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Legends of Dawn Reborn
Developer Dreamatrix
Legends of Dawn Reborn invites players to the brutal northerly reaches of Narr. Survival depends on your magic, your sword, and your wits. Legends of Dawn Reborn takes place in a world of Narr and events take place before those from Wave of Darkness released on Steam Early Access in June. From the Steam store page
58 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Oct 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
31
Rotten
18 positive · 40 negative
95% range 21–44%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
26 of 84 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
58 of 58 · most liked firstOnce again, dreamatrix shows that it is perfectly willing to rip people off. Before you continue reading, this reveiw was originally written after playing 0.4 hours of total playtime. The response from dreamatrix was "saltmummy626 0.4 hrs on record, you actually have no clue what we changed inside." I have comitted another three or so hours to LoDR, and am ready to say that "yes, I do have a clue of what you changed, and that is hardly anything at all." and so, my review remains, except for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't normally leave reviews. But I can not recommend this game for it's current price point. This game was originally a kickstarter which I was one of the backers. The game was terrible, graphics were terrible, the engine was terrible. At first most players couldn't even open the game. The developers attempted to patch it and while it did address some of the concerns, it really did nothing to improve the game. Now the older version of the game is removed from Steam which had a ton of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, I was willing to give them another chance. I really was! Sure, they released a hot mess the first time, and as a Kickstarter backer, I'm not elegable for a refund, and really had no other choice, but hey! Maybe they had learned from their mistakes and made it better! This bit of their email announcing the rerelease worried me however: "Therefore, we are taking this opportunity to humbly ask you to post a "Positive" review on Legends of Dawn Reborn Steam page. That is, if you enjoyed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dont fall for it! they may have wiped out all the old (mostly negative) reviews, but they havent really improved the game. i mean sure you could "pretend" its somehow better with a new engine.. but its the same game! a turd floating in 1 toilet is the same turd floating in another.. and rest assured this game is a turd. re-releasing it was probably a sham in hopes of milking a few more $ out of the game to pay for the second one they are making (despite blowing this game off ages ago only to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried really hard to make it to the 1 hour mark, but the game is just that horrible, it's intolerable, even for a small dev team. I can not recommend this game except as an ALPHA build for a college students proof of concept. This is in no way fit to be released into modern market, even as a "retro return" to classic RPGs. My rig for arguments sake Win7 64bit Ultimate 24 gig ram FX9370-oc-4.7ghz R9-390x 8gb SHORT TL:DR review TOTAL 3.8/10 Story 7.5/10 Graphics 3/10 Gameplay 1/10 PROs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy this crap. Developer thinks he is smarter then he looks. He 'relaunched' the game as 'Reborn' version to flush down all the negative reviews he got, trying to lure new customers, unaware of what garbage this game is. Ohh and also he is playing the censor game. Banned me from disccusion permanently when I warned someone against buying this worthless game. Says it all Be sure to check out my steam curator and subscribe to take part in giveaways for group members!…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely do NOT buy this game. It is a scam. I am not stating that ironically, or to be malicious; this game is unequivocally the buggiest, most poorly managed, poorly updated, and awful piece of garbage that has graced Steam's greenlight program. BUT, for the sake of a review, lets discuss why. Entire subsystems and 'class mechanics' dont work. Pathing is a nightmare, and its possible to get stuck in terrain, path through cliffs and never be able to walk back up them, etc. You can die from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to give this game a second chance, but once again was disapointed. My computer overheats everytime I launch the game even on Low setting, which looks like S,,,,,t My Rig: Intel Core I5-3570 CPU 3.4GHz 16 Gb Memory GTX 660
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The original title was very rough around the edges. Perhaps too much for someone's taste. Personally, I managed to enjoy it nevertheless. "Reborn" is a much, much better experience. You can't call it a "broken" game, but it does have some questionable design choices that may be uncomfortable for some. I'm pretty adaptable, so I'm enjoying the game so far. Also, the game is free for the owners of the original title. Kudos to the team for that. Will post a more in-depth review later.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still an unplayable piece of crap, and will probably be the same after 10 rereleases.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I felt kind of bad for Legends of Dawn. It felt like someone really wanted to make a great game filled with all the great things other games had done, but was in way over their head and just made a jumbled mess instead. Now that it has been "reborn" however, my sympathy is gone, and all I have is a feeling that rhymes with "heartburn". Well, actually it is heartburn. Jalepeno chips really shouldn't be eaten by the handful until you are sweating profusely and can no longer feel your lips.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What to say other than awsome. Its the first game Enhanced with the WoD gameplay elements it sis simply amazing. Additionaly if you had LoD previously you get Reborn for free... its a Win Win situation.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before I started playing this re-release (I can't stand revamps, HD remasters and similar gimmicks), I looked at the reviews. At a time I checked the reviews, the most were the negative ones, and currently they still are. The most of the reviews say that nothing is changed in the game. Also those "0.1 hours" reviews seem like, oh let's just review the game, so those idiot developers could get as much as negative reviews because I hate them. I played around 8 hours in the game, and here are my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i was surprised to see a re-release of this, but its still as bad as before. really clunky animations, poorly designed controls, bad performance and just boring gameplay. dont bother buying this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They've had a rough start but I have always been glad to support the work they do. Bringing back a lot of the things that made role-playing games great isn't easy and it sure as hell isn't cheap, but these guys put their nose to the grindstone and have released a unique world that I love to play in. Sometimes the UI is a little rough to get used to but once you figure it out you're in for some good old-school hacking and slashing with more different realms for you to explore than you can shake…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't even remmber buying this game, but it recently downloaded as a "reborn" game probably meaning I choose to forget it some time in the past. Decided to check it out and 7 seconds in got stuck on some rocks which I am now humping as I wait for the trading cards. Yup.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the worst games ive ever purchased. it was a buggy mess, crappy graphics, horrible gameplay. so they renamed it and rereleased it. and now its a buggy mess, crappy graphics, horrible gameplay. 0/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Taxing and Rough... and full of bugs Updating this review because a year later the game is pretty much the same. My 970 could handle it well, so no more jet fighter sounds, but after playing about 5 minutes I already encountered some bugs and was stuck in geometry. I could still walk through the first box on the ship, open a drawer inside a house from the outside (or was it magic?) and like I said got stuck somewhere in geometry. On the positive side, I could walk almost everywhere like in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Legends of Dawn Reborn appears to have taken a steaming pile of ♥♥♥♥ and added some sprinkles to it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, I really wanted to like this game, REALLY wanted to. I have been playing games for over 30 years and this one pulls at my nostalgic heartstrings. However when there are mechanics that I just can't understand, I have to admit defeat. My biggest two issues are the lack of any discussion related to the spellcasting system. I was able to create 3 different spells. Easy chesy. But I couldn't find a way to cast any of them. The second is the cursed items process. There is no way to identify if an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun old school style RPG, which should frustrate instant-gratification idiots who want everything handed to them. If you take the time to peruse the manual and explore the game, you'll have a wonderful time.This edition seems like it was built upon the updated (and less-buggy) engine used for its sequel, Wave of Darkness. I highly recommend this, and worth getting Wave of Darkness, as well. Can't wait for the third game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even with the "Reborn" tag the game is not playable. The horrid pathfinding prevented the game from being playable. Game would freeze and crash trying to cross bridges, enter ships, walk up stairs, etc. Too many facets of the game just don't work. Feels like an early alpha build.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Level Editor will not start due to some missing Scintilla or something dll. Only reason I bought this game is because it has a level editor. When I asked in the discussions before buying about the level editor the devs pretty much just blew me off. They said, yeah it has one but wouldn't say anything else. So I'm not going to bother asking them for help getting the POS to work. Way it is...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reborn nothing. This is the same crap the developer pushed out the first time. The same bugs, same crappy gameplay mechanics. The game is still just as awful as it ever was.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the only Kickstarter project that I have ever regretted backing and I've even backed a few projects that failed to deliver a product entirely. I'd rather have the developers try hard to make a game and fail than deliver a game that is so far from what was promised. It is buggy, the controls are a mess, and the graphics are mediocre at best. I do not recommend purchasing this game. I should also note that I haven't played the reborn version much. I played the first version more and when…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's still a pretty terrible game. Graphics are improved with the new engine. Still no idea how to regenerate magic, or do much of anything, really. First quest in the game is a perfect example of what the game is like- the guy at the dock asks you to get him 'a beer'. So you bring him the item, Beer- that's not the right item. You have to specifically buy him some special type of drink. Merchants are not labelled, and there is no real way to tell which NPC is talking to you. All of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a casual-ish player,looking for a deacent time sink, Legends of Dawn REBORN provides a decent story, combat system and a overall good time that I wanted for a relativly low price. Most ppl have a problem just starting the game but sicnce I didnt have such a problem I'm enjoing myslef.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goodness gracious me. I got into this thinking it was going to be a cool old school RPG. It's just not fun at all. I've put 55 hours into this hoping it would get better but so far I have not been rewarded. The game play is clunky, the battles are boring and the character misses about 60-70% of the time when swinging at enemies. Had the potential to be something awesome. Don't waste your time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is even hotter garbage than before, with the devs trying to pass this off as a "updated" version of the game. Maybe two or three bugs were worked on and removed in that time—other than that, it's still terrible. I'm actually giving this a lower score than the first version due to the attempted manipulation from the devs. Shameful. 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My initial reaction to this game was anger and frusteration with having absolutley nothing explained, and being tossed into an environment that I have no guidance. However, the more I pushed through, the more i slowly began to enjoy the game. Does it still frusterate me? Yes. However, when I discover how to play for myself I feel more rewarded. To me it brought back Morrowind. A game that only gives you a basic tutorial, and thrusts you out into a world full of wonder and a destiny you have to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warning, this game is very bad and still expensive, don't buy it even if Steam pays you, I'm serious. Got this game, or better (if you can call it), before Dreamatrix re-released it as the Reborn version with a big discount. BIG error. Made a negative review back then, as the game was awful. What can I say? Dreamatrix says it fixed the game, but the gameplay is as horrible as before, framerate is very low, even with a good pc. I pity the players who helped to fund this game on Kickstarter -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm afraid I couldn't find anything redeeming about this RPG. The story, the graphics, the pathfinding, the combat, the interface... all subpar.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dont want to be rude here so i will simply say dont buy this even tho the game is reworked it still crashs from time to time also you cant find oracle stones till much later on what is an oracle stone its a place that ids unidentified magic items oh sometimes magic items are cursed and you cant get them off with out a shrine where is the shrine i dont know but its not at the chruch :P combat its still boring you click on a monster to hit it and thats it dodging and missing and hitting all seems…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played a little of the original Legends of Dawn and have just started this one. It's a little janky and very low budget - but it has a really good soundtrack and if you're looking for some Diablo/Titan Quest style hack and slash questing - this fits the bill.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I give it a try but it's bad. Doesn't look spectacular but if gameplay would be good is should be enough but gameplay is even worse than visulas. Everything is so clunky, doing anything is tedious, no tutorials or any explanations whatsoever, no music, basic sound effects, game feels empty, ui doesn't scale so no playing in 4k, combat is very unsatisfying and particle effects or attacks looks bad and sometimes make game runs at 5fps or so on my 1950x and 280RTX :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It turns out an awful control scheme is all it takes to make me change the game I am playing. Just walking around is enough to immediately regret the money spent on this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There really, really, really needs to be a 50/50 receommendation option... Not just yes or no. Why, well, because I'd like to recommend the game based on the open world aspect, as well as all the little details that went into making this game. From things like spell crafting all the way to the smaller details like picking locks. BUT..... There are quite a few points about this game that make me cringe whenever I try to play. And I have played both the original, and have started to play the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dreamatrix loves their game more than we do. If I worked for them and read the negative reviews the first release had, I'd bury my head in the sand and change my name... Not these guys, they keep trying, and tryng, and trying to make it better. The game is kinda buggy and kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥, but has a quant enjoyable charm to it. So I gotta thumb up it. Cheers to the Developers! one day they'll make the greatest RPG someday, this isn't the game but it's worth a look.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played very little this game and even if I have it since the first not really successfully release, since I have hundreds of other titles to try, I did not give this game a chance until now. As you can imagine having so many games my patience is also limited, so after 20 minutes of trying all graphic settings and not being able to do anything my first thought was to delete it and move to something else. I took my time to write this for everyone like me who felt frustrated from the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made a bald man with a red beard. I like the spiders but not their web. No button to dance found. Glad I didn't fall into the water when leaving the ship, that I did in the previous version which sucked badly. It looks nice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I always come back and think like " i know it´s bad, but ican´t be that bad" then i start get to the cementery and remember why i stop everytime...... - first NO F*n music .... so basicly it loses 60% of its atmosphere - combat is a clunky as diablo 1 and divine divinity and even those games have more deph in General (yes also in combat) - visualy its a 3/10 its passable if there was anything immversive.... + one possitive note! I remember everytime that i have the old games: Gothic, Divinity:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reinstall the game (bought the first game and receive re "Reboot" version for free -> nice move btw). - enter the game - figure out alt-tab has issues - reentered the game - created a character - started the game - died (entered under the ship because of a collision problem i think). - regenerate - walk on the ship - game crashed - uninstalled Really wanted to like this game ... but 2 big issues in 1-2 minutes of gameplay is... well... A LOT !!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy. Is terrible. I got *this* 'for free' by buying the non-reborn version. Which has pretty much all of the same flaws. Magic doesn't work and casting spells is counterproductive (costs increase but not effects and if I cast a spell that should be doing 45-120 fire and 45-120 poison damage it should probably kill something with 38 hp; it doesn't). Running into a quest element exploring the world will often put you at that point in the quest so when you get back people are talking as if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NAZTY Action RPG with a huge open world!! Okay, it's not perfect, but it's nowhere NEAR as bad as the ratings say! Imho, of course. I would guess that the aspect that scared most people off is the slow start, coupled with very limited handholding. Overall the game sort of reminds me of Morrowind, there's a lot of really good CRPG here for someone who has the patience and will to get to it. I think it's just fun to play and rewards my time with slowburning RPG goodness. Good character building,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/uRDMUEPNN10 Players start out with little guidance and trivial tasks that when combined with disparagingly slow progression drives down motivation to play to any depth.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst game I've evr played
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utter trash! It even managed to be worse than the original (which is beyond trash). Avoid anything that people who made this junk put out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OMG lol - FOLKS -- You're not supposed to 'click to move' using the Mouse you can use the _AWSD_ KEYS TO MOVE !! LOL !! No wonder so many people rate it down I would have too if I was stuck using mouse-clicks to move, Again, USE THE ___ ASWD_ KEYS TO MOVE__ LOL IT'S 100X BETTER !!! ----- that said.. Yes the combat is clunky yes it has bugs yes it can be awkward to play, but you know what? I freakin love it - why? Because it has a completely hand-crafted world, a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recommending this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's unplayable in current state.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like Janky old RPG's.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an average game but with a little extra effort it can be enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not optimized and controls are a bit weird navigation can be stupid
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute cash grab rip off do not buy this game in 2022 it is still in a terrible state these dev's are frauds and how steam can still be charging nearly £20 is shocking .
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mostly Negative for a reason
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought it because of the beautiful woman. Recommended it because of the beautiful woman. If she asked me again with her soothing voice, I would do it all again. Better avoid that video in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game definitely has bugs like walking and getting stuck in a hole or between mountains and more than half the time you can't see the destination your teleporting to because the screen is blank when you use the teleport or the game freezes and crashed when you try to load a save and it's definitely pretty janky. Even with all that, I've put more than 20 hours into it because it kept me wanting to explore the open world that if offers and there's quite a bit of lore and history that you…
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