Dune: Awakening

Item: Dune: Awakening
Rating: 86
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-11

Summary

Rewarding, immersive survival experience on Arrakis
Visually stunning world with great audio design
Excellent and intuitive base building mechanics
Engaging, strategic combat system
Combat feels clunky and unrefined
Technical issues and inconsistent performance plague gameplay

Categories

SurvivalCraftingBase BuildingOpen-World ExplorationCooperative MultiplayerCompetitive MultiplayerResource ManagementCharacter Progression

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 71%
Unhelpful reviews: 28%
Protest reviews: 1%

86%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
14%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3944
Negative points: 2201
Gameplay points: 918
Perf. points: 378
Rec. points: 1135
Misc points: 267

Point	Description	Importance
Rewarding, immersive survival experience Description The game offers a compelling and rewarding survival experience through interconnected systems. Players must manage resources, build bases, and engage in combat while navigating a harsh environment filled with dangers like sandworms. The game rewards dedication and strategic decision-making, creating a sense of accomplishment and immersion. Importance 96%	The game offers a compelling and rewarding survival experience through interconnected systems. Players must manage resources, build bases, and engage in combat while navigating a harsh environment filled with dangers like sandworms. The game rewards dedication and strategic decision-making, creating a sense of accomplishment and immersion.	96%
Visually stunning, great audio Description The game boasts impressive graphics, sound design, and overall aesthetic appeal. Reviewers consistently praise the visual fidelity, immersive atmosphere, and high-quality audio elements. These technical and artistic achievements contribute significantly to the overall enjoyment and immersion of the game. Importance 35%	The game boasts impressive graphics, sound design, and overall aesthetic appeal. Reviewers consistently praise the visual fidelity, immersive atmosphere, and high-quality audio elements. These technical and artistic achievements contribute significantly to the overall enjoyment and immersion of the game.	35%
Excellent, intuitive base building Description The game features excellent base-building mechanics that are intuitive, flexible, and rewarding. Players can create elaborate structures with a high degree of customization, and the game provides useful tools and quality-of-life features to enhance the building experience. The base-building system is a standout element, offering a satisfying creative outlet. Importance 29%	The game features excellent base-building mechanics that are intuitive, flexible, and rewarding. Players can create elaborate structures with a high degree of customization, and the game provides useful tools and quality-of-life features to enhance the building experience. The base-building system is a standout element, offering a satisfying creative outlet.	29%
Thrilling sandworm encounters Description The sandworms are a defining feature of the game, creating a constant sense of tension and danger. Encounters with sandworms are thrilling and require strategic planning to avoid being caught. The sandworm mechanic adds a unique and immersive element to the gameplay experience. Importance 19%	The sandworms are a defining feature of the game, creating a constant sense of tension and danger. Encounters with sandworms are thrilling and require strategic planning to avoid being caught. The sandworm mechanic adds a unique and immersive element to the gameplay experience.	19%
Engaging, strategic combat system Description The combat system is engaging and challenging, requiring strategic thinking and adaptation. The game features a variety of enemies, abilities, and tactical options, creating dynamic and rewarding combat encounters. While some find it simple initially, the combat evolves and becomes more enjoyable as players progress and unlock new skills. Importance 15%	The combat system is engaging and challenging, requiring strategic thinking and adaptation. The game features a variety of enemies, abilities, and tactical options, creating dynamic and rewarding combat encounters. While some find it simple initially, the combat evolves and becomes more enjoyable as players progress and unlock new skills.	15%
Rewarding, flexible progression system Description The game offers a well-designed progression system with meaningful unlocks and customization options. Players can develop their own playstyles through skill selection and building design, and the game avoids excessive grinding. The pacing of progression is generally praised for being smooth and rewarding. Importance 13%	The game offers a well-designed progression system with meaningful unlocks and customization options. Players can develop their own playstyles through skill selection and building design, and the game avoids excessive grinding. The pacing of progression is generally praised for being smooth and rewarding.	13%
Balanced solo/multiplayer experience Description The game provides a balanced multiplayer experience with options for both solo and group play. The game is viable as a solo experience, while also offering opportunities for cooperation and community engagement. The grind is considered reasonable, and the game caters to different player preferences regarding PvP. Importance 12%	The game provides a balanced multiplayer experience with options for both solo and group play. The game is viable as a solo experience, while also offering opportunities for cooperation and community engagement. The grind is considered reasonable, and the game caters to different player preferences regarding PvP.	12%
Stable servers, smooth launch Description The game has had a smooth launch with stable servers and minimal technical issues. The reviewer experienced no problems creating a character, logging in, and interacting with the game. The MMO aspects are well-executed, and the player base is generally chill. Importance 11%	The game has had a smooth launch with stable servers and minimal technical issues. The reviewer experienced no problems creating a character, logging in, and interacting with the game. The MMO aspects are well-executed, and the player base is generally chill.	11%
Engaging quests and lore Description The game features well-developed quests and lore, with engaging storylines and fully voiced NPCs. The quests are high quality and varied, avoiding typical fetch quests. The game's storytelling is immersive and adds depth to the overall experience. Importance 10%	The game features well-developed quests and lore, with engaging storylines and fully voiced NPCs. The quests are high quality and varied, avoiding typical fetch quests. The game's storytelling is immersive and adds depth to the overall experience.	10%
Extensive content, varied activities Description The game offers a variety of content and activities, including story missions, side quests, and exploration opportunities. The game is designed to accommodate different player types, with options for both solo and group play. The extensive content provides a long and engaging gameplay experience. Importance 9%	The game offers a variety of content and activities, including story missions, side quests, and exploration opportunities. The game is designed to accommodate different player types, with options for both solo and group play. The extensive content provides a long and engaging gameplay experience.	9%
Fluid movement, fun traversal Description The game's movement and traversal mechanics are well-designed and enjoyable. The climbing system allows players to explore the world freely, and the vehicles add to the fun of traversing the landscape. The game is often compared favorably to Conan Exiles, with improvements in various aspects. Importance 7%	The game's movement and traversal mechanics are well-designed and enjoyable. The climbing system allows players to explore the world freely, and the vehicles add to the fun of traversing the landscape. The game is often compared favorably to Conan Exiles, with improvements in various aspects.	7%
Meaningful, rewarding crafting system Description The game features a crafting system that is meaningful and rewarding. Crafting is not overly burdensome, and it provides a way to progress and create useful items. The crafting system is well-designed and integrates well into the gameplay loop. Importance 7%	The game features a crafting system that is meaningful and rewarding. Crafting is not overly burdensome, and it provides a way to progress and create useful items. The crafting system is well-designed and integrates well into the gameplay loop.	7%
Dynamic world, optional PVP Description The game features AI-driven bots that roam the map, hunt players, and even fight each other for territory, posing a legitimate threat to players. The game offers optional PVP, catering to different player preferences. The game combines resource gathering, PvP combat, and faction warfare, rewarding planning, coordination, and adaptability. Importance 6%	The game features AI-driven bots that roam the map, hunt players, and even fight each other for territory, posing a legitimate threat to players. The game offers optional PVP, catering to different player preferences. The game combines resource gathering, PvP combat, and faction warfare, rewarding planning, coordination, and adaptability.	6%
Responsive, active developers Description The developers are actively working to improve the game, providing frequent updates and addressing issues in a timely manner. The development team is responsive to community feedback and communicates effectively with players. This commitment to ongoing support and improvement is a positive aspect of the game. Importance 6%	The developers are actively working to improve the game, providing frequent updates and addressing issues in a timely manner. The development team is responsive to community feedback and communicates effectively with players. This commitment to ongoing support and improvement is a positive aspect of the game.	6%
Surprising plot and story Description The game features a plot, which surprised the reviewer. The reviewer was surprised and amused by the random encounter with a neighbor in the game. The game includes a storyline with cutscenes, which is unusual for the genre. Importance 5%	The game features a plot, which surprised the reviewer. The reviewer was surprised and amused by the random encounter with a neighbor in the game. The game includes a storyline with cutscenes, which is unusual for the genre.	5%
Smooth and steady progression Description The game offers a smooth and steady progression system that keeps players engaged. Upgrades are meaningful and increase efficiency, making the time invested feel worthwhile. The pacing is well-balanced, with a clear next step to overcome challenges. Importance 5%	The game offers a smooth and steady progression system that keeps players engaged. Upgrades are meaningful and increase efficiency, making the time invested feel worthwhile. The pacing is well-balanced, with a clear next step to overcome challenges.	5%