Why Vampire Survivors Is So Awesome 

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Part of what I like about this game is, counterintuitively, its short shelf life. I was sucked in, binged for a month, unlocked everything, then stopped playing. It gave me the content and didn't string me along for longer than necessary.

1:40 you are not a vampire, the people you play as are the survivors, the vampire survivors

a couple notes: you can kill death (it requires a specific strategy) there are many secret levels and characters you can break time and space

when my friend described this to me I did indeed think it sounded mega lame... but then he passed the controller to me and I couldn't stop playing. The strategy aspect of it is so engaging and fun!

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No microtransactions! The game isn't trying to extort money from you, it's actually a GAME that you PLAY. There's no demands like having to check in at certain during your work day, or expectations from other players making it a chore. It's self-contained, it's not a skinner box, and when you buy it you OWN it. Absolutely bonkers.

Pro tip: Press the escape key to skip the chest animations

Son and I just started playing, brings me back to growing up during the NES era of my child hood swapping back and forth between players trying to see how far we each can go ❤

The Arcana mechanic also DRASTICALLY changes the effieciency of your runs. My current fave is the one that sucks all stage items, xp, coins, and chests in a circle around your character every two minutes

I’ve been playing it non stop since it dropped on Xbox gamepass. And all I can say is just get it. It’s unbelievably good. The first time you beat a stage is a great feeling. Such a great wee game.

I paid $1.87 for this on a Steam sale. One of the gaming deals I ever got. Absolutely addictive!!

This game by one person has created an entire genre of similar games. That is impressive.

40 hours in and everything completed and yet I'm disappointed there isn't more. For the pittance I paid it's insane. It feels like the best flash game that my younger self would've dedicated their life to.

The devs nailed the game loop and went all in on it.

I love that this game has a hidden abusable but fair mechanics. For example, you can actually stack more than 6 passive items and still evolve your weapon to ultimate if the map has a dropped item and stack it smart.

It’s on Game Pass so I just downloaded it to try it this weekend/next week as I’m off from work :) hopefully it’s dope!

I've never played a game so instantly addicting, and I've been playing quite a few games over the past 3 decades. I played this for 4 hours straight when first trying it, and the 4 more hours tonight when I finally beat the first level.

Imagine my glee when I checked Game Pass a few days after this video and found this game there

I was looking at games to buy on steam and looked this up to see what is was like. This video was really well made and made me get it.👍

i haven’t played vampire survivors, however one of my teachers had us play some weird trivia government game with the exact same gameplay loop lol: move around, answer questions to get upgrades, kill hordes of enemies. what a cool teacher

Bro the hearing and seeing the game after playing it for too long is real. My gf was in class all day so i just sat around and played it for like 8 hours or so and once i got off to call her i kept hearing the gem collect noise

Correction, the church (Cappella Magna) is not the final stage. There's a literal end boss and end credits. It's in the map called Eudaimonia Machine. You have to visit it three times to unlock the boss fight, and it will disappear after visiting it the first two times, causing you to have to unlock the same map 3 separate times. Afterwards, you'll get the final character and best weapon in the game, Queen Sigma and the Victory Sword.

"Don't get hit by this guy, or this other guy, or any of these guys" Divano with the Divine Blood Line arcana "Am I a joke to you?"

Old man with garlic and white Todo are my fave characters. Also dead corpse that throws mine carts are awesome.

I just heard of this game. I am at work with my potatoe computer laptop and nothing to do sense its easter. This game is my easter present to my self. Great content!

Probably one of the most addicting games ever made. The scaling is also very well done!

I will admit this game didn’t hook me till the 3rd or 4th time, then I was hooked after a certain point you feel God-like and it sooooo satisfying

Just downloaded it on Xbox Gamepass and amazed how simple yet how much fun it actually is after being confused watching gameplay randomly else where. Going to buy this one.

Great video, I'd love to see you cover Lone Tower (Android) sometime. Has a lot of same ideas but is like a tower defense game.

This needs to be on all platforms

This looks like "Evil Lord 30's gameplay" from "Half Minute Hero", but dude is a summoner and you got half minute of time. He also is a Vampire with umbrella-bat.

This game was a sneak attack addiction, and you ain't lying about seeing blue gems when you close your eyes lol.

I just started playing a few days ago. King Bible Chainsaw Wheel...I love this game so much.

I had heard of this game and wanted to try it but it was not available on the Switch, but very recently I found a clone on the Switch called Void Scrappers, and it is super addictive for sure, I love it!

Started playing this on Game Pass a few days ago and I can't put it down . Some of my favorite games have been made by one person. wrestling empire comes to mind

Paid 5 BRL (almost a dollar) for this game and it gave 100+ hours of pleasure, totally worth it

Awesome video! Loved Vampire Survivors, still have to try a few of the new characters hehe

I would love if you reviewed (or rather, just played it) EDF (Earth defence force) games. I honestly feel like you would enjoy it very much. It was a pleasant surprise for me. I wont spoil much, but its L4D but giant bugs. You can play whatever game as they dont follow a story. 4.1 is considered the best, but its honestly tied with 5. 6 just came out so idk about that

I slept on this for a long time and now I am hooked!!!

Remind me of those Roblox zombie games where you just shoot shoot and buy or upgrade your weapons and continue shooting. No wonder why I was addicted to them.

I just started this game and realized that I've been playing for the past 6 hours straight lol

I like it because it has CHEST, COINS and you always unlock stuff, new characters, buff your characters. Every run it's unique because the power ups are random. I found my self playing a character I don't like, with powers I don't care, BUT... It was FUN. I obtain a ton of coins, dance and repeat. The music is also good. THIS GAME and KINGDOM TWO CROWNS, I like it.

Dude i love this game so much there is an absurd lack of people talking about how fucking good it is and how easy it is to lose tens of hours to

I am happy that it is on Xbox. I just woke up at 8 AM and just stopped. It is now 3:30 AM. I acquired 102 of 140 achievements and became so happy once I killed my first Reaper. I am thankful that I am not epileptic.

7:58 This is the true dopamine right here!

I would've expect to pay $10-15 for this with all the value it brings, but I grabbed it for less than $2 on a steam sale.

I'm so happy to see a little Italian game having this kind of success

It also just dropped on gamepass so that's neat

Weirdest thing about this game is that it has Dracula on both the name and the art but you never get to see him or fight him. Very fun game regardless 10/10 recommended.

Before watching this video, I felt how you felt whenever I saw Vampire Survivors. After watching this video, I tried the game out. It's as fun as you made it out to be.

If you have gamepass on Xbox, it's $1.79 on Jan 5, 2023. I just dl it from GP and love it! Will buy for sure! This game is so addictive!

100% weren't kidding and now...I'm hooked.

This game is Amazing! It reminds me of an old game called "I Made a Game wth Zombies in it" that sold for $1. It was also made by one guy. So epic!... The in game music was amazing as well and even had lyrics explaining the game and how you could buy it for only one dollar. 😂

Being an italian makes it even better as there are a lot of references to italian culture like the molise which is a giant inside joke where the molise doesn't actually exist

I'm scared that the art style might make me naseous because just how much is going on but my interest is peaked.

Interesting. Similarly, upgrade paths are a key to incremental games as well.

I bought this game months ago because I saw people playing it but never actually touched it until a couple of weeks ago - I have no idea what I was waiting for but I'm so glad I finally played it. It is pure fun distilled. To anyone that liked it and want something else to play afterwards go pick up Loop Hero.

You got me at "I officially have no life now". I was like, I want what he's smoking. I bought the game right now coz its on sale. :D Thanks, 10/10 video. Auto sub. Keep up the awesome content. You're awesome.

I haven't played this, but I have played a mobile game called Magic Survival, which I have heard was part of the inspiration for this game. It's got a very similar kind of gameplay, and it's free, so if anyone is unsure whether they would enjoy this or not, you can give that game a go, and if it's your style, then Vampire Survivors seems to be more of the same but better.

20 minutes til dawn is also similar and a RU-vidr recommended it and it's good

Oh my god! Thanks for introducing this game ! One of my favorite game on mobile is called "Survivor IO" and its really similar to this game except of course with microtransaction! I didn't knew something similar to it exist on PC and i can only just buy to play without an microtransaction and more features!

How do you enter a trance after playing a game for 7 hours? Once I played darkest Dungeon for 12 hours and after that night I completed the Full five hour long tutorial of assasins Creed 3, I only sleept after wearing the assasin robes

Incredibly addicting and super fun. I have never felt this powerful since I played Prototype back in the day. In the beginning, it can feel a bit stale but man after you get the power-ups and try to experiment with different stages and builds, it becomes really fun and hard to put down. At Times I thought I had broken the game 😄 Great music, an addicting gameplay loop, and a must-play on gamepass right now.

Just realized I’ve playing a mobile ripoff (Survivorio) of this game for like a week straight. Definitely going to buy this game, I’ve seen some comments mentioning there is only about 40 hours of playtime to 100% it, but for a couple bucks that doesn’t seem bad at all. Still going to play the mobile ripoff because I’m competing with friends, but I’ll keep this in my conscience lol

I’ve been so addicted to this game all month lmao it’s all I’ve played

i started this game a couple days ago. my life hasn’t been the same ever since send help

Yes I'd like to see this land to inspect for covenant infiltrators

If you have Xbox game pass this is definitely worth a play

This has been my video game crack since February 2022... soooo gooood!!

This looks like games with the aircraft to avoid and kill enemy aircrafts but multiplied massively And found one inspiration of this game mobile

I love it, it's my favorite modern game, but you should check out rogue genesia. it's a different take on the same concept but it is super pretty.

i played vampire survivors for a few months back in summer with my roommate, i stopped playing like 2 months ago, but that whole summer, holy shit we were up all night, discovering upgrades, evolutions, characters, achievements, creating best possible builds and we were laughing our asses off outside of the game but still playing it, it was so fun i would like to relive those moments again, vampire survivors is THE game, probably the most fun game i played this year besides sekiro, but way more addicting than sekiro, i recommend

Hey guys, have you played Soulstone Survivors? It's my favorite game in this genre so far

Reminds me of when i played magic survival, it feels very similar.

Garlic is the best but I think the extra projectile guy with garlic is the most op or the bonus area guy

I got paid and picked up two games I had on my radar. Avernum: E.F.T.P and Vampire Survivors. I played Avernum for two days before remembering I had Vampiee Survivors as well. I haven't played Avernum since. I need to get back to it but... just one more run

Sometimes my partner gets gamepass ultimate, but still uses my xbox profile to buy it, which means my laptop gets gamepass and online multiplayer with said games (it lets her and I play gamepass game multiplayer with only one xbox and one subscription lol). This is how I downloaded Vampire Survivors. At first, I thought, this is dumb, this whip attack does nothing. But ever second I spent with the game had me finding more and more strategy, dopamine, and depth. Suddenly I started to realize there are layers well beyond what I ever imagine would be in a game a step below a clicker-game lol. Seriously, play this game, you will/wont regret it all at the same time lmao. I now own it on Steam because when gamepass shut off I had withdrawal lol

This seems like something that belongs more on mobile than pc.

Get some vacation, let your friends and family know you will be away, stock up on supplies, get the game and have some of the best times of your life

I have DangerouslyFunny to thank for introducing me to this drug of a game. It’s been 300+ hours of gameplay, I both hate and love him for it.

Due to work and family,i barely have enough time to casually play 1 video game at a time. Thats GoW Ragnarok at the moment but after watching your review and buying it,i am sucked into the void..its blue...shiny...

You should unlock the secret characters and queen sigma

Having just found and watched this video, I'm kinda curious to hear your thoughts on a clone of the game, HoloCure (a Hololive Company Fan-Game)?! I ended up picking it up before Vampire Survivors, and while both are great, I find HoloCure to be more engaging overall.

Vampire survivors is truly a remarkable game, especially with twitch integrated games. It become very chaotic when people fight for what weapon to pick next. I even got the dlc for it. Also, this is out now on mobile, for free.

This game should be illegal. I just started playing a few days ago waiting for Starfield and I can't stop playing. I love this game and everyone should try it. You think it's simple but the layers upon layers of gameplay is what hit home for me. Great video and thank you!

This game is so damn good. So simple yet enough depth. Not even a ton of grind. Just good ol fashion fun. 8/10 💪🏼

oooh so its just like that one blooket gamemode I love? I might have to get it then...

I've been playing this non stop since it was put on gamepass. Also of note is it plays fantastic as a cloud game on mobile with the gamepass app.

50+ hours 100% complete, just waiting on patches and running endless modes :o

Just got my steam Deck and can't play anything other than this game it's so addictive and amazing!

What's the zombie game in the beginning

I played the itch version and i wasn't immediately hooked even after playing for an hour or 2

In terms of fun & enjoyment I got FAR more out of this at the $3 I initially paid than almost any $70 AAA title. That's why I love the indie space.

This game is Hella fun, while high. Having a blast with it!

Bought the game and already have sunk 3 hours xD Almost cleared a stage but died 30 seconds before the 30 minutes mark. Music is amazing! It's really addictive!

The game is indeed very fun, has sucked up 60 h currently but I'm going to spend more on the game down the line.

People say this game was made by one person. They never checked the credits.

Played vampire survivors since pretty early. And honestly on pc it was already one of the best of these kinda games I’ve ever played. The gameplay makes sense, is very natural and just feels right. Almost weapons seem fairly balanced and the interactions are really cool. Pretty quickly switched to using a controller. I’d highly recommend to do that for this game. It is perfectly playable on keyboard but you just get more directional control with a joystick on a controller. But that was pc. And as I said there it was already a good game. Then however, I got my steam deck. And I’m not kidding. The steam deck turned that game from a good pc game into probably what’s easily the best portable game I ever played. I’m not sure why but I will actually rather grab the steam deck then use my desktop to play this game. Its not really any different but it feels amazing to play on that. Plus you can take it anywhere and its a very light game to run so you can get a very long battery life out of it. And then this game somehow costs 5 euros (and I think I payed even less but I’m not sure on that) with a 2 euro dlc? It is absolutely amazing. The creator could have easily raised the price to 30 euros and it would have still sold like crazy. But he didn’t. I appreciate that so much. And not just that, he released that dlc way later. He must have known that he didn’t have to sell it for 2 bucks but he did. And with that, I can honestly say that this is in my opinion by far the best value for money game I’ve ever bought. And it’s not even close btw, it’s not the biggest game, it’s not the best looking game ever, it’s not the best game. But it’s absolutely incredible how much you are getting for the price. And I honestly think I have no criticism for the game what so ever. It’s prefect, and probably the only game to this date I’d actually give a 10/10.

I have been trying a lot of “Vampire-likes” because I enjoyed Vs so much so the two I would recommend you also look at if you like VS is 20 minutes until dawn, and suprisingly HoloCure is really fun too