# Dawnbearer — A storybook action-adventure

> A storybook action-adventure (iPhone/iPad app by David Scavo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dawnbearer/id6809157903 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [David Scavo](https://appshunter.io/developer/6799768095)
- Category: Games, Adventure, Role Playing
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 987 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-11-07

## What is Dawnbearer?

Across a cursed world the hearths have gone cold and time itself has stopped turning - villages held mid-breath, roads lost under a gray that never lifts. A stubborn few have stayed awake behind their barricades and campfires, still themselves, still believing to count the days; the rest drift through the same hour, smiling, already gone. And a warlock at the heart of it all waits in his tower across the world.

You carry the world's last true ember. With a borrowed lantern and a plain sword, set out to lift the curse one realm at a time - and learn why it was ever cast in the first place.

THE TALE
Every place the curse took, it left a Warden to hold it. Your road runs through a wood that forgot its own champion, a shore where the harbor itself rises against you, a city hushed street by street, a frozen fen with secrets buried in ice, a wasteland crossed on borrowed wings, and more... all toward the tower where it all began.

THE PEOPLE
A watch captain holding the last barricade of a silent city. A carver who always seems a step ahead. A storm-rigger who never let go of the line. A lone huntress who wasn't always alone. Every one of them has a face, a voice, a past you can step into, and more to tell if you come back and ask.

THE WARDENS
Storybook titans that fill the screen, each announced by its own cinematic entrance. A leviathan rising from the harbor. A mountain of ash and ember you have to climb. A dragon roaring over the long night. A king of puppets. Every one a puzzle you must understand before you can win it.

THE ROAD
Seven realms and whatever lies within or beyond them, each a storybook of small, unique stages: towns that wake as you free them, dungeons of glyph puzzles and turning frescoes, sky-roads and keeps, campfires where you can take rest. Call on lent allies to fight beside you. Master the sword, the bow, and other tools and spells discovered along the way. A Ledger keeps every face, every memory and every truth you earn. Some roads keep going once the story is done.

MADE FOR THE HAND
Built for touch from day one: arrange every button, mirror the layout for your other hand, turn the shake down, play offline. Game Center achievements. No account, no ads, no timers.

THE ROAD IS FREE TO BEGIN
The entireties of Whisperwood, the Drowned Shore, the Cinder Steppes and the Hollow City are free. One purchase, once, opens the rest after that: every next realm, Warden, ending. No subscriptions, no consumables.

A note on light: two moments use bright flashes (the Day spell and the Sunwell). Screen shake can be turned off in Settings.

## Is Dawnbearer safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Dawnbearer.

## Is Dawnbearer legit?

Dawnbearer has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Dawnbearer is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-02

Firstlight is now properly renamed as "Dawnbearer" — the same journey, under a name that fits it.

Minor dialogue, layouts, and cutscene updates since the initial build.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-30

No release notes.

## More apps by David Scavo

- [Tessera Tiles](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tessera-tiles/id6799768093)

All apps by David Scavo: https://appshunter.io/developer/6799768095

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