Vampire Survivors (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.9.103 Update + 3 DLCs

Vampire Survivors is a 2022 roguelike shoot ’em-up video game developed and published by Luca Galante, also known as Poncle. Following an early access period from December 2021, it was released for macOS, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS in late 2022. A port for Nintendo Switch was released on August 17, 2023.

The player controls an automatically attacking character while fighting against continuous waves of monsters, with the goal being to survive the onslaught for as long as possible and unlock additional characters, weapons, and relics for subsequent sessions. Despite the game’s name and key art, none of the monsters encountered are vampires.

Vampire Survivors received accolades at the Golden Joystick Awards, New York Game Awards, and D.I.C.E. Awards. The game was nominated in five categories at the British Academy Games Awards, of which it won two: Game Design and Best Game. Offers a minimalist time survival experience infused with roguelite aspects. Combat hordes of nocturnal creatures, and endure until dawn!

Vampire Survivors, a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite traits, empowers swift progression through strategic choices against an onslaught of creatures. Hell’s void, demons emerge; no escape. Endure until death halts your strife. Collect gold per run for upgrades, aiding successors. An indie supernatural marvel, embody the bullet hell! Entirety playable 1-4 player couch co-op.

GAMEPLAY AND PLOT

The player selects one of multiple characters with different starting weapons and bonuses and controls them on an endless stage with 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 when they come in contact with the player. Defeating monsters and exploring the stage allows the player 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 provides the player the choice of three or four weapons and passive power-ups; once the player has collected six weapons and six power-ups and upgraded them all fully, any further levels they gain offer only gold coins or floor chicken. Another way to upgrade weapons and power-ups is to open chests, which are dropped by particularly powerful monsters and may contain one, three, or five random items. Most weapons have an ultimate form that can be attained by opening a chest after fully upgrading them and meeting other specific conditions.

Sessions of Vampire Survivors have a soft time limit of 15, 20, or 30 minutes, depending on the stage chosen. At the time limit, the stage is cleared of all enemies and a final, tremendously strong enemy named The Reaper will spawn. One additional Reaper will appear every consecutive minute thereafter to ensure the player’s eventual demise. A session that reaches 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 new characters and persistent power-ups.  Additionally, by completing challenges, the player can also unlock new stages, weapons, and characters, as well as additional game modifiers, such as an endless mode that removes the soft time limit, a hyper mode that raises player and enemy speed, and a limit break mode that allows players to continue to improve weapon attributes even after fully leveling them.

Additionally, players can gain golden eggs by killing certain enemies or buying them from an in-game vendor, which applies permanent attribute improvements to their currently selected character. Vampire Survivors is nominally set in rural Italy in 2021.

Hordes of monsters summoned by the evil Bisconte Draculó ravage the land, and the Belpaese family and other heroic survivors 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.

INITIAL POINTERS

• Secure gems and items at leisure; they endure.
• Initiate with two or three attack tools, sequentially boost one.
• Favor Armor and Luck early for power-ups.
• Freely swap, and experiment with upgrades.