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They Don't Sleep
Eat, sleep, and shoot zombies in this survival simulator with roguelite elements. Battle to survive until you die and do it all over again. Level up your skills and keep your child alive as you fight to escape your wintry hell.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“Honestly, at a first glance I would never thought I'll enjoy a game like this. I'm not a huge zombie person or into roguelite games, but jeez this game was really a hidden gem. The gameplay loop is insanely fun, love the art style, and all the mechanics felt nice. I would…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Simple yet fun and efficient ! Absolutely worth its price, had a blast and hope you'll make more games. :)”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A single mom who works two jobs Who loves her kids and never stops With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter I'm a survivor !!!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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Latest official news
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Version 1.1.2: Minor patch with a couple of bug fixes
Pushing a quick patch today which fixes some achievement issues and another minor bug. Fixed bugs preventing the "Win Harder" and "All But Impossible" achievements from popping sometimes, primarily in
Minor Update 1.1.1
Quick update to fix a bug where the new Twenty-Eight achievement was not unlocking correctly. It should now be possible to 100% the achievements. Sorry for the inconvenience to anyone who was achievem
They Don't Sleep Major Update: Version 1.1 Is Here With Difficulty Mods & More!
It's finally done! I've been working on a major update for They Don't Sleep for the past month since launch, and I'm happy to announce that it should now be available as a patch via Steam's automatic
They Don't Sleep Update 3 (v1.01)
Update 3 is a minor patch bringing us to version 1.01. This patch consists primarily of bug fixes and minor user experience improvements. It also lays the groundwork for the first major gameplay updat
Roadmap: Upcoming development for They Don't Sleep
Hi everyone! This is Christian from Missing Middle Games. I'm the developer behind They Don't Sleep. After yesterday's launch, I've finally had a chance this morning to sit down and take a deep breath
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Simulation |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Pixel Graphics · Life Sim · Survival · 2D · Zombies · Rogue-lite · Time Management · Resource Management · Simulation · Top-Down · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Official site | https://www.theydontsleep.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Processor: Dual-core processor, 3GHz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2gb Video card with OpenGL 3.3 support DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 203 MB available space