Hand-drawn world
Every hero, monster and totem is drawn by hand — a cartoon world with a dark heart.
The World of 21 Heroes
What is 21 Heroes?
A hand-drawn, top-down co-op survival game. The world is gone. Twenty-one heroes remain — and the only way out is through the night.
The World
When the dark came, it took everything
Towns, kingdoms, the whole map — swallowed. What crawled out of the shadow didn't negotiate. By the time the survivors found each other, there were only twenty-one of them.
Now they camp in the last patch of light they can hold, in a ruined green country at the edge of the world, and they wait for the things in the dark to come for the fire.
Survive the Waves
Every night, the horde returns
Combat is fast, top-down and physical. Swing steel, loose arrows, sling ice and fire, and read the field — because getting flanked in the dark is how heroes become numbers.
Waves escalate without mercy. The deeper you go, the stranger and meaner the monsters get. How long can twenty-one hold a line meant for an army?
Craft & Build
Turn a campfire into a fortress
Between waves, the work begins. Salvage the battlefield, craft sharper weapons at the workbench, and patch yourself up before the dark comes back for seconds.
Raise totems to ward the camp, channel power and buy the seconds that keep your friends alive. A good build is the difference between night 5 and night 50.
Mysterious Traders
Not everything in the dark wants you dead
Sometimes a hooded figure waits where the firelight ends — a mysterious trader with glowing eyes and a deal you probably shouldn't refuse.
Trade salvage for power, gamble on the unknown, and learn that survival has a price. The traders always collect, one way or another.
The Titans
Then something enormous wakes up
Just when the camp feels safe, the ground starts to shake. Titans — monstrous bosses the size of siege towers — come crashing through everything you built.
This is how the world was lost the first time. Stand together, time your strikes, and maybe, just maybe, twenty-one is enough.
At a glance
Built around four ideas
Co-op first
Designed to be played with friends. The 21 are stronger as one.
Run-to-run variety
Crafting, traders and escalating waves keep every last stand different.
Rising tension
Calm builds, brutal nights, and Titans that turn the whole field upside down.
Step into the last patch of light
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