The Blood of Dawnwalker: From The Witcher 3 Devs — Vampire RPG Release & Why It Matters

The Blood of Dawnwalker comes from developers who made The Witcher 3 — and it is chasing the same thing that made it a classic: a world that reacts to you.

When you need a story that is yours

Sometimes the reset you need is not action — it is immersion. Losing yourself in a deep, reactive world, making choices that actually matter, is a powerful way to step out of your own head for a while. Research on play keeps pointing to the same thing: agency and a good story are exactly what leave you feeling better afterwards.

Human by day, vampire by night

You play Coen in a dark, 14th-century Europe — mortal in daylight, something far more dangerous after dark — fighting to save your family. The pedigree here is serious: this is a team with real open-world-RPG craft in their DNA.

Why it is on my list

If The Witcher 3 ever ate a weekend of yours, this is the easiest pre-order on the calendar. It arrives September 3 on PS5, Xbox and PC — a story-first RPG made by people who have done it before.