Demo now available for Back to the Dawn

Written by Ivo Teel — April 26, 2022 at 05:00

For fans of CRPG's that are story and narrative rich, this adventure of the Shanghai based developers Metal Head Games, might be exactly what you're looking for.

In Back to the Dawn you play an anthropomorphic fox and roving reporter, who has been framed and wrongfully imprisoned. He has 21 days to escape prison, or face certain death. While trying to survive this harsh new reality, your goals are not only to escape from prison but also to collect evidence of the Mayor’s corruption. Although you are just a journalist, you are the only one who could save Boulderton City. Form relationships with NPC's, join a gang, determine if you'll be a model inmate or leave a trail of chaos and destruction behind you. Bribe, deceive, trick, or even dig a tunnel to escape your certain faith.

Back to the Dawn is full of choices, each of which has long-term consequences on the gameplay and story. Will players have Thomas choose to follow the prison rules and avoid the wrath of the prison guards or cause chaos and conflict at every turn in their quest to assert their dominance as the top fox? Joining players in the prison yard is an entire cast of NPC prisoners, all with their own story,  and role to play within the game. Each of these characters will build unique relationships with the player based on how they interact with them, which will determine the role they play in the escape.

Slated for a 2023 release, you can already get a taste of this vivid pixel world by heading over to the Steam store page and downloading the demo.