Dune: Awakening launches on Steam, console release expected 2026

Developer and publisher Funcom announces Dune: Awakening, now available on Steam! 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.

Dune: Awakening is now available on Steam

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. Dune: Awakening currently holds an 89% user rating on Steam.

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. The game 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.

Last week, Funcom premiered the game’s launch trailer during the live Summer Game Fest show. Today, they’ve released a new supercut trailer that brings together highlights from earlier trailers into one celebratory video to mark the June 10th launch.

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Dune: Awakening is a large-scale multiplayer survival game on the ruthless planet Arrakis, inspired by the imaginative universe made by Frank Herbert and brought to life by Denis Villeneuve and the award-winning films of Legendary Entertainment. Players must endure scorching sun, deadly sandstorms and always present sandworms. They will make everything, from weapons and armor to ground cars and ornithopters, while promoting themselves in both personal and political power. Players can join the atreids or Harkons to participate in activities that influence the shared world. Bridging survival and MMO -Gameplay, Dune: Awakening Has expansive multiplayer systems where hundreds of players co -exist – act, fight and navigate through political intrigues about persistent servers.

Also available now is the Dune: Awakening Season pass, including the Wildlife or Arrakis Dlc. This package contains four in-game images that celebrate some of the most detaining beings of the planet: the sandworm, Chiroptera, Kulon and Muad’dib.

The remaining three DLCs included in the season pass are planned for release in Q4 2025, Q1 2026 and Q2 2026. Moreover, FunCom will offer free updates that produce new content, functions and improvements in the game.

Dune: Awakening is now available steam.