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Released Mar 1, 2019 $12.49 · −50% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Dawn of Man

By Madruga Works

Followers —
Reviews 17,148 Very Positive
Players yesterday 323 at the busiest moment
Owners 1M–2M estimated

About Dawn of Man

Dawn of Man is a game tagged City Builder, Colony Sim and Survival by Madruga Works, released Mar 1, 2019. It has 17,148 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 1M–2M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Banished, My Colony and Paleon.

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
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Everything Steam lists for Dawn of Man · record updated 6 hours ago

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Overview

App ID858810
Release dateMar 1, 2019
Last change number38489898
Last record update6 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Madruga Works
Publisher
Madruga Works
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025

Languages

4 · 0 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes

Platforms

Windows macOS 64-bit
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

4
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$12.49
On sale40 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$12.49Oct 24, 2026
Checked2 days agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

8
  1. Nov 14, 2023 Version 1.8.1 released

    This changes the behavior for non-QWERTY keyboards so it makes more sense, in particular for french AZERTY, there are two options: a) If you set the windows keyboard language to English, the default configuration will just work (you will b…

  2. Jul 21, 2023 Dawn of Man is now officially Playable on Steam Deck

    Hello Everyone, We've recently uploaded an official Steam Deck configuration and resubmitted the game for testing, so it's now officially listed as playable on Steam. Martiño.

  3. Dec 4, 2020 Version 1.7.1 released

    Maintenance update fixing a few issues discovered recently: - Watchtower now requires the thatching tech to be built. - Storage filters are no longer visible if the structure is not operational. - Fixed issues with one of the Tin deposit v…

  4. Nov 17, 2020 Version 1.7 released | Cheese Update

    In this update we are adding Cheesemaking, some improvements to animal trading and a bunch of other fixes. Cheese Cheese can now be made in the new Cheesemaker structure, from the Neolithic onward. Cheese lasts for longer than Milk, and ca…

  5. Sep 15, 2020 Version 1.6.3 released

    This is a quick fix for an issue introduced in 1.6.2 that wouldn't allow you to right click on a young tameable animal (like an Ibex or Mouflon), in order to give a hunt order (before the relevant taming tech was unlocked).

  6. Aug 3, 2020 Version 1.6.1 released

    This is a quick fix for two issues: - Game can now tolerate broken translation workshop items better, instead of crashing (Russian workshop translation is causing the game to crash for anyone that has subscribed to it at the moment). - Bet…

  7. Jul 27, 2020 Version 1.6 released | Armor Update

    This update focuses on some of the main feature requests from the community, which were Armor and combat improvements. Highlights ARMOR Your people can now make armor, they will automatically equip it when you sound the alarm. Note that ra…

  8. Apr 6, 2020 Version 1.5 released | Farming Update

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A5dOFhxeqo This version add the Plow, which makes planting crops faster and without penalty to morale from the Bronze Age onward. We also made several improvements to transports, including the new Transport…

Builds

2
BuildBranchUpdated
20301737publicOct 22, 2025
20301737experimentalOct 8, 2025

Packages & DLC

Packages

3
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
270274 Dawn of Man 1 $12.49
10584 Bundle Dawn of Man + Planetbase 2 $17.98
44991 Bundle Madruga 3 $26.97

Depots

Depots

2
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
858811 — Windows 1.82 GB 1.02 GB 6285443185208500270
858812 — macOS 1.82 GB 1.02 GB 1926294955264028579

Branches

2
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 20301737 Oct 22, 2025 Open
experimental Experimental versions 20301737 Oct 8, 2025 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/DawnOfMan

Launch options

2
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
DawnOfMan.exe Windows · 64-bit
DawnOfMan.app/Contents/MacOS/DawnOfMan macOS

Cloud saves

Space per player19.1 MB
Filesup to 50
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
gameinstallSavesDir*.savAll

Screenshots

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Update history

Changes to the Steam record

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  1. Oct 25, 2026 · 11:41 #38489898
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed

News

  1. Oct 2, 2026 · Community Announcements Dawn of Man spirit continues

    Hello Everyone!As you might know, we are working on our next city builder. Planetbase 2 will obviously take place in a completely different setting compared to Dawn of Man, but the gameplay mechanics…

  2. Oct 22, 2025 · Community Announcements Version 1.8.4 released

    Hello Everyone,We took a bit of time while working on Planetbase 2 to release this quick maintenance update.It has an important fix:Fixed security issue in Unity version. Apparently there was a secur…

  3. Apr 15, 2025 · Community Announcements Version 1.8.3 released

    Hello Everyone, This is a small maintenance update, much like the one we've just done for Planetbase. Changes: Updating the game to Unity 2022.3.60 (which is the latest stable version). This fixes a …

  4. Mar 18, 2025 · Community Announcements Planetbase 2 Announcement

    Hello Everyone, We can now announce that we've started work on Planetbase 2. As much that this is a sequel to the original Planetbase, this is also Dawn of Man's spiritual successor, the theme change…

  5. Apr 29, 2024 · Community Announcements Version 1.8.2 released

    Hello all, This is a maintenance update to fix a couple of issues. Changes On Windows, the game now detects if the user has changed the mouse pointer size in the system and adjusts the position of to…

  6. Oct 4, 2023 · Community Announcements Version 1.8.0 released

    Hello Everyone, We've finally managed to spare some time from the development of our new project to release version 1.8.0. The game now runs on the latest Unity stable version (2022.3 ATM). We've bee…

  7. Apr 21, 2021 · Community Announcements Version 1.7.2 released

    This is a maintenance update with a few fixes. MISC - Added toggle-able announcement panel on top right of title screen. FIXES - Improved description of Completion milestones to clarify that you need…

  8. Jan 12, 2021 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Have You Played… Dawn Of Man?

    Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. In strategy games that cover broad swathes of human history, it’s always a bit sad that the S…

  9. Jan 12, 2021 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Have You Played… Dawn Of Man?

    Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. In strategy games that cover broad swathes of human history, it’s always a bit sad that the S…

  10. Sep 14, 2020 · Community Announcements Version 1.6.2 released

    This version includes various quality of life improvements and other fixes. QoL - You can now double click a work area to select all areas of the same type in town. - You can now double click on ore …

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