Vampire Survivors' 0.6.1 update adds a bonus stage and two new mechanics

The indie hit just keeps getting better.

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Hit roguelite bullet hell extravaganza Vampire Survivorsgot a new updatetoday, and while its 0.6.0 iteration will feature “less content than usual,” there’s still plenty of new material and adjustments to sink your pointy teeth into:

New Content

Tweaks

Bugfixes

If this represents developer Poncle’s slower pace of content updates, it’s still very impressive for a solo developer, and especially for a game that costs just three bucks.

PC Gamer’s Rich Stantoncaught up with Poncleback in March, discussing the origins of the “accidental” indie hit, its unbeatable price, and Poncle’s philosophy for balancing such a strange game. I certainly wish more developers behind singleplayer games would take his lead and not worry too much about balancing—I’ve had too many beloved OP strats in RPGs snatched away by cruel, cruel devs.

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Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister’s copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he’s not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.

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