Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is a survival game. The player creates their own playable avatar, customizing their appearance and selecting their background. They can choose a mentor, who will determine the player's starting ability. For instance, a Bene Gesserit mentor will teach the player character to use "the Voice" to taunt their opponents.

Players must manage their character's thirst level and maintain their stillsuits. Arrakis is filled with environmental dangers, such as frequent sandstorms and quicksand. The player character may suffer from a heat stroke if they explore during day time, and encounter hostile Sardaukar patrols at night. Players need to scavenge for resources, which can be used to craft items and build a shelter.

The opening cinematic is narrated by Paul Atreides, in which he reveals a vision of an alternate timeline in which he is never born; Lady Jessica instead gives birth to a daughter, Ariste, as commanded by the Bene Gesserit. For her loyalty, Jessica is trained as a Truthsayer and uncovers the treachery of Dr. Wellington Yueh, preventing the events of the original novel. House Atreides survives with Duke Leto Atreides's leadership, and becomes engulfed in a protracted "War of Assassins" with House Harkonnen on Arrakis, while the Fremen have mysteriously disappeared after a purge by the Sardaukar, the personal army of Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.

The player character assumes control of an undercover agent working for the Bene Gesserit, who must find the Fremen and "wake the Sleeper".

Dune: Awakening was developed by Funcom. German-based studio NUKKLEAR served as the game's co-developer and assisted the studio in creating Awakening's vehicular gameplay. In February 2019, Funcom announced that it had signed a partnership with Legendary Entertainment to create three games based on the Dune franchise in six years, with one of which being an open-world multiplayer game. The game is developed using Unreal Engine 5.

Dune: Awakening was officially announced in August 2022, and was released for Windows on June 10, 2025. Players that purchases the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition were able to play the game on June 5, five days ahead of its full release..

Dune: Awakening received "generally favorable" reviews from critics for the PC version, according to review aggregator website Metacritic with a score of 78 based on 65 reviews. OpenCritic determined that 79% of critics recommended the game.

The game reached more than 140,000 concurrent players on Steam on launch day. It sold a million copies within two weeks.