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Dune: Awakening is a survival game developed and published by Funcom. A multiplayer game, it was released for Windows on June 10, 2025, with early access on June 5. Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released on September 22, 2026, along with the addition of a single-player mode.

Dune: Awakening is a survival game. The player creates their own playable avatar, customizing their appearance and selecting their background. They can choose a mentor, who will determine the player's starting ability. For instance, a Bene Gesserit mentor will teach the player character to use "the Voice" to taunt their opponents. Players must manage their character's thirst level and maintain their stillsuits. Arrakis is filled with environmental dangers, such as frequent sandstorms and quicksand. The player character may suffer from a heat stroke if they explore during day time, and encounter hostile Sardaukar patrols at night.[3] Players need to scavenge for resources, which can be used to craft items and build a shelter. Players must compete against each other to harvest and transport spice, a psychedelic drug that is seen as the most essential and valuable commodity in the Dune universe. Sandworms are a constant threat, and players must avoid making loud sounds while moving to avoid drawing their attention.[4][5] While players can use technology such as thumpers to attract a sandworm and use it to their advantage, they cannot be summoned at will.[6] While players normally will not lose any of their progress when they are defeated, every item and vehicle devoured by a sandworm will be lost forever.[7] As players progress, they will unlock skills, weapons, and gadgets used for combat and traversal.[7] In addition to farming and selling spice, players will become addicted to it, unlocking spice-related powers.

Dune: Awakening is a massively multiplayer game, divided into four phases: Survive, Protect, Expand and Control, and sees the player character advancing from an everyman to the leader of a guild. After completing the starting area, players can access the Overland, where they can pilot an ornithopter from a top-down perspective to reach other locations in a game. Players can join either House Atreides or House Harkonnen, and access faction-specific quests and talk to other non-playable characters.