Ethan Crossfield 
Steam users have a chance to pick up The Blood of Dawnwalker Eclipse Edition for only $1 through Fanatical's limited Mystery Crate Bundle. The offer is randomized and supplies are limited, so it is far from a guaranteed discount, but the potential value is unusually high for a recently released RPG that has already sold more than 1 million copies in three days.
What Happened: A $1 Mystery Key Can Unlock the RPG
Fanatical's Mystery Crate Bundle gives buyers randomized Steam keys, starting at $1 for a single key. Customers can also purchase bundles of 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 keys. The current 25-key package costs $17.49, bringing the effective price below $1 per key, although buying additional keys does not guarantee a better prize.
The Blood of Dawnwalker Eclipse Edition is included in the promotion's Golden Crate prize pool. Fanatical has added 50 copies to the Week 2 pool, alongside five Golden Crates with prizes valued at $1,000. The broader selection also includes games such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Dead Island 2, Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, Doom: The Dark Ages, and Crimson Desert.
Every purchase produces a random Steam game. Buyers could receive a smaller indie title instead of one of the headline prizes, making the promotion closer to a lottery-style game deal than a conventional sale.
Why It Matters: The Eclipse Edition Offers More Than the Base Game
The Eclipse Edition normally costs $79.99 on Steam, making a successful $1 pull an exceptional saving. It contains the complete game plus a Digital World Compendium, Digital Soundtrack, and Digital Comic Book. Those additions provide extra background material, music, artwork, and story content connected to Rebel Wolves' setting.
The Blood of Dawnwalker is the debut release from Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by former CD Projekt Red developers. Its dark fantasy RPG follows Coen, a young man transformed into a half-human, half-vampire Dawnwalker in a vampire-infested version of 14th-century Europe. Coen has 30 days and nights to save his family, while the game combines open-world exploration, sword combat, vampiric abilities, branching choices, and a time-management system.
The deal arrives while the game is attracting strong attention. It holds an 83 critic Metascore and an 8.3 user score, while its early sales indicate that the studio's first project has found a substantial audience.
What to Watch Next: Limited Supply and Pure Chance
The key detail for prospective buyers is that the promotion does not turn The Blood of Dawnwalker into a guaranteed $1 purchase. The 50 available copies can run out, and the random crate system means that even a larger order may produce unrelated games. Anyone buying a key should treat the purchase as a gamble and only spend what they would be comfortable paying for an unknown Steam title.
For Rebel Wolves, the promotion may increase the game's visibility among PC players who have been waiting for a lower-cost entry point. However, the offer's impact will depend on how many copies remain available and how widely successful winners share their results.
Key Takeaways for Steam Users
- A single Mystery Crate key costs $1 and delivers a randomized Steam game.
- The Blood of Dawnwalker Eclipse Edition is one of the Golden Crate prizes.
- Fanatical has placed 50 copies in the Week 2 prize pool.
- The Eclipse Edition normally costs $79.99 and includes three digital extras.
- Buying more keys improves the number of chances, not the certainty of winning the RPG.
Expert View
This is an attractive opportunity for players who enjoy the surprise of mystery bundles, but it should not be marketed mentally as a $1 sale. The value is real only for lucky buyers; everyone else is paying for a randomized key. For Rebel Wolves, placing a high-profile new release in the pool can generate useful exposure, but the promotion is ultimately a short-term discovery tool rather than a substitute for a standard discount.
