The Blood of Dawnwalker

 
The Blood of Dawnwalker is developed by Rebel Wolves and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It released on September 3, 2026, for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Set in 14th-century Europe as the Black Death ravages the land, players control Coen, a young man turned into a Dawnwalker, forced to walk the line between vampiric strength and human resolve to save the people he loves.
About the Game
The Blood of Dawnwalker centers on Coen’s dual identity, blending human and vampiric abilities into a single open-world action RPG. As night falls and turns to day, opportunities and threats shift accordingly, since vampires and other creatures of the night have seized the chaos of plague-ravaged Europe to walk openly among the living for the first time in centuries. Combat draws on both human resolve and supernatural vampiric power, letting players adapt their approach to enemies ranging from ordinary humans to monstrous threats.
Directed by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, former director of The Witcher 3, the game leans heavily on narrative depth and morally complex choices befitting its team of veteran CD Projekt developers. Rebel Wolves built the game entirely as a single-player, story-driven experience with no multiplayer, live service elements, or in-game currency. The Blood of Dawnwalker marks the first chapter in a planned ongoing saga, with each future entry intended as a fully self-contained story set in different eras beyond the medieval eras explored here.
Key Features

Dual Human-Vampire Identity: Combine vampiric strength with human resolve, adapting combat and exploration strategies as day turns to night.
14th-Century Dark Fantasy Setting: Explore a plague-stricken Europe where vampires and other supernatural creatures seize the chaos to reclaim their place in the world.
Story-Driven Single-Player Campaign: A fully offline-enabled RPG built without multiplayer, live service systems, or in-game currency.
First Chapter of an Ongoing Saga: Each future entry in the planned series will offer a complete, self-contained story set beyond the medieval era.

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Vampyr sets its vampire-power RPG in early-20th-century London with a smaller scope. The Blood of Dawnwalker instead spans a larger 14th-century European setting with a bigger production scale.
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Game Details

Developer: Rebel Wolves
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platforms: Windows (Steam, GOG, Xbox app); PlayStation 5; Xbox Series X|S
Release Date: September 3, 2026
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG (Open World, Dark Fantasy)
Composers: Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Piotr Musiał, Mikolai Stroinski
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Price: Standard Edition $69.99; Eclipse Edition $79.99; Collector’s Edition $199.99
Mod Support: Supported via Nexus Mods
Supported Languages: English and 25 more

System Requirements
Minimum Specs

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-11400F / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580 (6 GB VRAM)
Storage: 60 GB available space (SSD required)

Recommended Specs

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-11700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 / AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT / Intel Arc B580 (8 GB VRAM)
Storage: 60 GB available space (SSD required)