PCGame

Dread Dawn

Open-world zombie survival sandbox with school camp defense

Kioop · Released Sep 30, 2024

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Reviews
Mostly Positive
70% of 2,193
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
78% of 14 in 30 days
Players
20
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
6 days ago
Oct 31, 2026
Minimum PC
gtx660
8 GB RAM · 26 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Dread Dawn?

A third-person, open-world zombie survival sandbox set in a quarantined city. As a student left behind by the evacuation, you search for materials, fight zombies, and build defenses for a school camp shared with other survivors. You can also grow food, raise chickens, and trade crops.

For you if...

  • +you like scavenging for supplies in an open world
  • +you enjoy building defenses against zombie hordes
  • +you want a story-driven, single-player survival game

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike managing food and defending a base
  • −you prefer a short opening with few cutscenes
  • −you need controller support to play

What players say

70% of 2,193 reviews are positive · 78% of 14 in the last 30 days

Players praise scavenging, fighting zombie hordes, and building defenses. Common complaints include a slow, dialogue-heavy opening, awkward translation, lack of controller support, and bugs or stuttering.

Players over time

▼ -3% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 34 players on Nov 1, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 202620
Nov 6, 202611
Nov 5, 202614
Nov 4, 202615
Nov 3, 202614
Nov 2, 202613
Nov 1, 202634
Oct 31, 202622
Oct 30, 202620
Oct 29, 202611
Oct 28, 202622
Oct 26, 202610
Oct 25, 202633
Oct 24, 202624
Oct 23, 202612
Oct 22, 202619
Oct 21, 202611
Oct 20, 202622
Oct 18, 202625
Oct 17, 202626
Oct 16, 202614
Oct 15, 202618
Oct 14, 202617
Oct 13, 202617
Oct 11, 202630
Oct 10, 202610
Oct 9, 202613
Oct 8, 202614
Oct 7, 202619
Oct 6, 202623
Oct 4, 202620
Oct 3, 202618
Oct 2, 202615
Oct 1, 202620
Sep 30, 202610
Sep 29, 202615
Sep 27, 202618
Sep 26, 202614
Sep 25, 202613
Sep 24, 202612
Sep 23, 202628
Sep 23, 202611
Sep 22, 20266

Screenshots and trailer

Dread Dawn screenshot 1

Dread Dawn system requirements

Minimum: gtx660, 8 GB RAM, 26 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Dread Dawn?

Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.

Set up my PC →

Minimum

OS
Windows 10/8/7
Processor
4 core
Graphics
gtx660
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
26 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0
Notes
Please enable your dedicated graphics card.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
6 core
Graphics
gtx660
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
30 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0
Notes
Please enable your dedicated graphics card.

Does Dread Dawn have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Dread Dawn 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 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
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Russian.

Does Dread Dawn 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

Recent updates

Games like Dread Dawn