Stranded: Alien Dawn

Stranded: Alien Dawn

Haemimont Games · April 25, 2023 · Survival, Base Building, Simulation, Strategy, Crafting

Buy the Stranded: Alien Dawn key for Steam from Driffle INC at $19.60 — the cheapest of 8 stores we compare.

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Very Positive83% · 11,55381Metacritic617playing now
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$19.60-44%
lowest tracked $11.00
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Where to buy Stranded: Alien Dawn — official stores

Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$34.99
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Epic Game Store
Epic Game Store
Standard Edition · Epic Games
$34.99
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Cheapest Stranded: Alien Dawn keys — keyshops

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Driffle INC
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.60
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CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.71
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Eneba
Standard Edition · Steam
$19.72
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Gameseal
Standard Edition · Steam
$20.72
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Keycense
Standard Edition · Steam
-45%
$21.13
$38.27
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Kinguin
Standard Edition · Steam
$36.51
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Stranded: Alien Dawn price by region

Stranded: Alien Dawn costs £14.78 in the United Kingdom, €17.78 in Europe (EUR), $19.60 in the United States, $19.60 in Georgia (USD), CA$44.99 in Canada, NZ$49.99 in New Zealand, A$50.95 in Australia, zł78.07 in Poland and R$101.99 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Stranded: Alien Dawn offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £14.78 −51% £29.99 £14.78 6
Europe (EUR) €17.78 −49% €34.99 €17.78 6
United Statesyour region $19.60 −44% $34.99 $19.60 8
Georgia (USD) $19.60 −15% $22.99 $19.60 8
Canada CA$44.99 CA$44.99 — 2
New Zealand NZ$49.99 NZ$49.99 — 2
Australia A$50.95 A$50.95 — 2
Poland zł78.07 −47% zł146.99 zł78.07 4
Brazil R$101.99 R$101.99 R$111.06 3

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Stranded: Alien Dawn

✦ AI summary

Manage a stranded group of survivors on a hostile alien planet, balancing their needs, building fortified bases, and defending against deadly creatures while adapting to unpredictable weather and random crises. Every playthrough tells a different story through emergent gameplay where your strategic decisions and resource management determine whether your marooned crew lives or perishes.

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors from starvation, disease, extreme weather and more. From basic camps to fortified bases, create a stronghold to defend the survivors from attacks by alien creatures that roam an expansive and deadly alien world. Experience an epic and unpredictable journey.
  • Discover an expansive, living 3D world with remarkable flora and fauna
  • Manage your survivors’ needs, health and happiness
  • Construct and evolve your own unique base, and devise cunning defences to protect it and survivors from being attacked
  • Plant, grow, harvest and hunt down food. Stockpile useful resources and salvage material from fallen space debris
  • Research technologies to expand your horizons.
  • Provide heat, light, devices for relaxation and more to keep survivors on top of their game, ready to face the next challenge.
  • React to fluctuating weather and environmental events

AN UNFORGIVING WORLD


Stranded: Alien Dawn pushes you and your survivors to the brink. Limited resources, unpredictable weather, illness and hostile alien creatures make it hard to establish a foothold on an unforgiving world. The next challenge is never far away, requiring construction of an increasingly robust base using advanced resources and improved defences.

STRANDED SURVIVORS


Ensure your group’s physical and mental wellbeing by providing weapons, medicine, and much-needed entertainment. Every survivor has a unique backstory, varying levels of ability in key skills, and both positive and negative traits. Only by improving their skills and maximising their potential will you survive.

AN UNPREDICTABLE JOURNEY


In Stranded: Alien Dawn, every playthrough is unique. Experience a journey driven by random story events, alien wildlife threats and adverse weather. There will be setbacks; devise your own innovative solutions to problems and manage multiple crises at the same time. However, actions have consequences and as you strive to plan ahead, you must make difficult choices to shape the story of your survivors, balancing short and long-term outcomes with risk and reward.

MODULAR BASE-BUILDING


Design and build your base on an alien world and transform it from simple shelter to high-tech outpost. Protect it with perimeter defences, decorate it with furnishings, introduce automated devices such as defensive turrets, and discover new technology to create your own functioning space pad.

Stranded: Alien Dawn — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Verified
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Stranded: Alien Dawn is a compelling 3D colony sim that players find addictive and rewarding, with multiple playstyles and challenging scenarios that appeal to fans of similar management games. However, the game is significantly hampered by frequent crashes, particularly as gameplay progresses, and some feel it lacks sufficient content depth and has been neglected post-release. Most players who can tolerate the technical issues recommend it, though the stability problems may deter some from committing long-term.

Not recommended Sep 29, 2026
I gave the game a fair try, but I found the experience too repetitive over time. The colony management systems are interesting at first, yet the mid-to-late game can become predictable, and I did not feel there was enough variety to keep me engaged for long. Some mechanics also feel more limited than I expected, especially compared with other colony-management games. [b] Separately, I also have concerns about the publisher and no longer feel comfortable supporting their future releases. [/b] For those reasons, I personally cannot recommend the game.
8 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 1, 2026
Fun simple and relaxing
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 29, 2026
I really enjoyed the game. It is a nice twist on survivor style games. I do hope they bring out more DLC's in the future. Adding land vehicles or something similar would be nice.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 2, 2026
I would give this a 7/10 or maybe a 7.5/10 at best. I honestly expected more out of it. It is basically a 3d version / copy of Rimworld BUT it is very very very shallow. It lacks the depth that Rimworld offers by a lot. It has nice attention to detail visually and the challenges / goals are better than Rimworlds. I.e. it is more of a goal oriented game whereas Rimworld is a sandbox you can trivialize through settings and modifiers with goals you set for urself. There are no human enemies or other factions that i encountered. I was not able to set up camp outside the starting area or explore beyond it. In summary it is a light colony sim that may be worth a dozen hours or so if you can snag cheap.
Not recommended Oct 2, 2026
Paradox acquired and promptly abandoned it.
Recommended Sep 28, 2026
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