Dune: Awakening Surpasses 140,000 Concurrent Players on Steam

Dune: Awakening launched on PC on June 10, 2025 — the title surpassed 140,000 concurrent peak players on Steam the day of release. Prior to release, during its head start period, Dune: Awakening amassed nearly 100,000 players.

The base game costs $49.99, and is an open-world MMO that also utilizes survival game mechanics. Dune: Awakening supports both PvP and cooperative functionality. As of now, the game is only available on PC – it is expected to release in 2026 for PlayStation and Xbox. 

Here are Steam’s system requirements: 

Minimum:  

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (or newer) 
• Processor: Intel Core i5-7400, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 
• Memory: 16 GB RAM 
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), AMD Radeon 5600XT (6GB) 
• Storage: 60 GB available space (SSD required) 

Recommended: 

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (or newer)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 
• Memory: 16 GB RAM 
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB), AMD Radeon 6700XT (12GB) 

Storage: 75 GB available space (SSD required) 

In addition to officially launching the game, Funcom, the title’s developer, also added a patch update to the game. Here are the full patch notes, according to the official blog post: 

CHANGES

• Deployed another set of changes to further improve the game server and client stability.
• Added more localization.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where the in-game UI showed the name of the Sietch when visiting while in the Streamer Mode.
• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes see selected NPCs offset from their normal position.
• Fixed a rare issue where players with above-minimum hardware could sometimes receive a pop-up warning that their hardware was below minimum specifications.

Dune: Awakening currently sits at “Very Positive” reviews on Steam. Many reviews praise the survival game mechanics, which includes managing water and time to travel across the hazardous desert.