Vampire Survivors

An auto-attacking bullet-heaven of escalating hordes and absurd builds.

Released PC Android iOS Nintendo Xbox Action RPG

20 Oct 2022 · Free to play

About Vampire Survivors

Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements. Hell is empty, the devils are here, and there's no place to run or hide. All you can do is survive as long as you can until death inevitably puts an end to your struggles. Gather gold in each run to buy upgrades and help the next survivor. The supernatural indie phenomenon that lets you be the bullet hell! Now with local co-op for up to 4 players! • Supports mouse, keyboard, controller, and touch screen. Starting Tips • Take your time to grab gems and items, they won't disappear. • Get two or three offensive weapons at first, but focus on leveling them up one at a time. • Armour and Luck are good starting power-ups to spend money on. • Refund power-ups often, it's free, and try new upgrade paths. v0.1.0 release date: - itch: Mar 31, 2021 - Steam: Dec 17, 2021

• Auto-attacking weapon system
• Character and weapon evolution combos
• Co-op multiplayer
• Stage and adventure modes
• Endless replay value
• Steam Achievements
• Full controller support
• Steam Trading Cards
• Steam Cloud
• Remote Play Together
• Family Sharing

Storyline

Vampire Survivors is nominally set in rural Italy in 2021. Hordes of monsters summoned by the evil Bisconte Draculó (a villain inspired by Count Dracula) ravage the land, prompting the Belpaese family and other heroic survivors to take it upon themselves to hunt down and defeat Draculó. This quest takes them through monster-infested locales such as a cursed forest, a haunted library, an abandoned dairy plant, an ominous tower, and an otherworldly chapel, culminating in a battle against an Eldritch otherworldly being referred to as "The Directer". Despite the game's title, the characters do not fight any vampires in the story.

Gameplay

The player selects one of multiple characters, each with different starting weapons and bonuses, and control them on an endless stage featuring an auto-generated, repeating layout. The player's weapons attack automatically, and the goal is to survive as long as possible against constant waves of monsters that inflict damage upon contact. Defeating monsters and exploring the stage allows to collect experience gems, which are used to level up; "floor chicken", which restores the player's health; and other helpful items. Each level increase gives the choice of three or four weapons and power-ups named "passives". Once players have collected six weapons and six power-ups and upgraded them fully, any further levels gained will offer only gold coins or floor chicken. Another way to upgrade weapons and passives is by opening chests, which are dropped by particularly powerful monsters and may contain one, three, or five random items. Most weapons have an ultimate (or "evolved") form that can be attained by opening a chest after fully upgrading them and meeting other specific conditions, typically having a specific passive or that passive at max level. Sessions of Vampire Survivors have a soft time limit of 15, 20, or 30 minutes, depending on the selected stage. When the time limit is reached, all enemies are cleared from the stage, and a final powerful enemy named The Reaper spawns. One additional Reaper will appear every consecutive minute thereafter to ensure the player's eventual demise. A session that meets or exceeds the stage's time limit is considered a successful completion and rewards bonus gold coins. Between sessions, accumulated gold coins can be spent to unlock characters and persistent power-ups. Additionally, by completing challenges, players can unlock stages, weapons, and characters, as well as various game modifiers, such as an endless mode that removes the soft time limit, a hyper mode that increases player and enemy speed, and a limit break mode that allows players to continue enhancing weapon attributes after fully leveling them. The player can obtain golden eggs by defeating certain enemies or purchasing them from an in-game vendor, which provide…