Vampire Survivors Adventures update adds story modes, defying God and Man

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Vampire Survivors is getting an Adventures update that will add "self-contained miniature story modes that reset and remix the game's content, following the Survivor's cast on a series of wacky sidequests". That's according to developer Poncle, who are clearly in a whimsical mood this week. After all, if there's one thing this game about auto-massacring ever larger crowds of kamikaze night creatures has been lacking, it's some proper narrative context.

The update is out "soon" for Steam, and will cost nothing, though some of the individual Adventures are expansions for paid DLC content - naturally, you'll need to have the latter installed to access the new storylets.

Adventures are split into chapters with specific item and character setups, different upgradeable weapons to buy from merchants, different winning conditions such as minimum time limits, and "a little bit of lore text". As to whether this is the beginning of a Vampire Survivors Cinematic Universe, in advance of that animated TV show, the developers ask: "what if the real official lore was the friends we made along the way?" Don't take the backstory stuff too seriously, in other words. You're not here to have forum squabbles with other Survivees over whether, say, Antonio Belpaese and Krochi Freetto are secretly Doing It. You're here to scythe down zombies with holy crosses.

Progress from the main game "mostly" doesn't carry over to Adventures, which are "a chance for a fresh start with unique challenges", the developer's FAQ continues. "The only progress that you will carry over from the main game are your Relics and different game modes you have unlocked, such as Hyper and Inverse."

Likewise, Adventure progress won't carry over to the main game,