Dune: Awakening launching in 1.0 is somewhat of a rarity for the survival game genre, which more often than not sees games launch in an early-access state. Releasing in early access lets developers gather more player feedback and slowly add more content to the game over time before eventually launching in full, oftentimes with a price increase.

Awakening surface ahead of its May release, giving anticipating players an idea of what they can expect in the near future.

Awakeningwill not launch into early access. When it comes to developing sprawling open-world experiences that encourage community-building, many developers opt to go the route of an early access release to optimize the development process.