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Funcom · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 72 % positive of 69,008 reviews, as of Oct 28

Dune: Awakening is a single- and multiplayer Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.

24 games that play like Dune: Awakening and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Enshrouded, Terraria and Starbound.

Player tags

  • Open World Survival Craft
  • Survival
  • Exploration
  • Story Rich
  • Base-Building
  • Adventure
  • Sandbox
  • PvE
Map region: Survival & Crafting
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Steam reviews

What players say

Players who enjoy the Dune setting and survival-base building recommend it, but a forced-PvP endgame, time-gated progression and always-online bases drag many reviews down.

Many players praise the atmosphere of Arrakis, with sandworm tension, scarce water and heat that make travel feel risky, and the detailed base building. Ornithopters and the suspensor movement are often called fun. Some players enjoy the lore and quests, although many of them are long fetch runs. Complaints are concentrated on the endgame: forced PvP in the Deep Desert, time-gated skill progression, and bases that decay or get raided when players are offline. Many players report lost bases and gear after connection errors or long breaks. Recent reviews are more positive: they welcome the single-player option and the separation of PvE and PvP, though some still find the endgame thin and the game crash-prone. Steam's totals are mostly positive, and the older helpful reviews are more critical than the recent ones.

Praised

  • Atmosphere of Arrakis

    Players say the desert feels dangerous and alive, with the sun, water scarcity and sandworms shaping every trip.

    Many players
  • Base building

    Players like the detailed, forgiving base building and the freedom to place bases almost anywhere.

    Many players
  • Vehicles and movement

    Flying ornithopters and the suspensor and zipline movement are repeatedly described as fun and well made.

    Some players
  • Single-player option

    Players welcome the single-player mode and adjustable difficulty, which made the game playable for them.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Forced PvP and endgame

    Players say the endgame and Deep Desert revolve around forced PvP that makes farming hard and destroys progress.

    Many players
  • Bases decay when offline

    Players are frustrated that bases lose power and get destroyed, or taxes go unpaid, when they are away from the game.

    Many players
  • Time-gated progression

    Players say skill progression and production are locked behind timers, which slows the endgame.

    Some players
  • Repetitive quests and grind

    Players find quests long fetch runs and the late game repetitive, relying on daily tasks.

    Some players
Who it suits
Players who like survival, crafting and base building in the Dune universe, especially those who want to play solo or with friends in PvE.
Who should skip it
Players who want a full endgame without forced PvP, or who cannot log in regularly, should skip it or wait for reviews of the newer updates.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with hundreds of hours complain more about forced PvP, time-gated endgame and decaying bases, while newer players mostly praise the atmosphere and the single-player option.

Summarised by AI from 63 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

Best matches

Plays and looks like Dune: Awakening

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Dune: Awakening

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Keplerth83 % positive of 3,706Shared: Survival · Exploration · Base-Building
  2. Core Keeper91 % positive of 51,032Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration
  3. Forager88 % positive of 35,609Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration
  4. Outward Definitive Edition71 % positive of 24,903Shared: Survival · Exploration · Open World
  5. Len's Island82 % positive of 5,997Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration
  6. ICARUS74 % positive of 56,595Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration
  7. Everwind80 % positive of 3,575
  8. Delverium86 % positive of 194Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration
  9. The Outer Worlds82 % positive of 28,323Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · PvE
  10. Smalland: Survive the Wilds81 % positive of 8,159Shared: Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Exploration
  11. Starfield57 % positive of 115,518Shared: Exploration · Story Rich · Open World
  12. Orion Sandbox Enhanced93 % positive of 1,216Shared: Survival · Sandbox · RPG

By look

Looks like Dune: Awakening

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™86 % positive of 6,802
  2. BATTLETECH83 % positive of 23,092
  3. DOOM: The Dark Ages88 % positive of 32,900
  4. Starship Troopers: Extermination80 % positive of 29,761
  5. Enshrouded84 % positive of 98,184
  6. Mass Effect™: Andromeda Deluxe Edition72 % positive of 16,911
  7. ELEX72 % positive of 12,461
  8. Jump Space85 % positive of 11,468
  9. Predecessor70 % positive of 17,931
  10. The Alters90 % positive of 15,621
  11. Pax Autocratica90 % positive of 4,088
  12. ICARUS74 % positive of 56,595

At a glance

What games like Dune: Awakening have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Dune: Awakening: Exploration (21 of 24), Survival (20) and Open World Survival Craft (15).
  • They came out between 2011 and 2026, 3 of them after Dune: Awakening (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Terraria (96 % positive of 1,248,518).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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