Dune: Awakening Sells One Millon Copies in Two Weeks, Becoming Funcom’s Fastest-Selling Title Ever

Dune: Awakening, the survival sport based mostly on Frank Herbert’s Dune, has bought over 1,000,000 copies, developer Funcom introduced Monday. The studio confirmed that the sport was now its fastest-selling title ever. Dune: Awakening launched on PC by way of Steam earlier this month and obtained crucial acclaim. The sport is ready on the desert planet of Arrakis, the place gamers should survive harsh circumstances in a multiplayer open world.

Dune Awakening Sells 1 Million Copies

Funcom introduced the gross sales milestone on the sport’s web site and shared an infographic detailing in-game participant statistics.

“Dune: Awakening launched June 10th and 1,000,000 players have awakened! It’s now Funcom’s fastest selling game ever,” the studio stated. “To put it into perspective, it took Conan Exiles one year to reach this number. We’re truly humbled and thankful for this reception.”

“Launch has been a Coriolis storm, and we’re still riding that mighty gale. We have seen so many amazing things from all of you – the bases, the close calls with Shai-Hulud, the epic vehicle jumps, the struggles, discoveries, victories, heroic deaths, and so much more…”

Dune Awakening on Steam

Dune: Awakening has seen wholesome concurrent participant numbers on Steam, too, following its launch. The survival title has reached an all-time peak of almost 190,000 gamers on Valve’s platform, as per SteamDB charts. It’s among the many high 10 most performed video games on Steam over the previous 24 hours on the time of writing.

On Monday, in an open letter to gamers, Funcom additionally confirmed that Dune: Awakening would evolve to permit PvE gamers to expertise end-game content material with out hindrances. Players will have the ability to progress in the sport’s shared open world with out undesirable battle and PvP necessities, the studio stated.

Dune Awakening launched on Steam on June 10. The multiplayer survival title drops gamers on Arrakis, the place they have to courageous harsh circumstances, lethal threats and sandworms in a shared open world alongside different gamers. Dune: Awakening is deliberate to launch on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X in 2026.