Here’s our first look at gameplay from former The Witcher developers’ fantasy RPG, The Blood of the Dawnwalker

Rebel Wolves, the studio from former CD Projekt director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, has dropped a new trailer giving us our first meaningful look at The Blood of the Dawnwalker’s gameplay.

Recorded on PC – and clearly labelled as a pre-beta “work-in-progress” – the trailer presents a bumper-length introduction to some of the game’s features and gameplay mechanics. You can check it out below:

As well as watching protagonist Coen in action, and some of the gorgeous environments he’ll visit, we also get a good long look at his perks menu, too, and learn a little more about how to balance his human qualities with his superhuman ones.

“Using hexes consumes his health,” explains design director, Daniel Sadowski. “The way our magic system works, there’s always a price to pay for manipulating reality.”

Rebel Wolves confirmed its first project would be dark fantasy RPG Dawnwalker at the beginning of last year. Described as a “brand-new role-playing saga”, it’s single-player and open-world, with a “strong focus on story and narrative”, casting players as Coen – a “young man turned into a Dawnwalker, forever treading the line between the world of day and the realm of night”. You must “fight for your humanity or embrace the cursed powers to save your family”.

Alongside Tomaszkiewicz, Rebel Wolves counts former CD Projekt scribe Jakub Szamałek as its narrative director and main writer, with other team members including design director Daniel Sadowski, animation director Tamara Zawada, art director Bartłomiej Gaweł, CFO Michał Boryka, and studio head Robert Murzynowski – who have collectively worked on games such as Cyberpunk, Thronebreaker, Shadow Warrior 2, and The Witcher series.

The Blood of Dawnwalker is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series in 2026.