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Survivors of the Dawn
A roguelite horde-survival bullet heaven with QUINTILLIONS of bullets over QUINTILLIONS of hordes. Mix weapons with items, modify, control chaos at terminals and break through tightening waves.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This game has so much potential, but it needs some polishing to get rid of the bugs. I loved this game to begin with, but as you progress and become more powerful it becomes impossible to progress. With powerful weapons the game play stutters so much that it is unplayable. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Great example of the genre. But, I found it pretty simple to complete in one sitting (6?hours) with 83% achievements in that run. That's all characters unlocked and all three maps on Brutal completed. It was a load of fun and for a few quid I'm certainly happy with the game…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Okay, here is the thing, its fun, and I want to love it so much, but nothing works. I was picking abilities, and it was giving me different than what I picked. The missions that pop up every wave are actually not able to do most of the time. It will say something like get 5 of…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:20 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
🚀Bullet Heaven Festival Update & Current Status!
Survivors of the Dawn is joining the Bullet Heaven Festival ! Thanks to this event, we’ll be able to showcase our new update, sharing development progress, and talking about the future of the game. We
Survivors of the Dawn is 1 Year Old! 🎉🎂🥳
Howdy partner! 🤠 This time we’re back for a BIG appreciation post for every single one of you who’s been with us since day one and for the support and interest you have shown throughout our first year
V0.550 - Patch Notes
A storm is coming Survivors, and those who prepare will thrive. Guess who's back with another patch of some little to big changes & bugs? CHANGES Texture compression methods improved. Build size reduc
Patch Notes - V.05448
Howdy y'all! 🤠 Another patch of changes is here! Random Crashes We finally fixed it! Plus, a good amount of precautions have been taken to prevent them, we hope not to have the same problems anymore!
Patch Notes V0.5447
Howdy y'all! 🤠 Back with another patch of changes. As the community-driven game in its nature, you asked for some more Setting Options, so we delivered them. Known Issues: Random crashes; we are curre
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, RPG, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Rogue-lite · Shooter · Dungeon Crawler · Space · Sci-fi · Rogue-like · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 84 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://indiegiantgames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290 Storage: 5 GB available space