Blood of Dawnwalker: Bloomberg mentions a $40 million budget and 1 million sales
Bloomberg reporting on Rebel Wolves’ Blood of Dawnwalker cites a $40 million budget, a NetEase stake, and around 1 million sales.
- NetEase reportedly funded the production in exchange for a 26% stake in Rebel Wolves; the studio includes several former CD Projekt Red developers.
- The same reporting mentions around 1 million sales and a 2026 release, but the exact source of that sales figure remains unclear.
What happened
Bloomberg paints Blood of Dawnwalker as a vampire RPG from Rebel Wolves, a studio founded by former CD Projekt Red developers. In the supplied summaries, Mateusz or Konrad Tomaszkiewicz is named as one of the best-known figures on the team; that naming is not fully consistent across the secondary reporting.
The core of the story is the financing. According to the supplied sources, NetEase reportedly put around $40 million into the production in exchange for a 26% stake in Rebel Wolves. It is also said that Tomaszkiewicz personally funded the first year of development in 2022 before the studio could scale up further.
On the design side, Blood of Dawnwalker is said to use a day-night cycle that unlocks different vampire powers, combined with a time mechanic that prevents players from seeing everything in a single playthrough. Bloomberg is also said to have noted that Rebel Wolves deliberately carried over elements from The Witcher 3 where useful, rather than trying to reinvent the genre from scratch.
The supplied reporting also says Rebel Wolves has grown to around 160 employees. It further claims that Blood of Dawnwalker launched in 2026 and has now sold more than 1 million copies, although the input does not make it clear whether that is an official sales figure or a repeated estimate.
Timeline
2022 — According to the supplied reporting, Tomaszkiewicz funds Rebel Wolves’ first year of development himself.
2022 — NetEase reportedly invests around $40 million in Blood of Dawnwalker in exchange for 26% of Rebel Wolves.
2024 — A video description says Rebel Wolves had around 90 employees at the time.
2026 — Bloomberg is linked in the supplied summaries to a 2026 release for Blood of Dawnwalker.
2026 — The same reporting mentions more than 1 million copies sold.
Background
Rebel Wolves is a relatively young studio and is described in the supplied sources as a team with many ex-CD Projekt Red developers. The combination of experienced RPG makers and outside funding from NetEase forms the main backdrop for Blood of Dawnwalker’s production.
The game is presented in the sources as an action RPG with a distinct structure: different systems matter during the day and at night, and the time pressure is meant to ensure that a single playthrough cannot cover all content. The available input does not make clear what Bandai Namco’s financial role was exactly; the company is mentioned, but not explained consistently.