Is The Blood of Dawnwalker Worth Buying After 9 and 8 Scores?

X creator Synth Potato gave The Blood of Dawnwalker an 8/10, calling it a great game and a promising start to a new vampire RPG series now that the review embargo has lifted. That sits one point below IGN’s 9/10, keeping Rebel Wolves’ vampire-themed action RPG in the “very good” tier and out of the overhyped 10/10 zone.

An 8/10 is often more useful than a 9/10: it signals a debut that is solid rather than flawless, with room to grow. That makes the score easier to trust than a perfect mark that would invite unrealistic expectations.

The combat is the clearest selling point. In the footage Synth Potato shared, players aim attacks manually and must block along the enemy’s swing angle to open up a riposte. It uses the same directional melee logic as Kingdom Come: Deliverance, where posture and timing matter more than button-mashing. Rebel Wolves also gives players extra abilities to take enemies down faster, which should stop fights from turning into pure endurance matches. If you like reading animations, repositioning, and punishing recovery frames, the system looks deeper than a one-button combo action RPG.

Rebel Wolves is made up of former developers of The Witcher 3, a pedigree that turns up in every press mention. The more interesting decision is that the studio skipped another sword-and-sorcery epic and went for the narrower vampire lane instead. The one-point spread between IGN and Synth Potato reads as near-consensus rather than a divided press. If you’re budget-cautious, wait for broader player feedback. If you’re already a fan of Kingdom Come: Deliverance or The Witcher 3, a day-one purchase looks unlikely to disappoint.

An 8–9 score range shows there is a real audience for vampire-themed action RPGs, and it gives a veteran-led, mid-sized studio a plausible path to a franchise. Future installments would need to sharpen branching stories, meaningful choices, and whatever nocturnal systems the first game establishes. For now, the early review picture is positive, the combat has a recognizable identity, and the game is worth tracking—just not worth a blind pre-order.