Dune Awakening Roadmap: Free Updates and Paid DLCs through mid-2026

Funcom has unveiled a detailed roadmap for Dune Awakening that stretches through mid-2026, emphasizing a steady cadence of free updates and paid expansions designed to deepen the game’s story and broaden its sandbox offerings. The plan centers on a September 10, 2025 release for a free Chapter 2 update alongside the first paid expansion, The Lost Harvest, with additional chapters and DLCs scheduled to follow in early 2026 and beyond. The studio also signaled ongoing balance work aimed at refining the Deep Desert experience, while maintaining a commitment to making the game more accessible for solo players. A 10-hour free Steam demo runs through August 24, and progress from the trial can transfer if players decide to purchase the game.

Chapter 2, a free update, will expand the base narrative and introduce new world content, contracts, dynamic encounters, and character customization options. Players will encounter new locations and characters as they delve deeper into the Imperium’s past, with the update also adding new hairstyles and tattoos accessible via a revamped character recustomization system. The free update is described as continuing the story after the base game’s...