Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like 20 Minutes Till Dawn (2026)
Every game below overlaps with 20 Minutes Till Dawn on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Vampire Survivors, which both fantasy, relaxing and difficult.
- 20 Minutes Till Dawn is tagged Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell, Survival, Rogue-lite, Shoot 'Em Up, Horror, Combat, Top-Down Shooter by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 6 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Vampire Survivors
Why it matched: both fantasy, relaxing and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2022).
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Vampire Survivors at a glance Released 2022 Studio poncle Player sentiment 98% positive of 265,103 Price $3.74 Action RoguelikeBullet HellPixel GraphicsRogue-liteCasualRPGControllerScore Attack
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Brotato
Why it matched: both survival, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell and Survival; released around the same time (2023).
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Brotato at a glance Released 2023 Studio Blobfish Player sentiment 96% positive of 118,244 Price $4.99 Action RoguelikeBullet HellSurvivalRogue-liteTop-Down ShooterCasualControllerRPG
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Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Why it matched: both survival, relaxing and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell and Rogue-lite; released around the same time (2026).
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Yet Another Zombie Survivors at a glance Released 2026 Studio Awesome Games Studio Player sentiment 91% positive of 14,837 Price $9.74 Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogue-liteTop-Down ShooterScore AttackControllerCasualSurvival
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both survival, horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Survival.
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyRPGSurvivalDark FantasyHorror
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Necrosmith
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Action Roguelike, Rogue-lite and Bullet Hell; released around the same time (2022).
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Necrosmith at a glance Released 2022 Studio Alawar Player sentiment 86% positive of 5,350 Price $2.99 Action RoguelikeRogue-liteBullet HellStrategyPixel GraphicsDark FantasyCombat
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Remnant: From the Ashes
Why it matched: both survival, horror, fantasy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including RPG, Shooter and Survival; released around the same time (2019).
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
Remnant: From the Ashes at a glance Released 2019 Studio Gunfire Games Player sentiment 84% positive of 57,316 Price $39.99 RPGShooterSurvivalLovecraftianDark FantasyHorror
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HoloCure - Save the Fans!
Why it matched: both fantasy, relaxing and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Pixel Graphics, Bullet Hell and Action Roguelike; released around the same time (2023).
Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.
HoloCure - Save the Fans! at a glance Released 2023 Studio KayAnimate Player sentiment 99% positive of 40,697 Price Free Pixel GraphicsBullet HellAction RoguelikeRogue-liteTop-Down ShooterCasualScore Attack
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FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy, relaxing and difficult; shares 4 player tags including Horror, Survival and Casual; released around the same time (2019).
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED at a glance Released 2019 Studio Steel Wool Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 13,118 Price $29.99 HorrorSurvivalCasualStrategy
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Ninja Kiwi Archive
Why it matched: both survival, fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Casual, Strategy and Top-Down Shooter; released around the same time (2020).
Enjoy some of the best loved Flash games of the past in this awesome time capsule of over 60 Ninja Kiwi classics. Experience a piece of history and play the original Flash games that spawned the worldwide phenomenon of Bloons TD.
Ninja Kiwi Archive at a glance Released 2020 Studio Ninja Kiwi Player sentiment 93% positive of 5,804 Price Free CasualStrategyTop-Down ShooterPixel GraphicsSurvival
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Knight Online
Why it matched: both survival, horror, fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Survival.
The Great Battle between Karus and El Morad has arrived to Steam! Pledge allegiance to one of the Nations and put your skills to the test in one of the best PvP system in the MMORPG universe!
Knight Online at a glance Released 2016 Studio Noah System Player sentiment 51% positive of 11,259 Price Free RPGStrategySurvivalCasualHorror
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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Why it matched: both horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Dark Fantasy; released around the same time (2020).
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Iratus: Lord of the Dead at a glance Released 2020 Studio Unfrozen Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,251 Price $2.99 RPGStrategyDark FantasyRogue-liteLovecraftian
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Darkest Dungeon
Why it matched: both horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Dark Fantasy, RPG and Lovecraftian.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Darkest Dungeon at a glance Released 2016 Studio Red Hook Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 161,942 Price $3.74 Dark FantasyRPGLovecraftianStrategyRogue-liteHorror
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Stoneshard
Why it matched: both survival, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2020).
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Stoneshard at a glance Released 2020 Studio Ink Stains Games Player sentiment 75% positive of 35,515 Price $24.99 RPGStrategyPixel GraphicsSurvivalDark Fantasy
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PixARK
Why it matched: both survival, fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Survival, RPG and Pixel Graphics; released around the same time (2019).
Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!
PixARK at a glance Released 2019 Studio Snail Games USA Player sentiment 72% positive of 13,440 Price $4.99 SurvivalRPGPixel GraphicsCasualStrategy
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Horror, Survival and Combat; released around the same time (2022).
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Bendy and the Dark Revival at a glance Released 2022 Studio Joey Drew Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 16,194 Price $5.99 HorrorSurvivalCombatStrategyCasual
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Kingdom: Classic
Why it matched: both survival, fantasy, strategy and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Pixel Graphics.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Kingdom: Classic at a glance Released 2015 Studio Noio Player sentiment 91% positive of 22,707 Price Free StrategyRPGPixel GraphicsSurvivalCasual
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Why it matched: both survival, horror, fantasy, strategy and difficult; shares 4 player tags including Horror, Shooter and Survival.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
SCP: Secret Laboratory at a glance Released 2017 Studio Northwood Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 234,020 Price Free HorrorShooterSurvivalStrategy
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Slay the Spire
Why it matched: both fantasy, strategy, relaxing and difficult; shares 4 player tags including Strategy, Rogue-lite and RPG; released around the same time (2019).
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Slay the Spire at a glance Released 2019 Studio Mega Crit Player sentiment 97% positive of 217,947 Price $24.99 StrategyRogue-liteRPGCasual
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Himno
Why it matched: both fantasy, relaxing and difficult; shares 6 player tags including Pixel Graphics, RPG and Action Roguelike; released around the same time (2019).
Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.
Himno at a glance Released 2019 Studio David Moralejo Sánchez Player sentiment 91% positive of 5,820 Price Free Pixel GraphicsRPGAction RoguelikeBullet HellRogue-liteCasual
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Chinese Parents
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Casual, RPG and Strategy.
In this casual sim set in China, you step into the shoes of an average kid from birth towards the end of your high school. Study hard, have fun, make friends and face your ultimate challenge, the “Gaokao”. What will your life be after that? And when you have a child, will you be a Tiger Parent?
Chinese Parents at a glance Released 2018 Studio 墨鱼玩游戏 Player sentiment 91% positive of 27,000 Price $9.99 CasualRPGStrategyHorrorSurvival
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Hatred
Why it matched: both survival, horror, fantasy and difficult; shares 5 player tags including Shooter, Horror and Top-Down Shooter.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Hatred at a glance Released 2015 Studio Destructive Creations Player sentiment 84% positive of 29,694 Price $1.49 ShooterHorrorTop-Down ShooterSurvivalDark Fantasy
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Notes of Soul
Why it matched: both survival, horror, strategy and relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Horror, RPG and Strategy; released around the same time (2019).
The gleaning club is an immersive game experience hall, where you can participate in the script arranged according to the story by role playing. Or learn folk knowledge and taste strange culture, or realize the sad but warm past of the protagonist of the story.
Notes of Soul at a glance Released 2019 Studio （Hong Kong）GKD Game Studio Player sentiment 73% positive of 16,709 Price $29.99 HorrorRPGStrategyCasual
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Soulstone Survivors
Why it matched: both fantasy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell and Rogue-lite; released around the same time (2025).
Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.
Soulstone Survivors at a glance Released 2025 Studio Game Smithing Limited Player sentiment 91% positive of 26,760 Price $14.99 Action RoguelikeBullet HellRogue-liteScore AttackControllerRPGDark Fantasy
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Curious Expedition 2
Why it matched: both survival, horror and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Rogue-lite and RPG; released around the same time (2021).
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Curious Expedition 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio Maschinen-Mensch Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,143 Price $4.99 SurvivalRogue-liteRPGStrategyLovecraftian
Common questions
What game is most like 20 Minutes Till Dawn?
Vampire Survivors, on the evidence we have. It both fantasy, relaxing and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to 20 Minutes Till Dawn" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with 20 Minutes Till Dawn. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.