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Dawn of Defiance
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This game is VERY good. It has very good structure, decent combat for a crafting survival - could be better but its decent. There is a good quests that are fun and interesting something you dont get in most crafting survival - this game has Dungeon raids. While a little content…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“Dawn of Defiance is a deep, absorbing sandbox that kept me playing for hours. The mix of questing, exploration, base-building, and resource gathering gives you plenty of ways to play, and the variety of mob strengths and encounter pacing keeps combat feeling fresh and balanced.…”
— a player, Steam review · 253 hrs played“The reality is that this game is playable, the graphics, sound, and gameplay are okay. But it was released two years ago, and half the skills say "Coming Soon". The skills that are there are just flat percentages that don't add much to gameplay. Beyond being notified on-screen…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Survey & Giveaway! July Community News
Survey Giveaway Your chance for a Steam Key! Before diving in, I want to announce a survey, open to current players, long-time wishlisters, or people just now discovering our game! We want to hear not
Community Dev News! 05.29.26
Hello Spartans! Since we will not be releasing a content update in June, I am here instead with some community news! Watch the video below with me (Monday!) for a run down of some development progress
0.4.0.2 | Hotfixes
Spartans, Last Thursday, we released a minor update with improvements to the Ancient Desert, the new cyclops enemy, the Wandering Spartans, and more. Make sure to check out that release here . The fol
0.4.0.0 Hotfix
Hello again, Spartans! Recently we announced that we were investigating an issue with Epic Onlines Services causing a log-in loop in the main menu. We hope this fix will address the issue and allow yo
0.4.0.0 | Notice of Multiplayer Issue [Fixed]
Update as of 4/10/26 @ 7:50PM CT: We recently pushed a hotfix which we hope addresses this issue and allows you to connect once more to multiplayer servers. Please update your game and inform us if th
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Open World Survival Craft · Online Co-Op · Survival · PvE · Exploration · Singleplayer · Mythology · Multiplayer · Base-Building · Third Person · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.dawnofdefiance.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or Higher Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad Core Processor Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 6GB VRAM DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 18 GB available space Additional Notes: HDD supported, SSD preferred