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Back to the Dawn
#1189 most played
Playing now
194
7d trend
+15%
225 vs 195
24h peak
453
low 95
7d peak
460
All-time peak
460
Jul 2025 · now 42% of peak
Avg 30d
213
Hours played
62,174
30d
Best rank
#859
now #1189
Top sellers
#1,891
Positive reviews
94%
10,269

Back to the Dawn

Live player count and Steam charts

94% positive · 10,269 reviews
24h low 9524h high 453

Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

DeveloperMetal Head Games
PublisherSpiral Up Games
ReleasedJul 17, 2025
Runs onWindows
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Verified · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Verified
Price$19.19

Player history

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Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *211+19+9.9%473
Jun 2026192-64-25.0%460
May 2026256-33-11.4%701
Apr 2026289-78-21.3%747
Mar 2026367+42+12.9%1,000
Feb 2026325+62+23.6%802
Jan 2026263+36+15.9%634
Dec 2025227+11+5.1%595
Nov 2025216-87-28.7%440
Oct 2025303-196-39.3%801
Sep 2025499-1,370-73.3%1,543
Aug 20251,869-351-15.8%7,000

* current month, data so far

Recent updates

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When people play

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406avg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 15 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 14:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in East & Southeast Asia. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

Chinese (Simplified)
58%
English
21%
Russian
9%
Korean
4%
Portuguese (Brazil)
2%
Japanese
2%
Other
4%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 24 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

Achievements

Achievements
46
Median earned by
11%
Rarest earned by
4.4%

Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.

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