Vampire Survivors

Be the Bullet Hell!
—Slogan
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Vampire Survivors is a Roguelike Shoot'Em Up with automated attack mechanics. Players control a character who automatically attacks, making movement and positioning the key decisions of the player. As time progresses, more and more enemies come and seek the player character. Some enemies will drop experience which the player character can pick up and use to level up, unlocking new or upgraded weapons.
Developed by Poncle and first released in 2021. It has released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Nintendo Switch.
Tropes used in Vampire Survivors include:
- Bat Out of Hell: Some of the first enemies are bats.
- Cheap Gold Coins: Gold coins are used as the currency.
- Dem Bones: Skeletons can be encountered as an enemy.
- Experience Points: Not explicitly named, but enemies drop this when defeated and when picked up are used to level up.
- The Goomba: The bat enemies serve as this in the start of the game.
- Monster Mash: A variety of classic monsters attack the player character.
- Mooks: The generic monsters that chase down the player.
- Elite Mooks: Some of the Mooks are tougher, rarer, and differentiated, such as the glowing bats.
- Palette Swap: Some of the enemies are simple palette swaps.
- Slogans: "Be the Bullet Hell!"
- The Swarm: Happens with clusters of bats.
- Top Down View: Uses this perspective in gameplay.
- Whip It Good: Antonio Belpaese starts out with a whip.
- The Wiki Rule: Has one on Fandom.