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Global Marketing Lead Paweł Panaszuk described a studio founded in 2022 that grew from 20 people to 166, built the game on a 40 million dollar budget, and shipped a single-player RPG with no in-game purchases.","whyItMatters":"Rebel Wolves built both a studio and an original IP in four years and cleared 1 million copies in roughly two days, which is the kind of start that decides whether the planned saga gets to continue.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe studio\u0026#39;s entrance wall reads \u0026#34;A STUDIO BORN OUT OF LOVE FOR RPGs,\u0026#34; and Paweł Panaszuk argues the line is not a commonplace. Many founding members came from CD PROJEKT RED, with credits on The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, and the stated reason for leaving was to make a game without stock market pressure.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebel Wolves started in 2022 with 20 people doing concept art and story writing. It now has 166 employees. The Blood of Dawnwalker is set in 14th-century Europe, draws its world from medieval Romania and Poland, and was conceived as a saga from the planning stage. Bandai Namco Entertainment publishes it.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Rebel Wolves shipped The Blood of Dawnwalker on a 40 million dollar budget with no in-game purchases, and 1 million copies in two days covers that outlay before any discounting starts.","twitterPost":"Rebel Wolves built The Blood of Dawnwalker for 40 million dollars with no in-game purchases. 1 million copies in two days clears that.","threadsPost":"Rebel Wolves grew from 20 people to 166 to build The Blood of Dawnwalker on a 40 million dollar budget with no in-game purchases. A million copies in roughly two days returns that spend, which means the studio's next decision is about scale, not survival.","newsletterBlurb":"The Blood of Dawnwalker cleared 1 million copies worldwide roughly two days after its September 3, 2026 release. Game Spark toured Rebel Wolves' Warsaw office, where marketing lead Paweł Panaszuk described a studio that grew from 20 to 166 people since 2022. The game had a 40 million dollar budget and carries no in-game purchases.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/11/01/174361.html\",\"title\":\"Over 1 million copies sold immediately after release! 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