Multiple outlets publish hands-on impressions after roughly four hours with The Blood of Dawnwalker, a debut AAA vampire-themed role-playing game from Rebel Wolves. Reviewers describe an experience that strongly evokes The Witcher 3 in tone and structure, including combat and quest design, with some character-driven elements and branching outcomes discussed across previews. Eurogamer highlights a mix of combat, romance, and intrigue seen early in the game. TechRadar characterizes the early build as feeling like a “true” Witcher 3 successor and says the opening hours demonstrate ambition while leaving testers eager to continue. IGN similarly frames the first-session play as promising for players looking for a next major RPG, while also drawing attention to systems and moments encountered in the early portion. Kotaku and PC Gamer add that the game borrows from The Witcher 3 “for good and bad,” pointing to both strengths and potential downsides compared with its inspiration. The Mirror agrees that the early impressions support expectations for a “badass” vampire RPG. Overall, sources converge on the same early-game theme: a Witcher-like RPG foundation combined with vampire setting and player choice.
Hands-on previews highlight The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Witcher-like vampire RPG ambitions
Multiple outlets publish hands-on impressions after roughly four hours with The Blood of Dawnwalker, a debut AAA vampire-themed role-playing game from Rebel Wolves. Reviewers describe an experience th...
- Outlets report hands-on sessions of about four hours with The Blood of Dawnwalker.
- The game is a vampire-themed AAA RPG developed by debut studio Rebel Wolves.
- Previewers consistently compare the gameplay and design to The Witcher 3, describing a Witcher-like feel.
- Early impressions across sources mention combat plus character-driven elements such as romance and intrigue.
- Sources note the game’s early systems and player-choice elements as central to the experience.
This vampyric adventure has The Witcher coursing through its Bloodlines.
1 month agoAfter four hours playing The Blood of Dawnwalker, I've seen combat, romance, intrigue - it's got the makings of being 2026's breakout RPG Eurogamer.netThe Blood of Dawnwalker: unique time-driven quest system and player choice detailed PlayStation.BlogHands-On With The Blood Of Dawnwalker , Which Might Be The First ‘ Witcher -Like,’ And Has One Killer Twist KotakuBlood of Dawnwalker instantly became one of my most anticipated games after four hours of play Video Games ChronicleAfter Playing 4 Hours of The Blood of Dawnwalker, I’m Convinced This Is the Next RPG Worth Paying Close Attention To IGN
1 month agoI've played four hours of the hugely promising The Blood of Dawnwalker now which, if you don't know yet, is the new vampire-themed role-playing project led by the person who directed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Konrad Tomaszkiewicz. He formed a new studio, Rebel Wolves, and enticed a bunch of other CD Projekt Red to help him, and this is their first game. I've written about it quite a lot; I saw 90 minutes of The Blood of Dawnwalker back in April, the difference being that now, I've actually played it. Read more
1 month agoWe go hands on with the debut AAA RPG from developer Rebel Wolves, The Blood of Dawnwalker, which aims to follow in the footsteps of The Witcher 3.
1 month agoThe Blood of Dawnwalker's opening four hours show some impressive ambitions for the debut RPG from Rebel Wolves — and I've been left excited to play more.
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