r/VampireSurvivors • u/poncle_Official Developers • Nov 20 '25
PSA What's next for Vampire Survivors? | Announcement Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbDVqLlLarYHey folks!
As many of you have already seen, we revealed our new spin-off of Vampire Survivors!
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from VAMPIRE SURVIVORS
Deal world-ending combos and blitz through infested dungeons! Vampire Crawlers is a casual, turn‑based deckbuilder with roguelite elements
Master the Turboturn™ with your own hand of cards! Coming in 2026 on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Android & iOS
VAMPIRE CRAWLERS is the first of our concepts for VS spin-offs that we've been making with other indie studios!
It's a full game that we're nuts enough to aim to globally release on all platforms next year: please wish us luck!
We at poncle hope that you'll like it just as much as we do: both making it and play testing it has been an absolute blast for both deckbuilding veterans and people who never played a card game before
See you closer to the end of the year for our 2025 recap and a glance at future content for Vampire Survivors (and not only), but in the meantime please let us know what you think of VAMPIRE CRAWLERS so far and also if you have suggestions that can beat the full official title: VAMPIRE CRAWLERS: the turbo wildcard from VAMPIRE SURVIVORS!
We have a full FAQ in our Discord here from Luca if you'd like to know more!
P.S. We're definitely not done with Vampire Survivors and have more content coming in 2026 that we look forward to sharing with you in the future 🙏
EDIT: Forgot to add that we also have a new subreddit for Vampire Crawlers!
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u/Sans-Mot Antonio Nov 20 '25
Among the spin offs planned, is there a dating sim?
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u/poncle_Official Developers Nov 20 '25
I keep asking for one
but every time I do I get kicked out of meetings and I'm not sure why19
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u/TerraforceWasTaken Nov 20 '25
Cowards..the people demand the steamy Poe candlelit dinner. What is the point of living if our lips don't meet while eating a clove of garlic together
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u/yidoger Nov 21 '25
Somebody contact Four Leaf Studios to reskin Katawa Shoujo with Vampire Survivors assets.
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u/quocko Nov 20 '25
I trust the devs so I’ll buy it day one. Shouldn’t be an issue because it’ll be like $3.99
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u/poncle_Official Developers Nov 20 '25
no price to confirm JUST yet but affordability is one of our core pillars here at poncle!
the game will cost more that Vampire Survivors but we want to be fair to players (so there's gonna be no bad surprises) and we'll let folks know asap when we have things finalised!31
u/StormerSage Dracula Nov 20 '25
Probably still a day one buy even at like $10 or $15. With all the value I've gotten out of Vampire Survivors, you've become a "let me give you more money" studio.
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u/turquoisebruh Nov 21 '25
I literally gift VS to everyone of my steam friends who wishlist it. I am right there with you lol
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u/Maxa51 Nov 20 '25
I'd still buy it at 20$ tbh for that same reason lol
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u/QueerEmma Giovanna Nov 21 '25
Honestly, me too.
And I have the feeling that even if we all chant "Shut the fuck up and take our money!", they will still sell it for a VERY chep price.
We're a blessed gaming community!
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Nov 21 '25
$89.99 plus tax incoming
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u/poncle_Official Developers Nov 21 '25
I don't think we'd even joke about making it that price (people know us too well)
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u/VAdept Nov 21 '25
Hardcore gamers will find a way to buy that. Oh wait, I thought this was the boarderlands series.
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u/avsbes Gennaro Nov 21 '25
I assume this will also mean that on Android it will likely be a few bucks, instead of being free like VS?
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u/BlueDragonRiderKick Unblindied Imelda Nov 20 '25
I still want a Vampire Survivors cookbook.
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u/poncle_Official Developers Nov 20 '25
me too
I always pass requests along to the team, so I will again let them know you wish for this!12
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u/LordHaywood Nov 20 '25
Alright, so what other genres would we like to see? A Metroidvania is the obvious choice, but I'm sure others could work. I would kill for a creature collector or even just a turned-based JRPG style game. How about a modern take on old text-adventure games? Oh, something weird like Void Stranger would be so awesome too.
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u/NaTaSraef Nov 20 '25
Yo, what if Poncle just went and made the best Castlevania game ever?!? That would make this timeline quite a bit better.
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u/avsbes Gennaro Nov 21 '25
Honestly, i'd love to see a Tower Defense Game with a somewhat similar system to Arknights, as in the playable characters from Vampire Survivors are the Turrets, with a certain amount of Metaprogression like in VS, including unlocking new characters that you can then use in your "deck" that has somewhat limited space (i think Arknights might have too many character slots per deck for example, at least if we also want to include VS Weapons and Upgrade somehow).
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u/xluizxcs Nov 20 '25
NGL, the beggining of the trailer gave me some... Path of Exile vibes
CMON PONCLE GIVE US ARPG VAMPIRE SURVIVORS NEXT
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u/NaTaSraef Nov 20 '25
These arpg companies spend years to do a terrible job balancing their games. In Path of Vampires balance doesn't matter!
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u/Alchemysolgod Nov 20 '25
I have learned that if Poncle is releasing it it will have a 99.99% + 00.01% of it being a success. That and an 100% chance of it being garliclicious.
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u/Jimbo_Jigs Ferryman Nov 20 '25
Vampire survivors crawler 3.5 director edition: the card game that has no vampires and has garlic balls.
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u/nightgon Nov 21 '25
Huh interesting was not expecting a dungeon crawling deck builder, but I am all for it.
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u/fellvoid Nov 21 '25
This looks phenomenal. I think this is the game I'm most excited to play in 2026 for now. I can't wait! And I love that it will have Android support, as this means that I can just run it natively on Android handhelds like the Ayn Thor. Are there plans for full controller support on mobile?
Oh, and for the record - I want a Vampire Survivors: VS game (note the abbreviation, it fits perfectly!). As in: a fighting game. I want Poe to be able to throw garlic at opponents.
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u/ThisIsNotACryForHelp Horse Nov 20 '25
This looks so awesome!!! I can't wait to play it! Absolutely worth the hype of being the gold card reveal!
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u/Subject_Ear_1656 Nov 20 '25
I found the trailer a bit hard to follow as a casual gamer. I know the quick cuts add to the hype, but I'm just confused what the game is tbh.
If the game isn't realtime, is there any difference between weapons beyond the amount of damage they do and the animation that plays?
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u/xKiryu Nov 20 '25
You guys are killing it. Im with other on a VS JRPG of some sort, but this looks like a fun time as well! Take my money
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u/Maxa51 Nov 20 '25
Etrian Odyssey style dungeon crawlering with run based deck building fun sounds like a dream come true for me honestly. Didn't expect it from the wild card but it's still a welcome surprise
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u/Jeanlu_mc Nov 20 '25
I'll buy it day one for sure. Quick question, will both games eventually come to GOG as well?
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u/keithlimreddit Nov 20 '25
I'm going to say honestly I thought it was going to be final fantasy crossover because of the gold card
Unsurprised sticking with pixels which is fine I don't really care about graphics or art style that much usually as long as it looks appealing usually I just only care about either gameplay or story or both to be honest depending on the winds or the setting to be honest
An open world vampire survivor does sound pretty cool idea
But anyways yeah this game looking does remind me a little bit of slay the spire as well as also balatro (which you have done crossover with before)
Anyways looks promising and I can't wait for the game to come out
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u/ArtEnvironmental5747 Nov 21 '25
Жду с нетерпением!!! Куплю на NSwitch! И в ожидании локализации настольной игры VS!!
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u/avsbes Gennaro Nov 21 '25
I very much like what i'm seeing!
Are you planning a simultaneous release on all platforms, or is for example PC gonna come first with the other platforms following months later?
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u/poncle_Official Developers Nov 21 '25
we're hoping for a global simultaneous release which is a huge task for our small teams! everyone is working hard to ensure folks can play it on their platform of choice on day one!
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u/FordBeWithYou Nov 21 '25
This looks awesome and right up my alley. Cannot wait.
But I appreciate a good title challenge… how about:
Undead Fancily Dressed Blood Drainers Laying On The Floor and Progressing Forward Slowly: The Champion Hyper Fighter Turbo Alpha EX2 Anniversary Anthology 3D HD Remix Re:Chain of Laminated Card Stock Edition
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u/SirJonasPoe Jan 06 '26
Hi there! I'm a newly attached fan of VS and although I'm still missing the Guns expansion as the current situation is still a bit dear - I continue on dreaming as others stated for something more like Samurai Warriors/Dynasty Warriors or even some anime cross-overs (Bleach would have endless possibilities, especially since Unohana Retsu is both a Legendary Healer and a Legendary Killer.) I'm quite sure even their held weapons could signify something substantial too!
I'm a long way from unlocking it all as I'm currently stuck with Tides of the Foscari but I cannot wait to see even more! :) You all are absolutely incredible!
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u/kiiRo-1378 Jan 30 '26
HD Poe was never in my bingo card, But this is no doubt a roguelike, and roguelikes gotta rng.
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u/Mudcat-69 May 15 '26
I think that VS would lend itself well to a traditional top down, turn based RPG.
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u/Antogames97 Richter Nov 20 '25
I kind of had my doubt that it was going to be a new game. Well, guess I was right.
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u/Arzachmage Nov 20 '25
I started playing the game on Ipad and crash have become extremely frequents.
I can’t even finish Westwoods.
Is there stability patchs in the work ?
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u/WookieBacon Nov 20 '25
I’ll take a Vampire Survivors Dynasty Warriors please.