- Planetbase 2 - Legacy of Man - 6 June 2026
Hello Everyone!As you might know, we are working on Planetbase 2. This is obviously not Dawn of Man 2, but it's pretty close, as we are borrowing a lot of inspiration from it in terms of gameplayWe hope that people will feel right at home in it, as if coming back to a familiar world, even in a very different setting.This is a recap of what we've done so far.VehiclesPlanetbase 2 will feature a few different vehicles, as with Dawn Of Man, these will help colonists perform their tasks more efficiently.Food productionIn Planetbase 2 you will be able to build a variety of food sources: vegetables, algae, insects and vitromeat. Like in Dawn of Man, producing a variety of food will be critical for your colony's survival.FacilitiesThe Canteen, Bar, Dorms, Gym and Chill Out Room are some of the facilities colonists will be able to enjoy.Power SourcesApart from Solar and Wind we are adding Nuclea…
- Version 1.8.4 released - 22 October 2025
Hello Everyone,We took a bit of time while working on Planetbase 2 to release this quick maintenance update.It has an important fix:Fixed security issue in Unity version. Apparently there was a security issue in old unity versions, described here. We've updated to Unity 2022.3.62f2, which fixes this.Please let us know if you have any issues with this, and thank you for your continued support!Martiño.
- Version 1.8.3 released - 15 April 2025
Hello Everyone, This is a small maintenance update, much like the one we've just done for Planetbase. Changes: Updating the game to Unity 2022.3.60 (which is the latest stable version). This fixes a few compatibility issues. Especially for people that might have been getting black screens at startup. When you click on the Planetbase 2 announcement image, the game now opens its Steam Store page in the Steam Overlay instead of the web browser. Martiño.
- Planetbase 2 Announcement - 18 March 2025
Hello Everyone, We can now announce that we've started work on Planetbase 2. As much that this is a sequel to the original Planetbase, this is also Dawn of Man's spiritual successor, the theme changes, but the city-builder/RTS/survival concept remains. A ton of features from Dawn of Man like work areas, relative resource limits, direct RTS style commands or storage filters will be making a comeback in Planetbase 2, After 10 years, now the time has come to go back to our origins and revisit the Planetbase idea. We now have the time and resources to expand a concept that we always thought had a lot more potential. We've started work on this about 6 months ago, and we are still very much working out the exact design for the game, but these are the core ideas are focusing on: Real worlds In Planetbase, the planets were inspired by real worlds of the solar system, but we stopped short of cal…
- Version 1.8.2 released - 29 April 2024
Hello all, This is a maintenance update to fix a couple of issues. Changes On Windows, the game now detects if the user has changed the mouse pointer size in the system and adjusts the position of tooltips accordingly, to avoid the cursor overlapping the text. This is a fix for the issue reported here. Updated to latest Unity 2022.3.21, this fixes the issue of some Mac players not being able to click on the UI. Reported here. We are looking forward to any feedback. Thanks for supporting Dawn of Man! Martiño.
- Version 1.8.1 released - 14 November 2023
This changes the behavior for non-QWERTY keyboards so it makes more sense, in particular for french AZERTY, there are two options: a) If you set the windows keyboard language to English, the default configuration will just work (you will be able to use the right keys to move the camera around) but the prompts will be wrong. b) If you set the windows keyboard to French, the default configuration will be wrong, but you can remap the keys in the settings and then all the button prompts will be correct. Martiño.
- Version 1.8.0 released - 4 October 2023
Hello Everyone, We've finally managed to spare some time from the development of our new project to release version 1.8.0. The game now runs on the latest Unity stable version (2022.3 ATM). We've been wanting to upgrade for a while, but unfortunately this wasn't a trivial task, as there were some changes in the random and math libraries, that were breaking our procedural map generation. It took us a while, but we got everything sorted out and managed to upgrade. This should provide better compatibility across the board for newer systems. New Grass/Reed rendering Grass and reed details, are now rendered as geometry instead of billboards, and they are also using different shaders to the rest of the terrain details. They now look nicer, provide more coverage, and blend better with the terrain. Terrain Shadows In High and Ultra quality modes, terrain now casts shadows, see the difference in…
- Dawn of Man is now officially Playable on Steam Deck - 21 July 2023
Hello Everyone, We've recently uploaded an official Steam Deck configuration and resubmitted the game for testing, so it's now officially listed as playable on Steam. Martiño.
- Version 1.7.2 released - 21 April 2021
This is a maintenance update with a few fixes. MISC - Added toggle-able announcement panel on top right of title screen. FIXES - Improved description of Completion milestones to clarify that you need all 30 of them. - Fixed issue that would allow plants to be placed in bridges. - Fixed code issues in warning signs. - Various fixes for rare crashes. - Better error messages for some modding errors. LOCALIZATION FIXES - Fixed typo in Spanish translation of Deep Mining tech. - Fixed typo in the French text for "Extractable resources"
- Have You Played… Dawn Of Man? - 12 January 2021
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. In strategy games that cover broad swathes of human history, it’s always a bit sad that the Stone Age is, at best, an early game sideshow – something to be breezed past in a couple of technological leaps on the way to better things. Not so with Dawn Of Man , which concentrates on the various something-lithic periods to the exclusion of everything else. In this game, pointy bits of iron, ploughs and cheese are end-game tech. (more…)
- Have You Played… Dawn Of Man? - 12 January 2021
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. In strategy games that cover broad swathes of human history, it’s always a bit sad that the Stone Age is, at best, an early game sideshow – something to be breezed past in a couple of technological leaps on the way to better things. Not so with Dawn Of Man , which concentrates on the various something-lithic periods to the exclusion of everything else. In this game, pointy bits of iron, ploughs and cheese are end-game tech. (more…)
- Version 1.7.1 released - 4 December 2020
Maintenance update fixing a few issues discovered recently: - Watchtower now requires the thatching tech to be built. - Storage filters are no longer visible if the structure is not operational. - Fixed issues with one of the Tin deposit variants not changing texture in winter. - You can no longer place plants outside of the playable game area.
- Version 1.7 released | Cheese Update - 17 November 2020
In this update we are adding Cheesemaking, some improvements to animal trading and a bunch of other fixes. Cheese Cheese can now be made in the new Cheesemaker structure, from the Neolithic onward. Cheese lasts for longer than Milk, and can be traded. Trading - You can now sell animals to trader. - Trader can now bring male and female animals at the same time, and you can choose which ones to purchase. - Trader animals are now visible and stay in village when purchased, or leave when sold. - Main trader that comes to village can now sometimes be an old person and companion trader can be of any age. - Male animals are now cheaper. Misc - When double clicking on animals, only animals from the same team are selected (Trader or Player). - Default resource limit for sickles is now 75% of adults. Fixes - Edit work area option doesn't appear when several Work Areas are selected. - When editing…
- The best strategy games on PC - 6 November 2020
Looking back at it now, 2020 doesn’t feel like a banner year for strategy games, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few gems. The list below – gathered by a panel of experts and regularly updated – contains games from as recently as 12 months ago alongside classics from as far back as 28 years ago. They’re all games we think you could play and love right now. (more…)
- Version 1.6.3 released - 15 September 2020
This is a quick fix for an issue introduced in 1.6.2 that wouldn't allow you to right click on a young tameable animal (like an Ibex or Mouflon), in order to give a hunt order (before the relevant taming tech was unlocked).
- Version 1.6.2 released - 14 September 2020
This version includes various quality of life improvements and other fixes. QoL - You can now double click a work area to select all areas of the same type in town. - You can now double click on ore deposits, flint and rocks to select similar nearby entities. - You can now Alt+Right Click to give alternative commands to people like collecting tannin from trees, collecting mud from banks, shearing or milking animals. - Improved milestone unlock screen, that highlights which milestone is being unlocked. - You can now specify an FPS limit in the settings screen (when VSync is off). Fixes - Tin and Iron deposits are now properly highlighted when placing mining work areas. - Fixed issue that could cause people to be stuck in a loop performing commands when their stats were low. - People are now be able to swap tools from resource slots to tool slots when required for the action they have to…
- Version 1.6.1 released - 3 August 2020
This is a quick fix for two issues: - Game can now tolerate broken translation workshop items better, instead of crashing (Russian workshop translation is causing the game to crash for anyone that has subscribed to it at the moment). - Better error message for when the game can not load the Posix libraries.
- Version 1.6 released | Armor Update - 27 July 2020
This update focuses on some of the main feature requests from the community, which were Armor and combat improvements. Highlights ARMOR Your people can now make armor, they will automatically equip it when you sound the alarm. Note that raiders will also wear armor, from the Bronze Age onward. Armor is made in the new Armorer structure, we've also moved shield production there (which was previously in the Workshop). It comes in two variants, Leather Armor, available from the Bronze Age, and Mail Armor, available from the Iron Age. GATE RALLY POINTS You can now choose the position where your people gather when you trigger the alert. GATES IN 8 DIRECTIONS You can now place gates in 8 directions, allowing for much more organic looking towns. WALLS IN SHALLOW WATER Walls can now be built in shallow water (and steeper slopes), this makes it possible to use lakes and rivers as defensive barri…
- Version 1.5.1 released - 18 May 2020
This version improves a few game elements, based on the recent feedback from our community. Thanks everyone for helping make the game better! Balance Changes - Donkeys and Horses will usually now spend 3 game years as adults and 1 as old (before it was 2/2). This will bring up their reproduction rate to the same level as cattle. AI Changes - Domestic animals escape from raiders when not sheltered, even before being attacked. - People will now build structures even if very hungry when there is no food available, this can easily happen in Nomad mode. - Fixed issue with animals sometimes stuck in a loop in or near rivers/lakes Quality of Life - "No space in stables" warning is now only shown in Autumn or Winter. Modding fixes - When two scenarios use the same string ID, the game will now display a very obvious warning at startup. - Fixed crash when spawning items for humans in scenarios an…
- Version 1.5 released | Farming Update - 6 April 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A5dOFhxeqo This version add the Plow, which makes planting crops faster and without penalty to morale from the Bronze Age onward. We also made several improvements to transports, including the new Transport Post structure, which allows to strategically distribute them across the settlement. As a bonus feature, we've included some new appearances for the villagers also, 12 in total. More frequent updates in our twitter devlog See all changes: The Plow This is a new implement that can be used to plant crops a lot faster and without penalty to morale. Has to be pulled by either Cattle or Horses. Transport Post This new structure allows you to park Sledges/Carts/Plows in it, improving the organization of your settlement and opening new ways of optimizing work. New appearances for people We are adding an extra human appearance per Gender/Age/Era, 12 in total.…
