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9th Dawn III

9th Dawn III

9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil is a massive open world RPG/dungeon crawler packed full of content – featuring more than 270 monsters to fight and capture, a fun card game with 180 cards to collect, and over 1,400 unique items to hoard!

Released Oct 5, 2020 Developer Valorware Platforms Windows Hack and SlashDungeon CrawlerCollectathonTwin Stick ShooterExploration
View on Steam ↗ $15.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-19.

87.1%positive534 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“this is straight up drova with creature taming with up to twenty active pets at one time after you level up the skill by first leveling up cooking with apple juice and eventually selling boring broth gettin cash then buying monster bait and dropping it around mobs levels it up…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Very fun game and have a good open world.”

— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“As wide as an ocean, as deep as a puddle. This game has loads of content but is very shallow for an RPG. It's a fine game if you want to turn your brain off and kill some mobs. However, the level design isn't really "open world", with tons of locked doors you need to go through…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

430all-time peak
0 100 200 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 145 avg · Oct 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

50achievements
4.5%median completion
0.4%rarest: All the Shinies!
60.1% of players 55.6% of players 52.8% of players 48.3% of players 46.2% of players 45.6% of players 33.8% of players 32.0% of players 26.8% of players 18.2% of players 18.0% of players 16.1% of players 12.7% of players 12.0% of players 11.5% of players 11.2% of players 9.1% of players 8.3% of players 6.9% of players 6.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 2.7% of players 2.2% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 60.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
60.1%Boss Warrior — Slay a Boss
55.6%Explorer — Complete a Dungeon to 100%
52.8%Crafty! — Craft something, anything!
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%All the Shinies! — Collect every shiny card
0.4%Epic Creature — Morph a single Creature 50 times
0.4%Weaving Forever — Craft all Magic Weaving recipes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$15.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$6.39lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US15.99 USD
EU13.29 EUR
UK12.39 GBP
Australia22.95 AUD
Canada18.49 CAD
Japan1,640 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China54.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.4 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 24, 2026
Small Windows 11 fix

Fixed a small issue with the launcher to ensure it launches the game properly on newer Windows 11 PCs

Oct 03, 2025
Unity Security Issue Fix

Today, Unity notified developers about a security issue with all Unity apps, advising developers to update their apps for PC and Android. This game has now successfully been updated with the new secur

Apr 25, 2024
Update to fix pet reviving bug hopefully!

There has been a niche pet revival bug that's been eluding me for a while.. with some help from a community member I think this may potentially be resolved? I also added a little link to the new game

Apr 24, 2024
9th Dawn Remake game announcement!

I am proud to announce my new game '9th Dawn Remake' - a full remake of the original game which started the 9th Dawn series 12 years ago. Watch the Teaser Trailer and wishlist on Steam! https://store.

Feb 02, 2024
New patch :)

-Fixed shops roguelike mode with controller -Fixed armour not working -Fixed obscure pet reviving bug -Fixed shop sell price going down as bartering increased bug -Increased droprate of Valchist Heart

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-19.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsHack and Slash · Dungeon Crawler · Collectathon · Twin Stick Shooter · Exploration · Open World · RPG · Fishing · Hunting · Mining · Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements50
Official sitehttp://valorware.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Pentium 4 or better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics Storage: 750 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated