Blood of the Vampire RPG from Rebel Wolves, the studio behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, was surprisingly cheap by modern blockbuster standards.
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We still remember that in 2025, the developers of Blood of the Dawn Treader stated that they were working hard to achieve the quality level of a AAA game. FYI: modern blockbusters of this caliber (see. Marvel’s Wolverine) typically cost $300 million or more.
how Found Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier learned from conversations with key Rebel Wolves employees that the development of “Dawn Walker Blood” cost $40 million. The game is funded by China’s NetEase.
In Blood of the Dawn Treader, players take on the role of half-vampire Coen, who needs to save his family over 30 days and nights.
Dawnwalker Blood development lead Konrad Tomaszkiewicz said the key factors in keeping the game’s budget within reasonable limits were team size and loyalty to the original vision.
During production, Rebel Wolves increased its headcount from 90 to 160 people (with no more planned) and decided to do everything possible to avoid redoing fundamental aspects of the game, something the studio founders had decided to do back in 2022.
The size of the team allows Tomashkevich to recognize every employee immediately
Blood of the Dawn Treader releases on PC on September 3rd (steam, GOG, microsoft store), PS5, Xbox Series X and S. The game sold 1 million copies in two days, while Rebel Wolf’s results “extremely” make satisfied.
Even though it’s been a little over two weeks since Blood of the Dawn Treader hit theaters, Rebel Wolf is already recruiting for the sequel. Tomaszkowicz wished the studio had more time to create the second part (the first part took less than three years to make).
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