Dasher the reindeer has discovered a facet gig in 20 Minutes Till Dawn, a neat survive ’em up that is like Vampire Survivors however with weapons you need to goal. She’s been added as a human girl in a festive coat who intermittently turns into an invulnerable deer that may cost in regards to the display screen, plunging into enemies that will usually kill you in a heartbeat. She could be somewhat overpowered, however hey, it is Christmas.
Playing as Dasher truly helps you to lean right into a extra Vampires Survivors-like playstyle, as a result of deer injury is tied to summon injury. That makes her suited in the direction of upgrades that offer you extra summons, as a result of different upgrades allow you to improve your whole minions’ injury and skills. On my run simply now I wound up with a really slow-reloading shotgun and a really damaging armada that included spinning dying scythes, a ghost, a magic mirror and a further deer.
Deer rampages happen everytime you kill 25 enemies, so in the direction of the tip of a run when your entire display screen is consistently drenched in ghouls you solely need to spend a couple of seconds at a time in susceptible human type. Maybe get in whereas the dashing’s sizzling, as a result of I sense a post-Christmas nerf could be on the best way.
The replace additionally provides some new summons and reworks some outdated ones, with new spears and extra highly effective ghosts and scythes. Full patch notes are here.
20 Minutes Till Dawn is not as vibrant or various as Vampire Survivors, however it captures lots of the identical attraction. If you are Alice O, meaning filling your display screen with sufficient bullets, lightning blasts and firewaves to tank your framerate.
It’s at present 25% off on Steam, which suggests you possibly can seize it for a mere £4/$4/€4.