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Dune: Awakening lead says "100 hours isn't bad" to get out of the survival MMO, but its new single-player mode gives you "full control over the experience" and time you spend

Funcom is starting to spice up your options

GamesRadar · Aug 31

"Arrakis is at its best when the desert is alive": Dune Awakening will start character migration and closing near-empty servers – but fans are already "nervous"

Plus, an apology for "the recent Hagga Basin incident"

GamesRadar · Feb 26

'The unimaginable has happened'—Dune: Awakening's player count drops below Funcom's other survival game released eight years ago, as engagement with Arrakis dries up

Conan Exiles currently has more players—though there is a big caveat.

PC Gamer · Nov 10, 2025

'Dune: Awakening' Is the Massively Ambitious Game the Sci-Fi Saga Needs

Dune: Awakening is a massively ambitious survival MMO that wants to painstakingly recreate the dangers of Arrakis, and it might just pull it off.

Inverse · Jun 20, 2024

'A lot of us are old school MMO players': Dune: Awakening's creative director on how Star Wars Galaxies was a 'huge inspiration' for the new survival game

Part survival game, part MMO, Dune: Awakening is tapping into the bygone days of MMOs to let players carve their own paths.

PC Gamer · Mar 4, 2024