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Release date

June 26, 2025

Publisher

Neolithic LLC

🐺 Tame Any Creature Every animal in the world can become your ally. Feed a dire wolf to earn its loyalty. Befriend a mammoth to haul resources and intimidate predators. Choose whether to hunt or tame every creature you encounter.

🪓 Physics-Based VR Crafting Craft tools and weapons with your own hands using real VR interactions. Combine sticks, rocks, and bones to create axes, spears, and more. Every tool you build feels handmade because it is.

💀 Generational Permadeath When you die, your journey continues through your descendants. Return 20 years later as the next member of your bloodline to a world permanently changed by time and your past actions. Your legacy carries forward across generations.

🌎 A Living Prehistoric World Explore five large open world maps, each with unique dungeons, wildlife, and campsites. Experience a real-time day-night cycle and dynamic seasons that change how you survive. Winter brings deadly cold. Spring brings new life. Every season demands a different strategy.

NEOLITHIC TRIBE STRONG 💪

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3.85

341 ratings

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Updates

Hearthfire Beta Out Now!

August 30, 2026

You Ask, We Deliver! Since launch players have asked for one feature above all others, that feature was base building. Hearthfire is the biggest NEOLITHIC DAWN update so far, transforming the game with a brand new base building system. Cut down trees, harvest tusks from mammoths, place blueprints,…

Black Screen Fix (in progress)

August 14, 2026

Hey everyone, James here. Enough people have made reports to tell us this is NOT an isolated issue. We didn't catch it sooner because it wasn't happening on any of our own headsets, but it clearly affected many of you, and for that I am very sorry. Best we can tell, it came down to a timing issue…

Player reviews

metaquesta99

June 27, 2025

5/5

Survive the Neolithic — If You Can

Neolithic Dawn delivers a fresh take on VR survival by throwing you into one of the most dangerous and fascinating eras in human history: the Neolithic age. From freezing temperatures to wild animals, nature is your biggest threat. A well-paced tutorial helps ease you into this primitive world, gradually teaching essential survival skills. The story draws inspiration from ancient traditions, adding a sense of purpose to your struggle. Solid game mechanics, immersive environments, and a raw sense of realism make this a must-try for fans of survival experiences. Do you have what it takes to survive the dawn of civilization?

128 found this helpful

jdmartinii716

June 28, 2025

3/5

A lot of physics bugs

The game can be fun at times but there is a lot of bugs mainly with the physics, and the tutorial not showing a lot of the mechanics of the game aside from crafting and the movement. There’s also some collision issues for example in the intro when I threw the spear it went into the ground and I had to restart. I also wish that the game told you how to get rocks lucky it didn’t take me a while but other players might be roaming around for awhile trying to figure out how to get rocks. The skinning is also a bit buggy too. But it is pretty good for a game in early access and I can’t late when the game is fully released just please don’t release when it’s in a state like this.

63 found this helpful

nutguy545

June 27, 2025

5/5

Best Survival Game U Can Buy

I got the game the second it released and instantly hopped on. With my experience I only have 2 complaints. 1: the fall damage is kinda annoying, Not saying to get rid of it I’m saying make it so u gotta fall from a higher position. 2: yk how u can see ur health, hydration,etc, well idk if this was on purpose but personally I can only look at it buy like for example, the elders. Besides that this game is the best survival game money can buy, and it’s for an amazing price, and I gotta say just good job to James and his team behind this game. 5/5

45 found this helpful

SuperiorButter102704

October 13, 2025

5/5

This game is great

I really like this game at first I was confused and refunded it but after I did and played another game I couldn't stop thinking about this game so I got it back and been having fun there are some bugs but it doesn't ruin it for me and also every time I get a spear I do caveman noise it fun and I can't wait to see what next for this game

40 found this helpful

Mr.Merciful

January 9, 2026

5/5

Trust and try

I bought this game during early access, even tho it had bugs and all I enjoyed every minute I have played so far. The biggest thing with this game that makes me so happy as a 0layer is being able to communicate with the devs and talk about possibilities of new ideas and what may be in store for Neolithic dawn.

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