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Sat, February 21

Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 4 and 5

Character Cards! Explore Maps! Find Treasures!

Hello Vampire Survivors Crawlers!

Today we have a couple more episodes of Let's Explore Vampire Crawlers: one about Character Card Triggers, and another about exploration.

Character Triggers and Card types

- Like all cards, Character Cards have an immediate, straightforward effect when played. But the characters will also stay a bit longer and fight with you, with their lingering passive Triggers.
Triggers react when you play a card of their respective color, allowing you to activate all sorts of bonuses and effects. For example, by going on a crawl together with Poe, Suor Clerici, and Mortaccio, playing a simple "Armor" card will also let you draw 1 card, gain 1 Amount, and recover health!

YouTube™ Video: Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 4

This week we're diving into character cards and their Triggers! Match the colours and make the numbers go BIG! Wait, is it really that easy?

Explore Maps, Find Treasures

- As you unlock more game mechanics, the Village will also expand, giving you new ways to spend your gold. By exiting the Village, you reach the World Map, from where you can select a new stage for your next crawl. Stage maps give you all the information you need to decide how to navigate the current floor at a glance.
Other than enemies, you'll find several points of interest: just bump into anything you want to interact with!

YouTube™ Video: Let's Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 5

Is that... a world map?! Yep! A real, full blown world map in Vampire Crawlers! Mad Forest, we all know that place... but what about Furious Forest? Berserk Wood? Let's find out more!

The first playable demo will be available during the Steam Next Fest on February 23rd! There will be the option to carry progress to the full game.

Thank you all once again and see you soon for the demo!
- Luca

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News by Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

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Fri, February 6

Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 2 and 3

Combo Multiplier, Wildcards, Characters, and Stats!

Hello Vampire Survivors Crawlers!

Today we have a couple more episodes of Let's Explore Vampire Crawlers: one about a core gameplay mechanic, the Combo Multiplier, and another about the quirks and details of Character Selection.

Combo Multiplier

- Play cards in ascending mana cost to increase the Combo Multiplier and therefore multiply the effectiveness of every card. Use Wildcards to bridge the gaps and create insanely long chains!

YouTube™ Video: Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 2

Let's explore Vampire Crawlers and check out the staple trio for spamming as many cards as humanly possible! All you need is Mana, Combo multipliers and Wilds!

Character Selection

- Every character comes with a different starting deck and base stats. As you progress through the game, you'll be able to have up to 3 characters in your party, so that you can always bring your favourite character without having to sacrifice stat boosts.

YouTube™ Video: Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 3

Let's explore Vampire Crawlers and have a quick look at how decks work! What do you need to look out for? Why are the Survivors.. erm.. Crawlers, here? What do those icons mean?!

We’ve only scratched the surface of character selection! Stay tuned for our next update, where we dive deep into Character Cards and the mechanics of the Trigger system

The first playable demo will be available during the Steam Next Fest on February 23rd! There will be the option to carry progress to the full game.

Thank you all again and see you in the next news post!
- Luca

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Sat, January 24

Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 1

Master the Turboturn! Customize abilities! DEMO next month!

Hello Vampire Survivors Crawlers!

Today we're starting a little video series to put the spotlight on the main gameplay mechanics of Vampire Crawlers, starting with a duo of: the simplest mechanic (Turboturn) and possibly the deepest one (Card Customization).

YouTube™ Video: Let’s Explore Vampire Crawlers | Episode 1

Let’s explore Vampire Crawlers today to learn more about what TurboTurn™️ACTUALLY means and see the Gem customisation mechanics in action!

The Turboturn!

- Turn-based combat without the wait: you don't have to pause for animations to complete before triggering your next move. The game stacks and executes your ability inputs with precision, allowing you to play at your own pace. Chaotic? Calm and thoughtful? Random-bullshit-go? Everything works, the results are accurate regardless of your preferred speed.

Card Customisation

- Gems allow you to customize your cards with a variety of effects, ranging from simple damage multipliers, to Weapon Evolutions, to head-scratching logic twists. Whether you want a simple power boost or deep strategic planning, Gems give every player the tools to create game-breaking combos.

The first playable demo will be available during the Steam Next Fest (and also on Xbox) on February 23rd! There will be the option to carry progress to the full game.

* While the demo is currently scheduled to launch on Steam and Xbox, the full version of Vampire Crawlers is planned to launch on Steam, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation5, and, shortly after, mobile.

Huge thanks to everyone for getting Vampire Crawlers to more than 200k wishlists!

Thank you all again and see you in the next news post!
- Luca

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News by Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

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Tue, December 16, 2025

Thank you for over 170k wishlist additions!

Vampire Crawlers has already got more than 170k wishlist on Steam, so thank you very much to all players for your trust!

So far we have published only what is effectively a hype trailer to try to convey how it feels to play Vampire Crawlers, with a few sneak peeks at many of the game features and options to snowball into unhinged chaos. So, for a first update, we are showing a new gameplay trailer and some simple and unedited gameplay footage of the very first dungeon floor, focused on basic gameplay.

This should let you see what is at the core of Vampire Crawlers: have fun playing satisfying abilities in turbo turn-based battles, at whatever speed you prefer.

In the following weeks we'll also talk about all other gameplay features. From basic stuff, like why and how we are moving in dungeon floors instead of menus, to how easily, but also deeply, we can customise cards and abilities. Please know that beyond this facade of casual approach to the genre, people who are into min/maxing and total optimization will actually be able to dramatically customise the RNG!

But enough spoilers, let's start unwrapping the features of Vampire Crawlers starting with some unedited gameplay footage (alpha footage subject to change in the final version; mouse cursor not included :p )

Gameplay video:

YouTube™ Video: Vampire Crawlers | Gameplay Preview Trailer | The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

Here's a gameplay snippet of what you can expect in Vampire Crawlers! There's many familiar faces, places, items and more...

Unedited gameplay footage:

YouTube™ Video: Vampire Crawlers - Alpha footage - Floor 1 unedited gameplay

Pick up your garlic & join our Discord community 🧄 https://discord.gg/vampire-survivors 🎮 Wishlist on Steam:...

Fans of Vampire Survivors might also be interested in knowing that all enemies and icons are getting a fresh look in Vampire Crawlers, always made by the incredible Glauber Kotaki! Here's a little preview:

Finally, a lot of players have been asking for a demo! We will make one, but we don't have a date for it yet, we'll keep you updated through the Steam News and on Discord as we keep working on the game.

Thank you all again and see you in the next news post!
- Luca

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