Without a Dawn

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Without a Dawn

Short description

Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.

Developer
Jesse Makkonen
Publisher
Jesse Makkonen
Release
Mon, May 19, 2025
Price
$7.99
Reviews
625
Positive
94%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Indie
Features
Full controller support, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Keyboard Only Option, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input
Tags
Visual Novel Psychological Horror Philosophical Singleplayer Story Rich Atmospheric Moddable Female Protagonist Emotional Realistic Mystery Horror Dark Drama 2D Adventure Psychological Psychedelic Pixel Graphics Stylized
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$132ksomewhere between $83k and $132k · roughly 13K–20K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $6.60, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $7.99 launch price. That is 17% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

3 data points since Aug 3, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$131k → ~$132k
Reviews 622 → 625
Positive reviews 93.7% → 93.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 78 further data points reach back to May 19, 2025 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $3.59 on Jun 25, 2026.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Without a Dawn is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Visual Novel + Psychological Horror + Philosophical

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Banebush Banebush Hinterland Mood 3 titles 5 − Philosophical + Horror $2.99 2,106 95% Wed, Dec 25, 2024 $131k
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DISTRAINT 2 DISTRAINT 2 Jesse Makkonen 5 titles 4 − Visual Novel − Philosophical + Horror + Side Scroller $8.99 4,116 96% Tue, Nov 13, 2018 $1.3m
$1.3m – $2.2m
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Far from Noise Far from Noise George Batchelor first game 4 − Psychological Horror − Singleplayer + Conversation + Narrative $7.99 131 85% Tue, Nov 14, 2017 $45k
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