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[Maiden Voyage]

Developer: poncle
Publisher: poncle
Release Date: 30 October 2022
Platforms: Steam, Game Pass (PC only)
Price: $4.99

SYNOPSIS​

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.

Vampire Survivors is a time survival game with minimalistic gameplay and roguelite elements.

There's no place where to hide, all you can do is try to survive a cursed night and get as much gold as possible for the next survivor, before Death inevitably puts an end to your struggles.

Starting Tips

• Take your time to grab gems and items, they won't disappear.
• Get two or three offensive weapons at first, but focus on leveling them up one at a time.
• Armor and Luck are good starting power-ups to spend money on.
• Refund power-ups often, it's free, and try new upgrade paths.

CAST​

And more...!

PHOTOS​

VIDEOS​

SOUNDTRACK​

More at YouTube.

CREDITS​

Twitter: https://twitter.com/poncle_vampire
Discord: https://discord.gg/vampire-survivors
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PoncleGames

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[GymWolf]

So many jokes in the game that only italian people are gonna understand.

 

[Zephir]

So many jokes in the game that only italian people is gonna understand.

I know, love it!
Even though some of them took me a bit to proper decode

 

[Comandr]

Can’t wait for 1.0. 94 hours in and part of the 133 club. Excellent game.

 

[chixdiggit]

Love it. Should just be pre installed on every Steam Deck.

I notice a bunch of copy cats coming out, tried a couple demos but nothing too great. Anything worth checking out or just stick with this?

 

[12Goblins]

Every day I check to see if it's been released on Android...wtf is taking so long

I played 20 min to dawn but the game is really poorly balanced and is way too easy

 

[DelireMan7]

I somehow read Vampire Savior and was confused reading the OT.

The game looks interesting

 

[rofif]

Best game of 2022 !

 

[Comandr]

Best game of 2022 !

 

[Lunarorbit]

Keep hearing about this game. Hope it comes to ps at some point. Way more castlevania inspired art than I thought! Awesome

 

[ssringo]

This game has no business being so addictive. First night I played I just lost like 7 hours of my life in the blink of an eye. They really nailed that "just one more round" addiction that stuff like Civilization has.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Best game of 2022 !

I read somewhere that Steam Deck doesn't count time played offline. I played through a lot of this game on planes, so my play time is probably much higher.

 

[Golgo 13]

If anyone wants a preview of sorts, this game is on PC GamePass. Not sure if the full version will also be, but it’s worth a shot. I liked it.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

If anyone wants a preview of sorts, this game is on PC GamePass. Not sure if the full version will also be, but it’s worth a shot. I liked it.

It will be.

 

[lifa-cobex]

Genuinely addictive.

 

[Rentahamster]

I can confirm that this is the best value in gaming.

 

[mortal]

Cool OT Maiden Voyage , love that movie poster

 

[daveonezero]

I haven’t played this for a long time but need to get going on unlocking everything. There are a bunch of characters and even evolutions I haven’t seen.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Less than 6 hours to glory. I booted up my copy this morning and I noticed I still have a small handful of secrets to unlock. I will be concentrating on those and the new content today.

Pic related.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I have a personal rule of not getting games that are still on early access, but man, you guys are making it a bit too difficult with this one.

Does the game feel complete already even if it isn't? Or is it clear that there's a lot of stuff missing?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I have a personal rule of not getting games that are still on early access, but man, you guys are making it a bit too difficult with this one.

Does the game feel complete already even if it isn't? Or is it clear that there's a lot of stuff missing?

Yes, it feels complete. The dev has been teasing the updates that are coming with 1.0 and none of it feels like it is going to radically change how the game is played.

Regardless 1.0 releases in a few hours so it's all moot. Not sure if the price will increase again with 1.0 or if the $5 price tag stays. Regardless, the game's value, IMO, is much higher.

 

[ssringo]

I have a personal rule of not getting games that are still on early access, but man, you guys are making it a bit too difficult with this one.

Does the game feel complete already even if it isn't? Or is it clear that there's a lot of stuff missing?

I tend to agree regarding Early Access which is why I passed it up for so long. But as Maiden Voyage said, the full release is today. Might as well grab it in case the price goes up. If the gameplay loop is something you enjoy there's easily dozens of hours of replayability if not more. And that's not counting what today's update adds nor any future updates.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Regardless 1.0 releases in a few hours

the full release is today

Lol, thanks dudes, going to grab it right away.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Lol, thanks dudes, going to grab it right away.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[Fuz]

Rofl @ names

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Shit Im still stuck on map 3. No idea how to get to other maps?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Shit Im still stuck on map 3. No idea how to get to other maps?

Survive past the level boss. If you're struggling you can reimburse your power ups and focus on the more expensive ones without penalty. Duplicator is especially useful, if you haven't already unlocked it.

Dairy Plant is getting nerfed in 1.0 from what I've read.

 

[Scrollhjul]

Love it. Should just be pre installed on every Steam Deck.

I notice a bunch of copy cats coming out, tried a couple demos but nothing too great. Anything worth checking out or just stick with this?

Looks like you didn't get an answer. Im not familiar with the copycats, there are some suggestions in the other thread. But what I can recommend is Holocure, the Hololive fangame. Even if you dont care about vtubers (the only thing you will miss is all the injokes) the game screams quality since its made by the sprite artist for River City Girls. It also has the one thing I think VS is missing, a strafe button so you can attack forward when backing.
Sadly since they work on it in their spare time it has less content and updates are slow but you can't argue with the price, which is free from here: https://kay-yu.itch.io/holocure

 

[GymWolf]

Love it. Should just be pre installed on every Steam Deck.

I notice a bunch of copy cats coming out, tried a couple demos but nothing too great. Anything worth checking out or just stick with this?

The one with the gun is the less shitty one.

20 minutes till down or something.

 

[chixdiggit]

Looks like you didn't get an answer. Im not familiar with the copycats, there are some suggestions in the other thread. But what I can recommend is Holocure, the Hololive fangame. Even if you dont care about vtubers (the only thing you will miss is all the injokes) the game screams quality since its made by the sprite artist for River City Girls. It also has the one thing I think VS is missing, a strafe button so you can attack forward when backing.
Sadly since they work on it in their spare time it has less content and updates are slow but you can't argue with the price, which is free from here: https://kay-yu.itch.io/holocure

Thanks. Will give it a try. Hopefully it goes on Steam/Linux at some point. I really like playing these on the Deck and haven't installed windows on it yet.

The one with the gun is the less shitty one.

20 minutes till down or something.

Will try it out. Nice that these games are so cheap.

 

[HerpDerpstreit]

 

[Furiousrunt]

Love it. Should just be pre installed on every Steam Deck.

I notice a bunch of copy cats coming out, tried a couple demos but nothing too great. Anything worth checking out or just stick with this?

Highly recommend 20 minutes till dawn

 

[bender]

This will be high on my game of the year list.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Thanks. Will give it a try. Hopefully it goes on Steam/Linux at some point. I really like playing these on the Deck and haven't installed windows on it yet.


Will try it out. Nice that these games are so cheap.

Highly recommend 20 minutes till dawn

Awesome! I will take a look into this one after I finish up VS.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Update is live!

The numbers: going up
Me:

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Spoiler tagging this for anyone coming in fresh. Just the differences I am seeing on the menus below

Booted and immediately unlocked a new achievement. Going into the Unlocks and I see 140. Two modes seem to be unlock able now. Still 14 secrets. Beastiary at 104. Collection at 129.

 

[Stamps1646]

Best $3 I've ever spent on a game in my LIFE!

 

[Holammer]

133/140 (95%)

Constantly doling out 5-6 new achievements in updates is a genius way of retaining players & engagement.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Wanted to try it out, ended up playing for 3 hours straight.

Have a question tho. Managed to survive 30 minutes in the first stage. Some fucker with a scythe just showed up and killed me. Is that the end of the stage? Or am I supposed to beat him?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Wanted to try it out, ended up playing for 3 hours straight.

Have a question tho. Managed to survive 30 minutes in the first stage. Some fucker with a scythe just showed up and killed me. Is that the end of the stage? Or am I supposed to beat him?

There are a lot of layers to this game. Keep going, it will all become clear in time.

 

[rofif]

Wanted to try it out, ended up playing for 3 hours straight.

Have a question tho. Managed to survive 30 minutes in the first stage. Some fucker with a scythe just showed up and killed me. Is that the end of the stage? Or am I supposed to beat him?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Eh fuck work, is there any explanation of the mechanics anywhere? Mainly like do waves just operate on a timer or are there other factors like your level, etc?

Waves are timer based. Mechanics unfold naturally through gameplay. If you want a starting hint, here's what the dev recommends:

• Take your time to grab gems and items, they won't disappear.
• Get two or three offensive weapons at first, but focus on leveling them up one at a time.
• Armor and Luck are good starting power-ups to spend money on.
• Refund power-ups often, it's free, and try new upgrade paths.

I agree with everything except point 3. Luck is okay but not really helpful early in the game. Focus on getting your weapons to their max level. Experiment with different power-ups. When you can get to the 15+ min mark routinely, you'll start to unlock things.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I've been playing this all afternoon during meetings. Finally free from those.

Gameplay remains addictive as hell. There are new secrets, including a random stage that only appeared once. It gave me two choices and hasn't appeared since. Some funny fuckery when the text & menu went upside down afterward. Now I need to figure out how to trigger it again so I can choose the other option.

I've got 2 achievements left with no clue yet how to unlock. So I am concentrating on the remaining secrets left for the time being.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Waves are timer based. Mechanics unfold naturally through gameplay. If you want a starting hint, here's what the dev recommends:

• Take your time to grab gems and items, they won't disappear.
• Get two or three offensive weapons at first, but focus on leveling them up one at a time.
• Armor and Luck are good starting power-ups to spend money on.
• Refund power-ups often, it's free, and try new upgrade paths.

I agree with everything except point 3. Luck is okay but not really helpful early in the game. Focus on getting your weapons to their max level. Experiment with different power-ups. When you can get to the 15+ min mark routinely, you'll start to unlock things.

The last bullet point is just from the start menu right? You can’t re-spec mid game right?

What I’ve seen is mostly focus on DPS, like by leveling a couple weapons early? I gotta say as a newb the garlic is great for running through the rabble and leveling quickly

 

[Maiden Voyage]

The last bullet point is just from the start menu right? You can’t re-spec mid game right?

What I’ve seen is mostly focus on DPS, like by leveling a couple weapons early? I gotta say as a newb the garlic is great for running through the rabble and leveling quickly

Start menu yes. You cannot respect mid-game.

DPS is a great way to focus for sure, just be aware the power-ups you pick up will influence the efficacy of the those weapons. Experimentation is key.

Garlic is the best beginner weapon but its scaling is absolute shit late game. Use it until it's no longer effective.

 

[VN1X]

Nice OT!

Still working my way through it but ever since Brotato came out have been opting for that for my "Bullet Heaven" fix. Will definitely get back to VS at some point though. I'm 36 hours in and have still so much shit left to unlock hah.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Alright Maiden you’re right this game is crack. Broke the 20 minute barrier and could hardly tell what was happening, Steam Deck fan spooled up…felt bad ass. Then I got swarmed

 

[jshackles]

Excellent OT for an amazing game. I've put nearly 60 hours into it during early access, and can't wait to unlock the new stuff.