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20 Minutes Till Dawn cover art

20 Minutes Till Dawn

flanne · 2023-06-08

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 05, 2022 (Android), Sep 08, 2022 (iOS), Dec 21, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2022 (Mac)

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?

20 Minutes Till Dawn is an Action Adventure Casual Indie game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 29,141 reviews).

63
playing now
90%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
46
Nexus mods (34k downloads)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 50% recommend · from 6 critics
25h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

63 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

20 Minutes Till Dawn is a 2022 roguelike game created by the independent developer flanne. The player controls a character who fights against continuous waves of monsters, with the goal being to survive the onslaught until dawn. During each round a player earns gems, with which they are able to unlock additional characters, weapons, and runes for subsequent sessions. The gameplay of 20 Minutes Till Dawn is inspired by Vampire Survivors, with the main difference being that the characters in 20 Minutes Till Dawn do not attack or recharge their weapons automatically.

Trailer

20 Minutes Till Dawn trailer thumbnail

20 Minutes Till Dawn - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 63 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 925 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~116/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,519 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 583k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,141 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-02-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.0k7.0k20222026Week of 2022-06-01: 6,977 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 542 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,461 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,718 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,978 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,830 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

110442026-09-15 12:00 — 109 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 92 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 72 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 100 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 100 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 73 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 73 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 98 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 65 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 72 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 83 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 44 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 56 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 90 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 65 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 99 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 66 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 68 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 83 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 79 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 68 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 63 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.0k79Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 5,973 · peak 12,680Aug 2022 — avg 1,905 · peak 3,826Oct 2022 — avg 1,072 · peak 2,425Dec 2022 — avg 741 · peak 1,926Feb 2023 — avg 420 · peak 662Apr 2023 — avg 362 · peak 749Jun 2023 — avg 1,059 · peak 3,190Aug 2023 — avg 468 · peak 819Oct 2023 — avg 411 · peak 1,164Dec 2023 — avg 372 · peak 669Feb 2024 — avg 238 · peak 410Apr 2024 — avg 217 · peak 356Jun 2024 — avg 192 · peak 352Aug 2024 — avg 185 · peak 343Oct 2024 — avg 189 · peak 899Dec 2024 — avg 184 · peak 318Feb 2025 — avg 153 · peak 246Apr 2025 — avg 143 · peak 260Jun 2025 — avg 153 · peak 378Aug 2025 — avg 128 · peak 214Oct 2025 — avg 113 · peak 187Dec 2025 — avg 117 · peak 191Feb 2026 — avg 157 · peak 560Apr 2026 — avg 127 · peak 273Jun 2026 — avg 114 · peak 204Aug 2026 — avg 79 · peak 129
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002022-06-082026-08-012022-06-08 — best price $2.992022-10-29 — best price $4.992023-01-16 — best price $4.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-08-21 — best price $4.992023-11-06 — best price $3.242023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-03 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.242024-05-20 — best price $4.992024-07-29 — best price $2.992024-09-16 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-08-11 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-15 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-04-16 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-01 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

58132026-05-29 — 30 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-10 — 23 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 58 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 27 pageviews2026-07-28 — 40 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 36 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 21 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 30 pageviews2026-09-18 — 37 pageviews2026-09-22 — 22 pageviews2026-09-26 — 38 pageviews2026-09-30 — 37 pageviews2026-10-04 — 31 pageviews2026-10-07 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
73.3%
earned "Sunrise"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,5359%34
Switch (Nintendo)690%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGActionCasualCombatHorrorStrategySurvivalRogue-liteBullet HellLovecraftian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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