Dawnmaker
Solo city-building and deckbuilding strategy to clear toxic Smog
Arpentor Studio · Published by Acram Digital · Released Jul 31, 2024
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 164
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Jul 28, 2025
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Dawnmaker?
In this solo, board game-like strategy game, you build settlements on Heksiga, a continent covered by toxic Smog. Place buildings in limited space, choose cards that work with them, produce resources, and upgrade ancient lighthouses to push back the Smog and reclaim the continent region by region.
For you if...
- +you enjoy combining card choices with careful building placement
- +you prefer solo, board game-like resource management
Not for you if...
- −you want unrestricted space for sprawling cities
- −you prefer real-time action to turn-based planning
What players say
91% of 164 reviews are positive
Players praise the interplay of cards and city building, but some say the gameplay grows repetitive.
Screenshots and trailer
Dawnmaker system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7/8/10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel Core i3 or equivalent
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- City Builder
- Board Game
- Strategy
- Card Game
- Tabletop
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 2D
- Post-apocalyptic
- Steampunk
- Deckbuilding
- Dark Fantasy
- Fantasy
- Management
- Hex Grid
- Building
- Resource Management
Recent updates
- Jul 28, 2025 · Mac performance issues are resolved
- Mar 25, 2025 · Quality of life update - Changelog 2025-03-20
- Nov 27, 2024 · A Minor Update for the Autumn Sale
- Oct 7, 2024 · The Characters Major Update
- Aug 9, 2024 · MacOS and many improvements - Changelog 2024-08-09
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