Dread Dawn

Dread Dawn

Kioop · 2024 · Zombies, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Open World

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Mostly Positive72% · 2,091
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About Dread Dawn

This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jul 8, 2026
This is an early access game pretending to be a full game.
8 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 29, 2026
No update since December 25 and still no gamepad support so you can play on a deck. I feel this game was and is unfinished and not worth buying for now maybe worth £5 but £10 still feels steep for a game of this quality as there are better style games which are not needed to mention if you know your zombie games.
8 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 24, 2026
This game is great, if you feel nervous about the bad reviews-ignore them and try it for yourself. This game is like Project Zomboid but with more base building elements-oh-and it has other people too! The game is amazing, if you do not like it, you can always get a refund. But also, it did have a few small issues-like the auto save system sometimes being bad-but overall, the game is good. And I reccomend it.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Developed and published by Kioop, Dread Dawn delivers a compelling blend of open-world survival, zombie action, crafting, and base management within a city devastated by a mysterious viral outbreak. Rather than placing players in the role of an experienced soldier or hardened survivor, the game begins with an ordinary student who becomes trapped after missing the final evacuation during a government quarantine. This grounded premise immediately creates a feeling of vulnerability, making survival the central focus instead of power fantasy. From the moment players step into the infected city, they are encouraged to make difficult choices about where to explore, which resources to prioritize, and how much danger they are willing to face in pursuit of valuable supplies. The urban environment is impressively varied, featuring schools, hospitals, apartment complexes, prisons, shopping districts, and underground transportation systems that all contribute to a believable setting slowly consumed by chaos. The game's strongest quality is the freedom it gives players to shape their own survival story. Exploration is rarely a straightforward journey, as every district presents unique risks al…
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Recommended Jul 28, 2026
Storyline is interesting. The environment and map area are HUGE. A lot of detail went into creating different areas.
Recommended Jul 14, 2026
good game, farming and shooting horde of zombie around 30h and all my gun is fulled. Fun for mowing zombies

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