Toward Dawn

Buy100%

Positive · 48 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • Linux

Devi Serene · JRPG · May 8, 2025

Player review score
100%
Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
13
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Toward Dawn?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 42 sampled reviews

Based on 48 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 42 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise40% are divided0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
24 of 42 sampled reviews raised it
The characters have depth, they have difficulties and flaws, but you can tell the writer absolutely loves them, which makes for delightful dialogue, and gives the writing a tenderness fit to explore serious themes like trauma.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
20 of 42 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is tight, the game gives you all the tools you need to make fun and interesting synergies in combat, and then keeps handing you new ones that turn your strategies on their head (looking at you, Incant Dusk!) The open world makes good use of puzzles to aid in it's narrative progression through the world.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
14 of 42 sampled reviews raised it
I loved exploring the world and finding all the different character interactions and getting to know everyone.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story24 reviews
Combat20 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
100% still recommend
Graphics
100% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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