{"id":1834955,"date":"2026-03-19T15:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1834955"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:19:01","slug":"vampire-survivors-deck-building-spin-off-vampire-crawlers-arrives-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1834955","title":{"rendered":"Vampire Survivors&#8217; deck-building spin-off Vampire Crawlers arrives next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/vampire-crawlers\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Vampire Crawlers<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Vampire Survivors&#8217; deck-building spin-off Vampire Crawlers arrives next month<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">At your neck and call.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Vampire-Crawlers.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Vampire Crawlers\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Vampire-Crawlers.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Poncle<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T15:19:01+00:00\">March 19, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"fb259bd9-2e31-4b02-bc53-49185655e2f7\" data-name=\"Vampire Crawlers\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Vampire Crawlers\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Vampire Crawlers\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Vampire Crawlers\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Vampire Crawlers\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Vampire Crawlers\" title=\"Follow Vampire Crawlers\"><br \/>\n  Follow Vampire Crawlers<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Vampire Survivors&#8217; much-anticipated deck-building spin-off Vampire Crawlers has landed itself a release date.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s set to arrive for PC (via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3265700\/Vampire_Crawlers_The_Turbo_Wildcard_from_Vampire_Survivors\/\">Steam<\/a>), Xbox Series X\/S, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/concept\/10015481\">PlayStation 5<\/a> and Switch consoles next month, on 21st April. It&#8217;ll also be available on Xbox Game Pass day one, while an Android and iOS release is planned for later this year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>As for price, Vampire Crawlers costs \u00a39.99 here in the UK, and \u20ac9.99\/$9.99\/\u00a51200 for those in other countries. You can check out a little teaser for it all &#8211; where developer Poncle encourages you to &#8220;stop buying drugs&#8221; and instead buy Vampire Crawlers &#8211; in the video below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The deckbuilding, dungeon-crawling spin-off takes the high-speed action of Vampire Survivors and turns it into a chaotic first-person card-slinging fiesta, allowing players to explore the world of Vampire Survivors from a whole new perspective, mostly because they&#8217;ll be too busy slinging cards at Mach speed to take in the scenery,&#8221; reads the official Vampire Crawlers blurb.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Vampire Crawlers | Release Date &amp; Price Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jaAEKYGnxrA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jaAEKYGnxrA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Vampire Crawlers | Release Date &amp; Price Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Vampire Crawlers release date and price trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jaAEKYGnxrA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our Bertie has already taken the Vampire Crawlers demo out for a spin, and while he enjoyed certain aspects, he wasn&#8217;t wholly convinced. &#8220;Vampire Crawlers works within the confines of what it does, but as a Vampire Survivors experience, it wavers,&#8221; Bertie wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/vampire-crawlers-turns-vampire-survivors-into-a-dungeon-crawling-card-game-with-mixed-success\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Vampire Crawlers feature<\/a>. &#8220;There are moments &#8211; usually when fighting waves of creatures in a boss encounter &#8211; that Vampire Crawlers comes close to the intoxication of its source material. But the staccato nature of the game always seems to interrupt it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a Vampire Survivors experience, it&#8217;s fractured, and as a card game, it&#8217;s not really detailed enough; I don&#8217;t see much room for strategy or theorising here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Vampire Survivors&#8217; much-anticipated deck-building spin-off Vampire Crawlers has landed itself a release date.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s set to arrive for PC (via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3265700\/Vampire_Crawlers_The_Turbo_Wildcard_from_Vampire_Survivors\/\">Steam<\/a>), Xbox Series X\/S, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-gb\/concept\/10015481\">PlayStation 5<\/a> and Switch consoles next month, on 21st April. It&#8217;ll also be available on Xbox Game Pass day one, while an Android and iOS release is planned for later this year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>As for price, Vampire Crawlers costs \u00a39.99 here in the UK, and \u20ac9.99\/$9.99\/\u00a51200 for those in other countries. You can check out a little teaser for it all &#8211; where developer Poncle encourages you to &#8220;stop buying drugs&#8221; and instead buy Vampire Crawlers &#8211; in the video below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The deckbuilding, dungeon-crawling spin-off takes the high-speed action of Vampire Survivors and turns it into a chaotic first-person card-slinging fiesta, allowing players to explore the world of Vampire Survivors from a whole new perspective, mostly because they&#8217;ll be too busy slinging cards at Mach speed to take in the scenery,&#8221; reads the official Vampire Crawlers blurb.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Vampire Crawlers | Release Date &amp; Price Announcement Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jaAEKYGnxrA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jaAEKYGnxrA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Vampire Crawlers | Release Date &amp; Price Announcement Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Vampire Crawlers release date and price trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jaAEKYGnxrA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our Bertie has already taken the Vampire Crawlers demo out for a spin, and while he enjoyed certain aspects, he wasn&#8217;t wholly convinced. &#8220;Vampire Crawlers works within the confines of what it does, but as a Vampire Survivors experience, it wavers,&#8221; Bertie wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/vampire-crawlers-turns-vampire-survivors-into-a-dungeon-crawling-card-game-with-mixed-success\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Vampire Crawlers feature<\/a>. &#8220;There are moments &#8211; usually when fighting waves of creatures in a boss encounter &#8211; that Vampire Crawlers comes close to the intoxication of its source material. But the staccato nature of the game always seems to interrupt it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a Vampire Survivors experience, it&#8217;s fractured, and as a card game, it&#8217;s not really detailed enough; I don&#8217;t see much room for strategy or theorising here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Vampire Crawlers Vampire Survivors&#8217; deck-building spin-off Vampire Crawlers arrives next month At your neck and call. Image credit: Poncle News by Victoria Phillips Kennedy News Reporter Published on March 19, 2026 Follow Vampire Crawlers Vampire Survivors&#8217; much-anticipated deck-building spin-off Vampire Crawlers has landed itself a release date. 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