Vampire Survivors isn’t just a bullet hell survival game where you maneuver around simple 8-bit stages and kill thousands of monstrous enemies — it’s also a juggernaut of an indie title that blew up in popularity enough to even get the green light on a TV show spinoff. First launched on Steam in December 2021 under Early Access, the game had a meteoric rise in 2022, becoming one of the consistently most played games on Valve’s Steam Deck and winning the BAFTA Award for Best Game (yes, it beat Elden Ring). Several of us here at The Verge are fully Vampire-pilled, obsessively playing it each time a new content update or DLC drops. There’s just something so satisfying about those gem pickup sounds. Check out our ongoing coverage of the unstoppable indie. Vampire Survivors now has an official wiki. Vampire Survivors will get cross-save with its next content patch. Vampire Survivors comes full circle with Castlevania DLC expansion Vampire Survivors launches on PlayStation later this month. Vampire Survivors is coming to Apple Arcade Vampire Survivors is getting Among Us-themed DLC. The first of Vampire Survivors’ story mode “Adventures” will be available on December 6th. Vampire Survivors’ new ‘adventures’ will make the game even more replayable. It’s October, so Vampire Survivors got a winter-themed update. Vampire Survivors could be getting cross-saves and an ‘adventures’ mode Vampire Survivors feels like a different game with a friend Anybody down for some 300-player Vampire Survivors local co-op? Noclip released a documentary about Vampire Survivors. Vampire Survivors is coming to Nintendo Switch in August — with local co-op! Vampire Survivors is being turned into a TV show Vampire Survivors’ new fantasy-themed expansion launches in April for just $2 Vampire Survivors might finally be getting vampires in new expansion Xbox Game Pass’ November lineup includes two of the best games of the year Vampire Survivors has finally reached 1.0. Vampire Survivors’ new higher price is still worth sinking your teeth into Deals PSA: Today’s the last day to buy Vampire Survivors on Steam for just $2.99 The new cheats menu in Vampire Survivors makes me wish more games had them My big fat Italian vampire-slaying family Slaying monsters in Vampire Survivors is like walking through a casino ...read more read less