CURSED DAWN — OFFICIAL FACT SHEET
Revision: 2026-08-18

TITLE
Cursed Dawn

DEVELOPER
Cursed Studios

FOUNDER / LEAD
Miko Parkkinen

PUBLISHER
indie.io (2024-2026)

ORIGIN
Finland

CATEGORY
Wave-survival first-person shooter

PLATFORM
PC — Steam

STEAM APPID
2713550

RELEASE DATE
April 7, 2025

STATUS
Retired May 2026 - no longer available on Steam

APPROVED SHORT DESCRIPTION
Cursed Dawn is a Finnish independently developed wave-survival FPS that progressed from solo development into a publisher-backed Steam release.

APPROVED EXTERNAL-VALIDATION SUMMARY
The official trailer was featured by IGN during IGN Live 2024. Cursed Dawn was featured in indie.io's Gamescom 2024 lineup and officially participated in Steam Next Fest: October 2024 with a playable demo.

APPROVED METRICS
- 9,900+ Steam wishlists. Dated Steamworks snapshot: August 16, 2026.
- 358K+ Steam event impressions across Steam Next Fest, IGN Live, and Gamescom-related placements.
- Defined aggregate: 358,249 impressions and 6,969 Steam store-page visits.

METRIC QUALIFIER
Steamworks-attributed impressions across IGN Live, Gamescom 2024, and Steam Next Fest placements. Impressions are not unique users, players, viewers, downloads, or audience members.

PLACEMENT BREAKDOWN
- Steam Next Fest: 133,746 impressions; 3,475 store visits.
- IGN Live: 129,986 impressions; 1,836 store visits.
- Gamescom-related placement: 94,517 impressions; 1,658 store visits.

ORIGINAL SOURCES
IGN official trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6xQcZiJVqM

Steam Next Fest announcement:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2713550/view/4514387160624062982

Gamescom lineup announcement:
https://www.gamespress.com/indieio-Hits-Gamescom

Publisher Next Fest announcement:
https://www.gamespress.com/indieio-Joins-Steams-October-Next-Fest-with-6-Upcoming-Games

Publisher release announcement:
https://www.indie.io/post/cursed-dawn-announces-release-date-to-launch-on-april-7-2025

Independent release coverage:
https://cogconnected.com/2025/03/cursed-dawn-is-shooting-its-way-to-steam-on-7th-april-2025/

Steam product page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2713550/Cursed_Dawn/

EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
Revenue, sales units, refunds, chargebacks, contracts, payment records, private emails, unrelated Steam administration data, and confidential personnel information are not part of the public press kit.