The 25 Best Games Like 'Vampire Survivors'

One of the top picks on our list of the best games like Vampire Survivors is a title that also focuses on confronting hordes of monsters and vanquishing them with mystical weaponry. That game is Spellbook Demonslayers, a self-described " fast-paced roguelite bullet heaven game." Your chosen character's arsenal includes magic, charms, abilities, and demon summoning that'll give you everything you need to go on some lengthy runs during your play sessions. The fact that you can steel your enemy's powers to buff up your hero is one of the coolest signature mechanics Spellbook Demonslayers features.

Discovering an alien planet, landing on that newfound expanse while encased in a giant mech, and proceeding to blast all those hostile alien creatures form the basis of the visually impressive Project Lazarus. This 3D take on Vampire Survivors gives you a nice variety of mechs to choose from that come with their control scheme and weapon installation slots that give them the loadout needed to take down its massive alien opposition.

Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde tasks you with taking on the duty of a "Spirit Hunter," who must set out onto a bevy of packed battlefields where all sorts of demons encroach whenever you're in their presence. You'll get plenty of characters to choose from during your time spent with this game as you make good progress during your demon-slaying crusades. Killing monsters, harvesting their souls to further increase the power of your Spirit Hunters, and finding new offensive builds for your favorite characters are the main aspects of this game that grant it such a high replayability factor.

20 Minutes Till Dawn features the sort of nightmarish beings that owe their inspiration to the tales of H. P. Lovecraft. If you're a huge fan of that author's dark and unnerving stories, then you'll feel right at home with this game. Once the sun comes down and night falls, you'll need to go into attack mode as an avalanche of demons comes to destroy you. That'll be hard for them to do, of course - you can outfit yourself with a ton of ranged weaponry, make good use of stat-boosting runes, and obtain "Tomes" from fallen bosses that'll gift you with worthwhile upgrades.

Bounty of One adopts the gameplay focus of Vampire Survivors while embracing the theme of the Wild West. As a disgraced former hero, you'll need to fend off tons of encroaching bounty hunters who want your head on a platter. You can choose to blast them all to Kingdom Come on your own or join up with three other players to do so. An archer, a sheriff, and other character types are available here - choose whoever works for you, properly upgrade your skills, earn quality equipment, and continue to bring hell to all the relentless bounty hunters that hound you.

In Soulstone Survivors, you're pitted against the dreaded "Lords of the Void" and the high multitude of minions that seek to shower you in pain. You'll take on the role of a "Void Hunter" and equip all manner of legendary weapons, passive skills, essential "Runes," and the all-powerful "Soulstones" obtained from destroying your largest foes. Soulstone Survivors looks, plays, and sounds like a AAA rendition of Vampire Survivors, which should make it super appealing to most of you reading this right now.

Just King features your auto-battling mechanics, of course. But what makes this pick on our lineup of the best games like Vampire Survivors is its implementation of hiring party members to do your bidding. You'll be able to put together a party of four characters that can be assembled from a total of 33 heroes as you head to various kingdoms and eliminate their domineering regents. There are five zones to hop into, 100+ items to collect, and 14 synergies that can strengthen your loyal followers during your epic journey.

Want to kill some more aliens? Then give Brotato a go! As you've probably already guessed, your avatar is a badass potato who can arm itself with six weapons at once to do some devastating damage. All the madness that ensues in this game comes courtesy of you using flamethrowers, SMGs, rocket launchers, and even sticks and stones (that breaks plenty of bones, we might add!).

In Rogue: Genesia, you'll embark upon a harrowing adventure as the wandering knight Rog. The world he inhabits is full of danger, which means you'll need to make it a bit safer by carving a path through all the monsters that look to endanger you. Arm yourself from a collection of 170+ passive upgrades, 56 weapons, and 52+ powerful artifacts as you tear apart the evil forces that constantly surround you.

If you're aware of the whole "Hololive" collection of V-Tubers" trend, then you'll adore this Vampire Survivors-inspired game that features all those recognizable anime avatars. Unrelenting fans who want to get a bit too close to those cutesy digital steamers are your main foes here, so stay in constant motion and free them of their mind-controlled state by...well, attacking them!

Tiny Rogues' 8-bit pixelates visual sheen gives it the aura that's usually attached to classic NES games. Like a few other picks on this list, this game implements fantasy themes for its roguelite, bullet-hell dungeon crawler mechanics. You'll make your way through 20+ floors, master your favorite style of play among 34 character classes, and fight for your life against 40+ bosses. With 500 pieces of equipment and 100 stat-boosting traits to employ, Tiny Rogues provides players with plenty to see, do, and blast with their magic-based toolset.

If you enjoyed a lot of sci-fi running and gunning games like Returnal and Nex Machina, then Gatekeeper is going to do a whole lot for you! You'll need to stay on the move here as you and your three friends blast sinister machines while on a journey to retrieve the stolen "Heart of the Universe." This fast-paced rogue-lite shooter features a huge variety of robotic baddies to wipe out, over a hundred different items that change up every one of your runs, and a good mix of playable characters that offer signature playstyles for you to master.

Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok is another one of the best games like Vampire Survivors worth considering for a playthrough thanks to its focus on Norse mythology (you can never go wrong with a game about rampaging Vikings!). You'll make your way across nine realms connected to the fabled legendary "Norse Tree, Yggdrasil." You'll get the opportunity to craft all sorts of distinct character builds through this game's constellation ability trees - you'll need to learn the ins and outs of those builds if you'd like to have more of a fighting chance against the beast hordes that endanger you.

Bonerasier Minions is another one of the preferred games like Vampire Survivors featured on this list that fits its gothic horror themes to perfection. This quality auto-battle roguelite sets you up as a "Boneraiser," a "Necromancer" who can rely on the powers of acquired "skellies" and "deamons" to do their bidding. Scattered relics and spells do a lot to aid you as they grant you essential abilities and helpful stat boosts along the way. This game stands out a bit from the other selections on this list thanks to a bunch of varying game modes that rely on goals such as surviving for as long as possible and protecting our very own crypt from a vile king & his followers.

Crafty Survivors got a good laugh out of us when we read it in full - so the cast of characters you can choose from here is based on crafting/artisan professions. So when it comes time to kill off waves of monsters, you can do so as a chef, a seamstress, a sculptor, and more. Destroying your opposers isn't the only goal you need to achieve here, by the way - you'll also be responsible for using all the materials gathered from fallen enemies to upgrade your village, which will lead to unlockable characters and more stat buffs during your Crafty Survivors play sessions.

Just take one look at HellEscape and you can see how it made its way onto our list of the best games like Vampire Survivors. Obvious comparisons can be made between both games' graphical presentation and gameplay approach. So what's on offer here? Let us count the ways! There are 27 heroes, over 70 weapons, 55 "Special Artifacts," 105 weapons & special abilities, and tons more content to keep you glued to your screen as you wipe out hordes of skeletons and other foes in HellEscape.

Allow us to introduce you to the world's first-ever "Tarotpunk" twin-stick roguelike shooter. Her Name Was Fire gifts you with the magical prowess of a mysterious crimson-haired woman who must combat the five stages of grief and ultimately defeat the "Major Allegories." You'll be killing armies of void creatures and using their ash to unlock new ability-boosing cards & formidable spells during your magic-fueled journey.

Nomad Survival has everything you'd expect from a game that mimics everything gamers love about Vampire Survivors. The game's 8-bit pixelated art sheen is pretty cool. Plus the whole deal where players can equip as many abilities as they'd like and have each non-passive ability grant bonus effects at levels five and 10 adds a cool layer of strategy to the auto-battling proceedings. A total of six characters, 17 active abilities, and 19 passive abilities should give you plenty of room to create your all-powerful horde-clearing hero.

One look at this action roguelike/RPG and you'll be quick to compare it not only to Vampire Survivors, but Castlevania. Scarlet Tower lets you go hunting during the day. But when darkness falls, you become the hunted and must defend yourself from the merciless ghouls of the night. Weather events can also impact your runs and certain relics & vendors can only be found during the evening, which gives this game some attributes that help set it apart from Vampire Survivors. Seven Gothic warriors, 70+ weapons, 200+ passive abilities, and even the usage of pets are just the tip of the content iceberg for Scarlet Tower.

So the developers (Arcane Input) took inspiration from Vampire Survivors and Magic Survival, sprinkled in some SNES-stylized graphics, and made sure to add a ton of content to give rise to Further Still: Survivors. Active combat options, a slower yet steadier pace that should be welcome to most incomers, and a highly rewarding progression system do all the heavy lifting for this latest pick on our list.

EvoluShip features everything you've come to this list looking for, which are roguelike, RPG, and bullet hell mechanics. What you'll be doing here is controlling a spaceship moving across the far reaches of space taking down all the alien opposition that wants to blow you to smithereens. Abosring the remnants of your leftover foes powers you up, while 10 customizable attributes and eight unique weapons give you enough tools to work with during your explosive crusade among the stars.

So who are the main bad guys in Army of Ruin? Those happen to be the simply named "Armies of Evil." You're pitted against their monster hordes and must eventually increase your strength to the point where you can eliminate the dreaded "Army Generals." This medieval fantasy auto-shooter looks great and certainly plays great. Be ready for all types of mayhem as you wreak havoc among the lands and seek the title of "Bullet Hell."

Bardbarian is one of the oldest entries on this list as it launched in 2014. This means it predates the launch of Vampire Survivors, yet it features several combined elements that make it feel like it had a hand in inspiring the marquee game this list is all about. Bardbarian features a collective of tower defense, RPG, RTS, and shoot 'em up elements. Plus it features a little sprinkling of the classic PC game Snake. As Bard the Barbarian, you'll have to protect your village by shredding your ax like a guitar and using its musical notes to rally the troops. Some of those troops include indie gaming stars, such as Octodad (Octodad: Dadliest Catch), Shellrazer, and Meat Sack (Super Meat Boy).

If you're old enough to remember Geometry Wars, then StarMech's neon-colored art style should remind you of that throwback Xbox shoot 'em up. With your mech in attack mode at all times, you'll command it to take down waves of space threats. Meanwhile, you'll need to switch into your spaceship fighter mode from time to time and keep an eye on your fuel as you'll need to gather enough to escape an incoming black hole.

Your main goals in Runic Survivor are as follows - break the seals and defeat the guardians! To do that, you'll need to amass arcane Runes that give you the ability to craft spells needed to tear through all the enemies that look to overwhelm you. Wade through the darkness of various dungeons and fight for your life as you switch up spells on the fly and use the abilities acquired upon your passing to get even stronger for future runs.