Dawn Apart

A colony sim with factory automation and a destructible world

Industrial Technology and Witchcraft · Published by Astra Logical · Released Jul 14, 2025 · Early Access

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 341
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 3 months ago; Jul 15, 2026
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 1080; 16 GB RAM · 4 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Dawn Apart?

This single-player, Early Access colony sim takes place on an alien world. You harvest resources, build conveyor-linked production lines, and provide arriving settlers with food, shelter, and medicine while defending the settlement against environmental hazards and alien forces.

For you if...

+you enjoy planning conveyor networks and managing resource supplies

Not for you if...

−you prefer rapid progress over slow, incremental colony growth

What players say

74% of 341 reviews are positive

Players praise the combination of factory automation and colony management. Frequent crashes dominate complaints, alongside recurring reports of stuck workers, a confusing interface, and cumbersome storage management.

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Dawn Apart system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1080, 16 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K or Equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space
Notes: Min 8GB VRAM Needed

Does Dawn Apart have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Dawn Apart run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 9
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does Dawn Apart use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam