The time draws nearer,

a year and a half of waiting for this game,

What are you most excited for about Dawnwalker?

This is where Dawnwalker differs from a lot of open-world RPGs.

You aren't simply given:

Main Quest → Side Quest → Main Quest → Final Boss.

You can make your own priorities and decide which problems deserve your limited time.

I’m really curious to see how massive this world ends up being. The 30-day system, no-horse traversal and heavy focus on day-and-night mechanics tell me they might be prioritizing a world that feels alive rather than one that’s simply enormous. That’s exactly what I want. If locations actually matter, react to you, and feel deliberately crafted, I’ll take that over another bloated open world with miles of pointless space without hesitation.

1. Coen

• The main protagonist of the game.
• A young man from the village of Laslea.
• Becomes a Dawnwalker after being transformed by vampire lord Brencis.
• Exists between two worlds: human by day and vampire by night.

2. Brencis

• One of the central antagonistic figures.
• The leader of the Vrakhiri, the powerful vampire rulers.
• Has taken control of Vale Sangora.
• Rules over humans who are forced to provide blood as an "oblation."

3. Lunka

• Coen's youngest sister.
• One of the key members of Coen's family.
• She becomes seriously ill during the Black Death.

4. Bakir

• A revealed character associated with the game's vampire world.
• His importance may extend beyond being a simple enemy, as the game's systems allow Coen to interact with and potentially gain abilities from powerful supernatural beings.

5. Ambrus

• Another major revealed character in the game's cast.
• Appears to be connected to the vampire-controlled world of Vale Sangora.
• Like several other important characters, his personal story and secrets are expected to unfold

6. Xanthe

• A powerful ancient vampire.
• One of the most mysterious figures among the revealed characters.
• Has existed for a very long time and is connected to the deeper history of the vampire world

7. Rodrig

• He is connected to the wider cast of characters Coen encounters during his journey.
• His story may be influenced by the player's decisions and the game's time-driven narrative.

8. Yanna

• One of Coen's two sisters.
• She is the older sister of Lunka and part of Coen's immediate family.
• The developers have confirmed that Coen is the oldest of four siblings, with Yanna, Lunka, and his brother Mirto.

9. Mirto

• Coen's younger brother.
• One of the four siblings in Coen's family.
• His fate is potentially tied to Coen's main objective of rescuing his family.

10. Coen's Father

• A member of Coen's family who appears in the game's wider character listings.
• Very little official information has been revealed about him so far.
• His presence adds to the importance of Coen's family as the emotional center of the story.

Day
In the daytime, you play as a human. You'll fight with a sword, interact with NPCs, complete some quests peacefully, and recover health by eating food.

Night
Once the sun goes down, everything changes. You become a vampire, swap your sword for deadly claws, teleport using Shadowstep, move across walls and ceilings, feed on humans or animals, and unlock areas that stay out of reach during the day.

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The game's time limit isn't as strict as many players expected.

You can spend hours exploring, fighting, and wandering the world, and the timer won't move. It only advances when you complete quests, accept specific missions, level up, or make important story progress.

That means you can take your time discovering the world instead of feeling pressured to rush through everything.

On average, players who own the game have logged about 60 hours. Among those who have beaten the story, that number jumps to 154 hours and Platinum trophy hunters average 185 hours. So, how many hours have you put into the game?

Blood of Dawnwalker constantly puts you in tough "lesser of two evils" situations by making time a limited resource you can never get back. If you run out of time, the game doesn't simply throw up a "Game Over" screen. Instead, the world changes permanently, and you're left to face the lasting consequences of every delay.

I'd remove quest map markers, similar to how Elden Ring handles them. It would encourage players to explore the world, investigate clues, and figure things out on their own instead of simply following a marker.

I would change the story to make Kliff more emotional so players can care about him more. I want players to feel connected to him, just like many people did with Arthur Morgan in RDR2.

Ambress is the youngest of the vampire lords and is widely seen as the weakest among them. Turned only recently, he comes into conflict with Coen and pushes back against being used as nothing more than a pawn in Brencis’s larger schemes.

Xanthe is one of the most powerful vampire lords in the region, holding a prominent place within its vampiric aristocracy.

Bakir is portrayed as a ruthless and highly ambitious vampire with a Mongol-inspired backstory, often likened to a vampiric version of Genghis Khan. Some pieces of lore also hint that he may be heading toward a betrayal arc involving Brencis.

Brencis is the main villain of the story. He was once a Roman senator who was born in AD 131. After becoming a vampire, he lost his place in society and fell very low. But he still wanted power. Now, he rules Vale Sangora very cruelly and makes humans pay a terrible blood tax.