Dune: Awakening is currently one of the most popular games on Steam, with early estimates placing its sales in the hundreds of thousands. Moreover, its concurrent player peak on Valve's storefront has surpassed 175,000, suggesting Dune: Awakening is off to a strong start on PC.
Developed by the Oslo-based Funcom, Dune: Awakening is the first officially licensed MMO set in Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi universe. It was released for PC via Steam on June 10, following a five-day early access period.
Dune: Awakening's base building system reshapes the survival game genre by turning personal expression and strategic design into a single priority.
Another five days later, Funcom’s latest title is already shaping up to be a hit. According to publicly available data scraped by SteamDB, Dune: Awakening has seen consistent player growth since its Tuesday release, peaking at 175,569 concurrent players on Sunday, June 15. By this metric, Funcom's MMO is currently one of the most popular Steam games, ranking at number seven.
Game
24h Player Peak
Counter-Strike 2
1,621,013
PUGB: Battlegrounds
784,339
Dota 2
649,599
Apex Legends
203,073
Stellar Blade
192,078
Bongo Cat
177,622
Dune: Awakening
175,569...