2, 20261,157 helpful votes

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just...

QUETZAL2.1h
PositiveEnglishSep 3, 2026873 helpful votes

When it was first announced that The Blood of Dawnwalker was being developed by veterans from The Witcher 3 team under Bandai Namco, I was incredibly excited yet "skeptical" about the chosen genre an openworld dark...

Old Mate John5.7h
NegativeEnglishSep 3, 2026769 helpful votes

Some updates are needed to get this into a better, more playable state. What I had issues with; - [strike] When using a controller Coen will randomly stop moving as you rotate the stick. [/strike] *Edit - Controller...

Pattarek36.0h
PositiveEnglishSep 7, 2026625 helpful votes

Ignore haters. This game is absoloutly fantastic. Finally a game with some balls to try something new. We should encourage this

Synth Potato44.1h
PositiveEnglishSep 2, 2026580 helpful votes

A must-play for fans of The Witcher and other RPGs. The Blood of Dawnwalker does so much right. The story, the lore, the open world, the activities, the insanely unique structure, they are all impeccable and on the...

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