The Blood of Dawnwalker isn’t out until tomorrow—September 2—but the reviews are up now, and generally speaking they’re pretty good. We gave it an 83% score in our review, calling it “a resolutely miserable horror RPG with some great ideas,” and that lines up spot-on with its enviable 83/100 aggregate rating on Metacritic. And that very positive response comes, quite literally, as a great relief to creative director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, who’s apparently been a little uptight about the whole thing.

“Waiting for the reviews to come in has been nerve wrecking to say the least, but they’re finally (mostly) here!” Tomaszkiewicz wrote on X. “Great relief, can’t wait to see you all play the game and to hear your thoughts! It’s a privilege to work with such a talented team