Back to the Dawn
A gripping prison escape RPG woven with crime, corruption, and hidden agendas. Step into a maximum-security facility where every inmate has a past—and a plan. You'll have to fight to survive, investigate, and…
Back to the Dawn is an adventure developed by Metal Head Games, released 18 July 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What Back to the Dawn is
Back to the Dawn is an adventure game developed by Metal Head Games and released in 2025. It was published by Spiral Up Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Surviving a Dark Conspiracy in Maximum-Security Prison - In Back to the Dawn, you play a reporter caught up in a dark conspiracy and who got thrown into a maximum-security prison for not playing ball. Gather your wits and learn how to survive in this hostile environment. Explore every inch of the prison and exploit any weakness you find. Make friends (or foes) with your fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison. It's not just your life you are saving, but the entire city!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 46 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Back to the Dawn holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 750ti. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Back to the Dawn launched on 18 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Back to the Dawn yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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