Dawn of Discovery™
A unique and award-winning combination of construction, economy, discovery, diplomacy, and combat. Create your own nation with a unique blend of simulation and real-time strategy as you journey across the globe to explore, trade, and learn technologies to expand your empire and to make your own history. Meet the Orient!
- Release Date:6/30/2009
- Developers:
- Publisher:Ubisoft
- Last Updated:1/28/2025
- Steam App Id:33210
Dawn of Discovery™
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Dawn of Discovery™ has 2 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 85% lower than its previous all-time peak of 13 players achieved on 8/5/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Dawn of Discovery™. It has received a total of 430 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 84 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Dawn of Discovery™ and its growth over time. It currently has 3,841 followers on its community page.
About Dawn of Discovery™
Dawn of Discovery™ is a Simulation, and Strategy game developed by Related Designs, and Blue Byte. On 6/30/2009, it was released on the Steam Store by Ubisoft.
Players have rated Dawn of Discovery™ as "Very Positive" out of 430 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 387 positive reviews and 43 negative reviews — an overall 90% positive review rating. Additionally, Dawn of Discovery™ has earned a metascore of 82 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Dawn of Discovery™ on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, Dawn of Discovery™ supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Dawn of Discovery™ has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- Economy
- Multiplayer
- Sandbox
- Medieval
- RTS
- Trading
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Dawn of Discovery™ and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
Dawn of Discovery™ is available in 3 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Dawn of Discovery™ data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 28). Dawn of Discovery™ on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/33210
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 28). Dawn of Discovery™. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/33210
- Metacritic. (2025, January 28). Dawn of Discovery™ for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/dawn-of-discovery
- Related Designs. (2023, July 23). Dawn of Discovery™. Dawn of Discovery™. http://anno.us.ubi.com/