What is The Blood of Dawnwalker?
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG by Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco — play as Coen, human by day and vampire by night, with 30 days to save his family.
What is The Blood of Dawnwalker?
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an open-world dark fantasy action RPG developed by Rebel Wolves — a studio founded by veteran CD Projekt Red developers and led by former Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz — and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, built on Unreal Engine 5. It launches on September 3, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam and GOG).
The Premise: 30 Days and Nights
You play as Coen, a young man from 14th-century Europe who is turned into a vampire — but not completely. Years of silver-mine work left silver dust in his body, and it interfered with the transformation. The result: Coen is a Dawnwalker — human by day, vampire by night.
After the vampire ruler Brencis takes Coen's family, Coen has 30 days and nights to rescue them and disrupt the vampire regime. Crucially, time is not a real-time countdown — it's a resource you spend on quests, training and major choices. Spending it in one place means running out of it somewhere else.
The Setting: Vale Sangora
The story unfolds in Vale Sangora, a fictional Carpathian valley in an alternative 14th-century Europe devastated by war and the Black Death. Ancient vampires have emerged from the shadows and overthrown the old feudal rulers — and the moral picture is deliberately gray: under vampire rule, people are protected from the plague, but they pay their new masters in blood.
The Narrative Sandbox
Rebel Wolves calls the structure a narrative sandbox: after the prologue there is no traditional main-quest/side-quest split. You can pursue, ignore, interrupt or outright destroy storylines — tackle regions in any order, kill important characters, or even rush straight to Brencis (which the devs say is near-impossible, but they won't stop you). Fail a quest, and the story doesn't collapse — it bends toward a darker version of itself.
Key Facts
| Developer | Rebel Wolves (ex-CD Projekt Red veterans) |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 5 |
| Genre | Open-world dark fantasy action RPG |
| Platforms | PS5, Xbox Series X |
| Release date | September 3, 2026 |
| Price | $69.99 |
Watch the Official Overview
The official overview from the Dawnwalker channel covers the world, the day-night loop, and Coen's curse:
Related Pages
- Story & Setting — Brencis, the blood taxes, and the 30-day clock
- Vampire Mechanics — how the two forms actually play
- Release Date & Platforms — launch details for every platform