Games

Vampire Survivors

Poncle

2022•RPG•PEGI 12•About 28 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasymonster/alien/supernaturalfastfresh & originalunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, very fast RPG, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

398 ratings

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About This Game

Mow 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.

Summary: IGDB

Story

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...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyMonster/alien/supernaturalAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Keywords

Increasing difficultyRogueliteBullet heavenDanmakuPick-three

Where to play

Details

Developer: Poncle
Publisher: Poncle
Released: 1 February 2022
Series: Vampire Survivors
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 15h rushed, 28h normally, 55h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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