In 2022, Vampire Survivors was a gigantic success on Steam. After that, countless similar games in the genre sprouted up. There isn’t much story in these games. As the developer has now confirmed, a film is coming to the game. And that despite the fact that he himself says that his game has no story.
What is Vampire Survivors? In 2022, solo developer poncle released the game Vampire Survivors. The game quickly achieved great success. The game was even the top release of 2022 on Steam (via SteamDB).
Vampire Survivors is visually reminiscent of old Castlevania games, but has little to do with them in terms of gameplay. You have a character that you control on a map. There is no active attack, but with items and passive modifiers you can build an attack mechanism that will help you survive for as long as possible.
The game has now received several DLCs and cross-overs. Apparently that was just the beginning. As the developer confirmed in a post, the game is getting a live-action film adaptation, although even the developer admits that his game doesn’t actually have a story.
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What does the developer say? In a post on Steam, the developer commented on the future of Vampire Survivors. Under the TV Show and other media section, he talked about a live-action film that is currently in the works. He says that it took a while because they needed the right partner:
As we mentioned last year, we preferred to wait until we found partners that felt right, mostly because making Vampire Survivors something good requires good ideas, creativity, and knowledge of the game make something that isn’t a video game – a very difficult triad to get 100% correct. Please remember that the game has no plot.
He also adds that the lack of story in the game is particularly exciting for the live-action adaptation. In the post he explains that he works with the company Story Kitchen.
They know a lot about video game films. You can see which projects they have been involved in on their official website. This also includes the Sonic trilogy with Jim Carrey, which is extremely successful.
In addition, he also announces that there are further cross-media projects related to Vampire Survivors. More information about this will follow later this year.
In an interview with metro.co.uk, developer Luca Galante spoke about the topic of adaptations in 2023. He sees the lack of story as a great strength that provides maximum freedom for an adaptation.
Vampire Survivors is a popular game that is still played a lot today, especially because of its simple controls and lots of loot. For MeinMMO author Max Handwerk it is even one of the favorite mobile companions: I’m not a mobile gamer, but two games keep me glued to my cell phone for hours