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20 Minutes Till Dawn
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
77 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“It's a good game, it's just abandoned. Even with the promised "Blessings and Curses" update already playable as a beta, it really hasn't had an update for over a year and the developer is nowhere to be seen.”
“I really like this game and I have like 100+ hours on my phone but like I hate how much more content is on the free mobile version. Like surely it isn't that hard to port the data over to the one that I spent money one?…”
“Really unique spin on the survivorlike genre with lots of characters and broken builds. It has sweet gameplay loop, nice graphics and okay sound design. Overall if you're a fan of Vampire Survivors, Brotato, Grind…”
15 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I don't usually like bullet hell games (because I suck at them!) but I do enjoy roguelikes, so I thought I'd give this game a go. There's plenty of different characters, weapons and upgrades for you to try different…”
“Review: I played it on mobile for the first time. Completed it, Deleted It, Lost all the progress when I wanted to scratch the Run & Gun w/Roguelike itch. Now here i am lovin it, sure its grindy but that's the fun about…”
“Played 20mtD about a year ago and still remember most of it - mainly how fun the upgrades were. Like Hades, building different (or the sameish!) combos each run felt great, and it made the whole game really addictive…”
15 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Unfortunately, no. The game is poorly balanced and there are options (characters/weapons/skills) which are not even needed in the game at all. Not much of a challenge.. and the darkness levels are all about numbers -…”
“Really unique spin on the survivorlike genre with lots of characters and broken builds. It has sweet gameplay loop, nice graphics and okay sound design. Overall if you're a fan of Vampire Survivors, Brotato, Grind…”
“Good game - very pleasing aesthetic. Replayability is somewhat limited given there is a somewhat reasonable 'formula' to solving more runs, BUT the combos are unique enough that it feels very satisfying to pull a build…”
13 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“a good bullet heaven that is well worth its price”
“Great game good scaling fun after the patches is getting only better and better worth buying”
“Fun little auto-shooter. Good value for the dollar, that's for sure.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Great game good scaling fun after the patches is getting only better and better worth buying”
“interesting weapon and summon upgrades. Shoot monsters, don't die. Pretty easy premise.”
“Amazing Bullet Hell game with interesting characters, weapons and synergies. The combat feels clean and fair while also allowing for progressive challenges that makes mastering each weapon and character unique. The…”
11 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a good game, it's just abandoned. Even with the promised "Blessings and Curses" update already playable as a beta, it really hasn't had an update for over a year and the developer is nowhere to be seen.”
“Uses the home screen as Ad Space. For their next game. After abandoning this one. Always a downvote for this practice.”
“Dev basically abandoned the game, no news on the update that was announced back in 2024 in favor of putting work into the much more lucrative mobile version, hasn't had an update since November 11th of 2023. INCOMPLETE,…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately, no. The game is poorly balanced and there are options (characters/weapons/skills) which are not even needed in the game at all. Not much of a challenge.. and the darkness levels are all about numbers -…”
“I really like this game and I have like 100+ hours on my phone but like I hate how much more content is on the free mobile version. Like surely it isn't that hard to port the data over to the one that I spent money one?…”
“Great game for about 5-10 hours. I honestly wouldnt recomend buying at full price, but with 50% off it is for sure worth it. Main issue with the game is complete lack of variability in builds. There are multiple…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] 5/10 [/h1] I guess its not a bad game but I feel like there are no different builds like in vampire survivers or brotato where there is ton of diversity in builds, here it feels like every run feels the same. Also…”
“Unfortunately, no. The game is poorly balanced and there are options (characters/weapons/skills) which are not even needed in the game at all. Not much of a challenge.. and the darkness levels are all about numbers -…”
“Didn't jive with me, personally. Too much of the same and not enough effort to seperate itself from similar games. 5/10”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] 5/10 [/h1] I guess its not a bad game but I feel like there are no different builds like in vampire survivers or brotato where there is ton of diversity in builds, here it feels like every run feels the same. Also…”
“It was pretty fun, but it got kinda boring after a while”
“Good game - very pleasing aesthetic. Replayability is somewhat limited given there is a somewhat reasonable 'formula' to solving more runs, BUT the combos are unique enough that it feels very satisfying to pull a build…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really like this game and I have like 100+ hours on my phone but like I hate how much more content is on the free mobile version. Like surely it isn't that hard to port the data over to the one that I spent money one?…”
“Really unique spin on the survivorlike genre with lots of characters and broken builds. It has sweet gameplay loop, nice graphics and okay sound design. Overall if you're a fan of Vampire Survivors, Brotato, Grind…”
“Good looking roguelite, grab it on a sale if you can, gameplay loop can get a little boring but its definitely a neat game”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“TLDR; Great game for its pricepoint especially if you're a fan of the Survivors-like genre. A few bugs stop some of the weapons and characters from being viable at high levels. 20 Minutes Till Dawn has been on my radar for a while. I wanted another Survivors-like, it was on…”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played“20 Minutes Till Dawn is a nice little bullet hell game that you can grab dirt cheap on sale. It is not doing anything groundbreaking but it is still very fun to play. There are a lot of characters and builds to choose from so each run can feel different. The game also has a good…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Normally, I don't write reviews to say a game is abandoned. But the way THIS game was abandoned is really bad. It still irks me, to be honest, because this game has a special place in my heart as one of the very first survivor-like games I played. Despite the next big update…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:57 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Blessings & Curses - Coming to Beta Branch Soon
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Survival · Rogue-lite · Shoot 'Em Up · Horror · Combat · Top-Down Shooter · Pixel Graphics · Lovecraftian · Casual · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Hungarian, Korean |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core+ Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB RAM Storage: 100 MB available space