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Without a Dawn

93% positive of 669 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, PlayStation

Made by Jesse Makkonen.

About the game

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

Tagged by players

  • Philosophical
  • Visual Novel
  • Psychological Horror
  • Emotional
  • Psychedelic
  • Female Protagonist
  • Realistic
  • Psychological
  • Mystery
  • Dark
  • Horror
  • Story Rich

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    A good game. great atmosphere and immersive. As the developer him said, it is more of an art project than a game. None the less. I enjoyed the game. It is for a mature audience and there is a trigger warning that can't be said with out a spoiler and the author him self gives you the option reveal the it if the trigger is a serious concern to you. I recommend it for a mature audience but with reserve and it is not…

    1.9 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    The art style is fantastic, as are the sound effects and incidental music. I liked the writing too, although I must admit some of it either went over my head towards the end, or my autistic brain is trying make something logical out of something deliberately abstract. There's no doubting it has a great feel though, it all combines very nicely, and these games need to exist for the good of the hobby. It's is very…

    41 min played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    This game does have good qualities, and I didn't have a terrible time, but I can't say I loved it either first the good: The art is amazing, and while I never had issues with the visual noise, it can be disabled in the settings if it's an issue for you. Beyond visuals, while horror is subjective, I did find some parts of this game genuinely unnerving, though wouldn't say any of it was in-your-face "scary", and there…

    1 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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