The popular top-down shooter Vampire Survivors is coming to PlayStation. This comes after many requests for it, which the announcement trailer referenced with a wall of tweets and YouTube comments from desperate fans. The game is set to release sometime this summer.
Coming to PlayStation at Long Last
After two years and many requests from players, Vampire Survivors is finally coming to PlayStation, releasing this summer.
Vampire Survivors is coming to PlayStation this summer.
Contra crossover DLC coming on May 9.#vampiresurvivors pic.twitter.com/e0YrirQH8O
— Shinobi602 (@shinobi602) April 10, 2024
Twitter/X user Shinobi602 shared the news. It is a top-down shooter where the player fights through hordes of undead and supernatural foes such as bats, werewolves, and witches, and, interestingly, not vampires.
The game plays with a single stick action for movement while your character automatically attacks the undead horde, with the goal being to survive as long as you can to unlock more weapons for use later. As well as coming to PS5 later this year, a DLC for the game will release on May 9, titled Operation Guns. It will feature characters from the popular Contra game franchise from the 1980s.
Contra is a series of primarily side-scrolling shooters where players fight a series of alien threats, so the crossover makes some thematic sense.
One of the Best Games of 2022
Potentially being one of the best games of 2022, it started its life in December 2021, where it quickly rose to popularity on Steam early access.
It was released in late 2022 with generally favorable reviews and has been popular ever since, leading to excitement about its upcoming PS5 release later this year. The game has since had three major DLCs, including Legacy of the Moonspell and Tides of the Foscari, released in 2022 and 2023, respectively, which were both met with positive reception. This will make the Operation Guns DLC the fourth to release.
An update was also released last year that added more game modes.
If the original game and its DLCs are anything to go by, we can expect something good from it.
Exciting news for Vampire Survivors fans! Looking forward to playing on PS5 and PS4 this summer. Love the inclusion of garlic and Pummarola!
— guttxksallazfnq (@guttxksallazfnq) April 11, 2024
On the announcement on Twitter/X, fans expressed their excitement for this long-awaited port, with many happy that the game is getting into more people’s hands and excited that they will be able to play it soon. Vampire Survivors is one of many success stories for indie titles on the Xbox platform, so it’s wonderful to see it heading over to PS5. But what do you think? Let us know in the comments!
