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Dauntless

Dauntless takes place in a fantasy setting, where a cataclysmic event has torn the world apart, releasing monster-like Behemoths that prey on the surviving humans. As a Slayer of Ramsgate, you are all that…

76 26 September 2019

Dauntless is an adventure developed by Phoenix Labs, released 26 September 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Dauntless is

Dauntless is an adventure game developed by Phoenix Labs and released in 2019. It was published by Epic Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dauntless was a free-to-play action role-playing game developed by Phoenix Labs. Either alone or in teams with others, players would fight enormous monsters called Behemoths.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 43 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dauntless holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Players rate it 69, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia 660Ti. 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 17GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dauntless launched on 26 September 2019, within three weeks of Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019). It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Disco Elysium, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019).

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Dauntless yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Characters

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Quick answers

Dauntless — frequently asked questions

When did Dauntless come out?
Dauntless was released on 26 September 2019 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dauntless?
At minimum, Dauntless needs Intel Core i5, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia 660Ti graphics, 17 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Dauntless?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "17 GB available space" and the recommended line says "20 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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