Dune Awakening Final Beta Sees Impressive Player Numbers

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Dune Awakening had a successful final beta with close to 40,000 concurrent players.
The game draws from the original novel and the recent film adaptations.
Dune Awakening, scheduled to be released on June 5, aims to be a standout in the survival MMO genre.

Dune Awakening boasted some impressive numbers during its final beta this weekend, amassing close to 40,000 concurrent players. This is good news for the game, which releases later this June, with Dune Awakening having the potential to shake things up considerably for the survival genre. The upcoming MMO has been the talk of the town for those into the genre as well as the world of Dune itself, with Dune Awakening shaping up to be a big release in a year already filled with heavy hitters.

Announced back in 2022, years before fans would get to watch the story of Paul Atreides continue on the silver screen with Dune: Part Two, Dune Awakening could not have come at a better time, as it feels like pop culture has been given a healthy dose of Dune fever. This is due in large part to the directorial work of Denis Villeneuve, the man behind the first two modern Dune films starring Timothée Chalamet. While Frank Herbert's original novel has been a bestseller for decades, Dune has seen a resurgence in popularity, with no modern games for fans to sink their teeth into. This changes in 2025 with Dune Awakening, which seems to already be a big hit.

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By Peter Grimm

According to SteamDB, Dune Awakening hosted its final beta this weekend, peaking just shy of 38,000 concurrent players. The beta was available to those who pre-ordered the game, meaning this is already a smaller portion of the game's potential player base, a strong sign that Dune Awakening will likely be a big hit, at least amidst its initial release. This beta ends less than a month after Dune Awakening was hit with a delay, pushing its release date from May to June.

Dune Awakening Sees Nearly 40,000 Players During Final Beta

Dune Awakening takes notes from the original novel as well as the modern-day adaptations by Denis Villeneuve, offering fans the chance to explore a harsh, sand-filled world the same way the Fremen and Paul Atreides might. Of course, Dune Awakening features a lot of classic video game mechanics, with a big part of the game being base building. Other aspects of the game have been kept under wraps so as not to spoil what can be done in the game, though beta players have an idea of what Dune Awakening is.

Dune Awakening releases in full on June 5, 2025, a day that will likely be a big one for both it and the Dune fandom in general. While there is a long line of Dune-themed video games, fans haven't had an action-oriented entry in quite some time. Fans got the tactical Dune Spice Wars in 2022, a real-time strategy game tasking players to build out their factions and brave the harsh world of Arrakis. With a film version of Dune Messiah on the way, Dune fever is likely here to stay, though only time will tell if Dune Awakening is the definitive desert-surviving, worm-riding experience fans are looking for.