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Vampire Survivors

Mow down 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. Be the bullet hell!

2022 Action Casual Indie RPG ★ Overwhelmingly Positive · 98% 266,634 reviews
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Guides

Guides

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Vampire Survivors Beginner Guide — Best Early Characters, PowerUps and First Runs

Your first hours in Vampire Survivors are decided by which character you play, what you take on level-up and how you spend gold. Most early unlocks are tied to something you do in a run, so a little planning beats random play. This guide gives a run-by-run plan, the PowerUp order with reasons, the early unlocks, level-up rules and common mistakes.

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Vampire Survivors Character Tier List — Best Ranked

Every Vampire Survivors character is a starting weapon plus a passive bonus. Once weapons evolve, what separates the top of this list is how the passive scales: flat, capped at a level, or growing all run. This tier list ranks the base game on that basis, names the best beginner pick, rates the strongest characters in every DLC pack, shows when each scaler overtakes the others, and explains how Hyper, Inverse and Endless change the ranking.

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Vampire Survivors Unlocks Guide — What to Unlock First, Stages, Secrets and DLC

Almost everything in Vampire Survivors is unlocked by doing something specific in a run: reaching a level in a stage, killing a boss, holding a weapon at a certain level, or picking up a relic. Knowing the conditions turns random play into a short, planned route. This guide starts with what to unlock first and why, then covers how the unlock system works, every base-game stage condition, Arcanas, secret characters, each DLC's unlock chain, the PowerUp order and the common mistakes.

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Vampire Survivors Best Builds — Ranked, With the Pick Order

A Vampire Survivors run is won or lost in the level-up screen. You have six weapon slots and six passive slots, and every pick you take is a slot you cannot take back. This guide is about building rather than about which character is strongest. It covers the slot economics that decide a run, the pick order that reliably lands an evolution, which passives earn a permanent slot, and the mistakes that leave you at minute 20 with six half-built weapons.

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Vampire Survivors Evolution List — Every Combo and How to Trigger It

Weapon evolution is the damage system in Vampire Survivors. Max a weapon, hold its required passive, and open a chest — the weapon becomes a far stronger evolved version. This guide lists **every base-game evolution**, not just the popular ones: all 17 weapon-and-passive combos, the 3 unions that work differently, the exact trigger conditions, what to check when an evolution refuses to fire, and which ones are actually worth chasing.

Overview

What's the Game?

Mow down 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. Be the bullet hell!

Move-only controls

All attacks are automatic. You focus on positioning and level-up choices.

Weapon evolutions

Max a weapon, hold the matching passive, grab a chest — damage explodes.

30-minute survival arc

Enemies multiply over time. Pick the right level-ups to build your run.

Massive unlock pool

Hidden characters, stages, and secrets keep meta-progression endless.

Incredible value

Cheap (and free on mobile) for dozens of hours of play.

Ongoing DLC

New stages, weapons, and collaboration content keep arriving.

Trailer

Trailer

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Screenshots

Screenshots

Languages

Supported Languages

Language Interface Audio Subtitles
English ● ✓ ? ?
Deutsch ✓ ? ?
Español ✓ ? ?
Français ✓ ? ?
Italiano ✓ ? ?
日本語 ✓ ? ?
한국어 ✓ ? ?
Português (Brasil) ✓ ? ?
Русский ✓ ? ?
简体中文 ✓ ? ?
繁體中文 ✓ — —

Specs

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DX11, DX12 capable Storage: 2500 MB available space

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum

OS: macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or later Processor: Apple Silicon or Intel x64 Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs

Recommended

Linux

Minimum

Recommended

Achievements

Achievement Highlights

Arca Arca
Bracer Bracer
Candelabrador Candelabrador
Crown Crown
Duplicator Duplicator
Hollow Heart Hollow Heart
Peachone Peachone
Porta Porta
Runetracer Runetracer
Wings Wings

FAQ

FAQ

Yes. UI and subtitles are available in both English and Japanese. Steam and mobile versions both support full localization.
A bullet-heaven roguelite where you mow down massive enemy waves with auto-attacks and try to survive 30 minutes. You only control movement; weapons fire automatically. The joy is evolving weapons until the screen fills with damage.
The mobile version is free with optional paid DLC. The Steam version is buy-to-play but extremely cheap (around 4.99 USD). Dozens of hours for the price.
You only move — weapons fire automatically. Skill comes from picking the right weapons and what to evolve, not reflexes. Accessible for non-action players.
Gennaro is a strong default — his Knife and +1 projectile passive multiply nearly every weapon damage from start to finish.

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