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Dune: Awakening’s official launch date is June 10, but if you’re impatient to play the game, you can currently grab the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition to play early. Stats from Steam suggest that a lot of people can’t wait for the full launch day and have taken that early access option: Well over 70,000 players are online in the game at the time of this writing, and concurrent players peaked at over 90,000 soon after the premium editions were made available.

According to SteamDB, Dune: Awakening is off to a remarkably hot start considering the premium charge that players currently must pay to get access. To put its player base into perspective, Dune: Awakening is currently sitting at 17th on the Steam concurrent player charts, sandwiched between chart mainstays War Thunder and Stardew Valley (Its 24-hour peak comes in at 15th on the charts).

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It is quite unusual for games to do this well during windows of premium-only access, but Dune fans seem quite willing to shell out the extra money to access the multiplayer survival game. While the normal edition of the game costs $50, you need to pay $70 for the Deluxe Edition or $90 for the Ultimate Edition to jump in right now. In addition to getting access to the game in advance of its full release, purchases of the two premium editions also get a season pass to DLC and additional in-game items.

Dune: Awakening is also catching fire on Twitch, where its viewership numbers have been buoyed by players seeking out drops of in-game items. Whether you’ve already grabbed Dune: Awakening or are waiting for next week, it’s worth taking a look at the PC settings that best optimize its performance.

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