Rebel Wolves' open-world dark fantasy action RPG, set in a fictional 14th-century Carpathian valley and starring Coen, human by day and vampire by night.
Building a new studio, a new IP and a large open-world RPG at the same time is an expensive way to introduce yourself. Rebel Wolves now has the number that makes the second step considerably easier to justify: The Blood of Dawnwalker crossed one million sales within days.
Vampires taking over a plague-stricken medieval valley sounds like an easy setup for heroes and monsters. The Blood of Dawnwalker complicates it: Vale Sangora's new rulers are predators, but they have also brought a form of protection to people living through catastrophe.
The Blood of Dawnwalker uses vampirism less as a simple power fantasy than as a way to explore a world that was already sick before the monsters took over. Its greatest achievement is Vale Sangora, Brencis and a temporal structure that makes abandoned stories part of the narrative itself. Coen does not always match the strength of his supporting cast and some consequences are more limited than promised, but Rebel Wolves' first chapter has a distinct cultural and narrative identity.
