10 Minutes Till Dawn

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Rating: 5.00 (Votes: 3)

ℹ️ About 10 Minutes Till Dawn

The 10 Minutes Till Dawn game is a tense, minimalist, top-down roguelite survival game. You play as a character with a unique weapon, and you must survive for exactly 10 minutes against an endless, overwhelming horde of Lovecraftian monsters. The key is to choose from a random selection of upgrades each time you level up, creating a powerful ‘build’ on the fly.

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⚙️ Details

🎮 How to play 10 Minutes Till Dawn

In 10 Minutes Till Dawn, you control your character with the keyboard (WASD) and aim your weapon with the mouse. Your weapon fires automatically. Your only job is to move, aim, and survive. As you defeat monsters, they drop experience gems. Collecting these fills your XP bar. When you level up, the game pauses, and you are offered a choice of 3-4 random upgrades. These upgrades are your key to survival. They might increase your bullet damage, make your bullets pierce enemies, give you a ‘holy’ aura that damages enemies, or make your bullets ‘summon’ a spirit. You must stack these upgrades to create synergies. The game gets progressively harder, with more and more monsters spawning. Your only goal is to survive until the 10-minute timer hits zero.

💡 Tips and Tricks for 10 Minutes Till Dawn

Your ‘build’ is everything. Do not pick upgrades randomly. Try to ‘specialize’. If you get an upgrade for ‘Fire’, try to pick other ‘Fire’ upgrades (like ‘Ignite’ or ‘Fireball’) to create a powerful synergy. Movement is defense. Never stop moving. You must ‘kite’ the horde, leading them around the map in a large circle to avoid being surrounded. Prioritize collecting the blue XP gems. It is easy to kill monsters but forget to pick up the XP. You must level up to stay ahead of the difficulty curve. Do not be afraid to run through a thin part of the horde to get to a large pile of gems.

Summoning builds (like the ghost or the magic dagger) are very strong for beginners as they attack automatically.
‘Bullet’ builds (piercing, bounce, extra bullets) are also powerful but require better aiming.
Choose upgrades that complement your starting character and weapon.

🕹️ Controls for 10 Minutes Till Dawn

The controls for 10 Minutes Till Dawn unblocked are streamlined for survival, focusing on movement and aiming.

WASD: Move Character
Mouse: Aim Weapon
Left Mouse Click: Fire (in some modes, but often auto-fires)
Right Mouse Click: Reload (for some weapons)

The constant, chaotic action is thrilling. The focus on survival and upgrades in 10 Minutes Till Dawn is a fun contrast to the 1v1 duels of a game like Bearsus.

Editor's Review

Pros

Extremely addictive
Deep upgrade system
Tons of replayability
'One more run' feeling
Tense and challenging

Cons

Graphics are very simple
Can be very difficult
Some builds are much better than others
Can be overwhelming for new players

Our Score

9.5 / 10

❓ FAQ

Is 10 Minutes Till Dawn the same as ‘Vampire Survivors’?

10 Minutes Till Dawn (which is the demo/precursor to the full game ’20 Minutes Till Dawn’) is heavily inspired by the mega-hit ‘Vampire Survivors’. They share the same core genre: top-down, auto-attacking, roguelite survival against hordes. ‘Dawn’ games, however, typically include manual aiming with the mouse, which adds a layer of skill, whereas ‘Vampire Survivors’ is often purely auto-attack.

What happens at the 10-minute mark?

If you successfully survive for 10 minutes, you win! The game will end, and you will be shown your victory screen and a summary of the upgrades you collected. In some harder modes, a powerful boss might spawn at the 10-minute mark, and you must defeat it to truly win.