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Dune: Awakening fully launched

Dune: Awakening fully launched

Dateline: 6/10/2025

Dune: Awakening is now available on Steam in full release, and has been confirmed to be coming to consoles in 2026.

From Funcom:

The time has come to rise from survival to greatness and challenge the power of an Imperium in what is not only the biggest Dune game ever made, but also one of the most ambitious survival games to date.

Those who bought the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition have had the opportunity to play the in the 5-day head start that began on June 5th. During that time, Dune: Awakening saw 117,087 people play at peak concurrency on Steam, a number that is expected to soar even higher now that the floodgates are open and the pre-order phase is concluded.

While PC players can dive into Dune: Awakening today, Funcom has also confirmed that the game will be coming to PlayStation and Xbox. Console release is expected sometime in 2026.

Dune: Awakening follows a classic business model: buy once and own it. Players can choose to purchase optional DLCs, but the game is not in Early Access, and it features no subscription fees or microtransactions.

Dune: Awakening is a large-scale multiplayer survival game set on the unforgiving planet of Arrakis, inspired by the imaginative universe created by Frank Herbert and brought to life by Denis Villeneuve and Legendary Entertainment’s award-winning movies. Players must endure scorching sun, deadly sandstorms, and ever-present sandworms. They’ll craft everything from weapons and armor to ground cars and ornithopters, while advancing in both personal and political power. Players can align with the Atreides or Harkonnen to participate in activities that influence the shared world. Bridging survival and MMO gameplay, Dune: Awakening features expansive multiplayer systems where hundreds of players coexist—trading, battling, and navigating political intrigue across persistent servers.

Also available now is the Dune: Awakening Season Pass, which includes the Wildlife of Arrakis DLC. This pack features four in-game statues celebrating some of the planet’s most tenacious creatures: the sandworm, chiroptera, kulon, and Muad’Dib. 

The remaining three DLCs included in the Season Pass are scheduled for release in Q4 2025, Q1 2026, and Q2 2026. In addition, Funcom will provide free updates that bring new content, features, and enhancements to the game.

Dune: Awakening is available now on Steam.


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