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Dawn of Man
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
83 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This seems to have been released in 2019, and I would say still very fun in 2026. I've always loved primitive/survival stuff and I hope to finish more accomplishments and challenges. Lots of potential for creativity in…”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The custom scenarios are challenging”
“this is a fun, challenging at times, laid back most of the times, game! i very much enjoy it. i bought it years ago, will play for some time, stop playing, and then start playing it again from time to time! i personally…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A great game! A few years old at this point, but that doesn't diminish its value at all. It has great pace and atmosphere. This era is unique for a city builder. It has action and warfare, but can have long stretches of…”
“It's a good game. Does what it says on the tin pretty much Micro-managing base-builder where you try to keep your people alive. After some time you will encounter raids by various other tribes, depending on your…”
“I played Dawn of Man and I can say that I am very satisfied with the experience. What I especially like is how the game combines strategy and resource management in a Stone Age setting. The atmosphere is very well done,…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Nice game, coming to it time by time.”
“this is a fun, challenging at times, laid back most of the times, game! i very much enjoy it. i bought it years ago, will play for some time, stop playing, and then start playing it again from time to time! i personally…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“You may feel confused about gameplay but when you pass period of tutorial that is exciting and fun”
“Chilled out colony sim with a novel and cool setting, it's pretty basic but very well done, graphics are decent and UI is pretty good.”
“Super fun survival game. It has great elements and I really appreciated the tutorial.”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This is an okay game, and I played it a fair bit compared to other builders, so I do recommend it. But if you're looking for a game that you can come back to after you've done a lot of content, this isn't it. The main…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Good, but short”
“Takes forever”
“Very Solid game, wish there was a way to more directly control population growth but that really was only a factor when trying to get achievements in end game and by that point you've already experienced the whole game.…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game doesn't update anymore. Instead they use their "Updates" to advertise for their other games.”
“Garbage controls on a dead game, so there is no chance of them fixing it. How difficult is implementing mouselook when you hold a button down in these sorts of games? Do not recommend.”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It is OK, I believe there are some basic quality of life changes missing such as controling groups of units and groups of construction, also found the world to be a little to clumsy considering that you need to build…”
“It's simple but satisfying. The menus and commands could be better optimized, but overall I enjoy the concept and gameplay.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I don't play a lot of games for long stretches of time. And when I do play a game for long periods, after I've done the majority of things to do, I usually don't come back to that game unless there is new content added or the game is in early access with a major update, or…”
— a player, Steam review · 273 hrs played“[h1]Dawn Of Man[/h1] [u][i]”Another absolute banger from Madruga Works”[/i][/u] If you like Madruga Works Planetbase and other survival games like Banished you will be right at home here. Raising your civilisation from the Palaeolithic era all the way through to the iron age.…”
— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played“A Fun, well made simulator for an under-developed genre. I wish your world was more expansive though. i.e. building multiple cities with some sort of offensive military capabilities, for conquering and growing an ancient empire”
— a player, Steam review · 515 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Planetbase 2 - Legacy of Man
Hello Everyone! As you might know, we are working on Planetbase 2 . This is obviously not Dawn of Man 2 , but it's pretty close, as we are borrowing a lot of inspiration from it in terms of gameplay W
Version 1.8.4 released
Hello Everyone, We took a bit of time while working on Planetbase 2 to release this quick maintenance update. It has an important fix: Fixed security issue in Unity version . Apparently there was a se
Version 1.8.3 released
Hello Everyone, This is a small maintenance update, much like the one we've just done for Planetbase. Changes: Updating the game to Unity 2022.3.60 (which is the latest stable version). This fixes a f
Planetbase 2 Announcement
Hello Everyone, We can now announce that we've started work on Planetbase 2 . As much that this is a sequel to the original Planetbase , this is also Dawn of Man 's spiritual successor, the theme chan
Version 1.8.2 released
Hello all, This is a maintenance update to fix a couple of issues. Changes On Windows, the game now detects if the user has changed the mouse pointer size in the system and adjusts the position of too
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Colony Sim · Survival · Strategy · Simulation · Historical · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Open World · Economy · Indie · Choices Matter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://madrugaworks.com/dawnofman |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit) Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM (Shader Model 3) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space