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EARTH'S DAWN

EARTH'S DAWN

Earth’s Dawn is looming and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance! Dive into frantic side-scrolling combat and take the fight to the alien horde before destroying hulking bosses!

Released Dec 7, 2016 Developer One or Eight, Team EARTHWARS Publisher One or Eight Platforms Windows ActionIndieSide Scroller2DBeat 'em up
View on Steam ↗ $3.99 (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 2026-05-14.

72.3%positive274 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“just like Muramasa and Odin Sphere but this one was sci fi version SONY/ATLUS please release Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and Dragon's Crown Pro on pc”

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

“Played this on the nintendo switch a few years back and decided to purchase it to replay it. I absolutely love this game. The art is fantastic and the combat is fluid with the ability to chain attacks which is very satisfying. The skill assignment is dynamic and allows you to…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Stiff controls mar what could have been an interesting grind-focus action RPG. Unresponsive, often limited by animations similar to popular current-day genres, you fight the controls just as often as the enemies. In addition, there is no i-frame for being struck, nor can you do…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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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.

20achievements
11.4%median completion
3.1%rarest: Superhuman
66.8% of players 48.6% of players 30.3% of players 25.0% of players 19.1% of players 16.4% of players 14.5% of players 12.9% of players 12.6% of players 12.1% of players 11.4% of players 11.4% of players 11.0% of players 10.8% of players 10.6% of players 10.2% of players 10.2% of players 9.7% of players 6.5% of players 3.1% of players 66.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
66.8%The Beginning of the End — Hidden achievement
48.6%Groping in the Dark — Hidden achievement
30.3%Rockfall Warning — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.1%Superhuman — Learn all skills
6.5%Special Medal — Clear all free missions
9.7%Elite Troops — Obtain S Rank in 60 missions

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.

$3.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$0.79lowest since tracking began2026-09-09
US3.99 USD
EU3.99 EUR
UK3.39 GBP
Australia5.95 AUD
Canada4.99 CAD
Japan500 JPY
Brazil13.79 BRL
China18.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$2.7 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$4.5

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

$0 $2.5 $5 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.

Dec 14, 2016
V1.0.1.0 – Improved Controller Support

Hi everyone! You might have noticed that there was an update to EARTH'S DAWN recently – this has added some additional controller support to the game which gives you a few more options when playing. S

Dec 14, 2016
V1.0.1.0 – Improved Controller Support

Hi everyone! You might have noticed that there was an update to EARTH'S DAWN recently – this has added some additional controller support to the game which gives you a few more options when playing. S

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Indie · Side Scroller · 2D · Beat 'em up · Anime · Hack and Slash · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Official sitehttps://one-or-eight.co.jp/EARTHWARS/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 Processor: Core i5-3470 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 / Direct X 11 supported graphics card w/ shader model 5.0. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Any compatible soundcard