Funcom has finally revealed the official release date of Dune: Awakening, the open-world multiplayer survival game set on the desert planet of Arrakis. Funcom has promised a vastsandboxwhere players willdukeit out and survive by learning the ways of the Fremen.
The title will be available to pre-purchase on Steam soon, and here is everything you need to know about its pre-order details, pricing, and additional bonus content you can earn in Dune: Awakening before you start your adventure in May 2025.
Dune Awakening Pricing
Dune: Awakening will be priced at$49.99/€49.99at launch on PC. The PS5 and Xbox Series S|X console versions will arrive at a later date. The announcement does confirm that there will be some form of regional pricing too.
Dune Awakening Pre-Order Bonus
Players who pre-order Dune: Awakening will receive theTerrarium of Muad’Dib. This is a detailed in-base decoration that houses the adorabledesert mouse.
Dune Awakening Creator & Benchmark Mode
A character creator and Benchmark tool isnow available for Dune: Awakening on Steam. It’s around 17 GB in size.
The benchmark tool gives players a chance to try out the game on their system to see how well it will perform at release. It’s a fly-through sequence that takes players from their base in the desert to Harko Village, to the Harkonnen player hub, finally concluding with a close encounter with a colossal sandworm.
Players who download and play this tool will receive a redeemable code for theexclusive Frameblade knife skin.
Players can create their character now and import it to the full release in May 2025.
Dune Awakening Release Date
Dune: Awakening is coming to PC through Steam onMay 20, 2025. Check out the brand-new release date trailer below:
Dune: Awakening is shaping up to be one of the biggest releases of 2025, and we hope it manages to be the next big survival hit. It offers something a lot of the contemporaries lack, which is a shared persistent open-world with support for hundreds of players per session.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
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