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Survivor-like bullet heavens are going first-person POSTAL with POSTAL: Bullet Paradise

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:14:30 +0000

Ready to go POSTAL once more? This time it's in a survivor-like bullet-heaven styled setting, because obviously every developer needs to be in this genre now.

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Sektori is absolutely one of the best modern twin-stick shooters

Liam Dawe — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:17:27 +0000

Sektori blasted onto Steam recently and I've been absolutely loving it, this is easily one of the best modern twin-stick shooters and fantastic to play.

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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is getting mid-run saves and an endless mode

Liam Dawe — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:39:35 +0000

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is set for some major improvements, although we don't know exactly when but it will make surviving in it a whole lot nicer.

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Warhammer Survivors announced as a licensed Vampire Survivors game

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:24:01 +0000

Oh wow, that's certainly a surprise. Warhammer Survivors is coming from Auroch Digital as a licensed version of Vampire Survivors.

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Brotato gets a juicy free update out now - along with new Linux and macOS support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:19:12 +0000

With Evil Empire now in control of the future of Brotato, the first free content update under their wing is out now and it really sounds great.

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Vampire Survivors just keeps on giving with a free Balatro DLC, online co-op and more free content

Liam Dawe — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:48:39 +0000

Vampire Survivors just dropped a massive content update that includes a free Balatro crossover DLC, online co-op is live and more added.

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Time to run as Death by Scrolling from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox is out now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:16:08 +0000

Death by Scrolling is a rather unique twist on some of the ideas from survivor-like bullet hells, from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox and MicroProse Software.

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BALL x PIT is out now and it's a brick-breaking ball-smashing great time

Liam Dawe — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:30:20 +0000

BALL x PIT from Kenny Sun / Devolver Digital is out now and it's Steam Deck Verified plus it works to perfection on Desktop Linux PCs.

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Death by Scrolling from Ron Gilbert / Terrible Toybox releases October 28

Liam Dawe — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:25:11 +0000

MicroProse and Terrible Toybox have revealed an October 28th release date for Death by Scrolling which is all about fighting, dying and trying again.

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Vampire Survivors online co-op due out before the end of the year and more announcements are coming

Liam Dawe — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:42:19 +0000

Developer poncle has confirmed that Vampire Survivors much anticipated online co-op update will fully release before the end of the year.

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Evil Empire (Dead Cells, The Rogue Prince of Persia) take over Brotato with a plan for more updates

Liam Dawe — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:54:10 +0000

Developer Evil Empire who did lots of work on Dead Cells and made The Rogue Prince of Persia have announced they're taking over future development of Brotato.

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ZOE Begone! is a fab hand-drawn fusion of bullet hell with a run and gun

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:01:00 +0000

Inspired by drawn-on-film animation of the 1930s, ZOE Begone! masterfully blends together a bullet hell with a run and gun shooter and you need to check it out.

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Steel Knight's ARMIS turns Vampire Survivors into an anime inspired mecha shooter

Liam Dawe — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:34:01 +0000

Could be a fun twist for the genre. Steel Knight's ARMIS takes the ideas of Vampire Survivors with the upgrade system and tweaks it to be like a mecha anime.

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Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional is like an infested Windows XP as a survivor-like bullet hell

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:04:46 +0000

Retro Windows style as a survivor-like action roguelite? Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional is giving me hilarious nostalgia.

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The Boglands DLC and free update for Halls of Torment land October 28

Liam Dawe — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:07:20 +0000

The million+ seller Halls of Torment from Chasing Carrots is set for a sweet free update and content-filled DLC on October 28th.

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The excellent survivor-like Halls of Torment is getting a big DLC and free update

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:32:11 +0000

Halls of Torment is an incredible auto-battler like Vampire Survivors with a classic Diablo vibe to it, and now it's set to get a lot bigger.

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Parkour meets Vampire Survivors in Midnight Horde

Liam Dawe — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:26:33 +0000

Indie dev Carry Castle recently announced Midnight Horde, a game that blends the popular mechanics of Vampire Survivors with parkour moves.

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Vampire Survivors latest Beta adds online play and more new content

Liam Dawe — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:55:36 +0000

Vampire Survivors is finally getting the promised online mode, with a Beta now available to try that also includes some new content.

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Steampunk auto-shooter Airships: Lost Flotilla gets a big free content update

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:36:56 +0000

Airships: Lost Flotilla is a really good auto-shooter taking elements from survivor-like bullet hells and it just had a big free content expansion.

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Rising Heat aims to be a next evolution of horde survival twin-stick shooters

Liam Dawe — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:31:11 +0000

A sprinkle of Geometry Wars and other twin-stick shooters, a dash of Vampire Survivors styled upgrades - Rising Heat thinks it's going to be special.

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Vehicle No. 4 has you build your own vehicle in this horde survival game

Liam Dawe — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:25:30 +0000

With a demo live on Steam, Vehicle No. 4 could be one to watch if you love your horde survival games with you building your own vehicle.

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Net.Attack() is a very unique take on survivor-like roguelikes with programming your abilities

Liam Dawe — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:40 +0000

Net.Attack() takes the basic idea of the action from Vampire Survivors and other survivor-likes but, it gets you to program your abilities with code blocks.

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Soulstone Survivors hits 1.0 bringing crazy blinding action with a huge skill tree

Liam Dawe — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:34:00 +0000

Soulstone Survivors 1.0 is out now and it's one of the best survivor-like RPG action rogue-lites available.

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Nautical Survival is an overlooked naval-based roguelite auto-shooter gem

Liam Dawe — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:39:09 +0000

Look away now if you value your free time, as Nautical Survival is an absolute gem that will throw your free hours overboard.

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TerraTech Legion could be the best survivor-like ever with vehicle building

Liam Dawe — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:57:37 +0000

I cannot stress enough the joy I felt building up a vehicle in TerraTech Legion, another survivor-like game with a build your own twist.

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Net.Attack() is like Vampire Survivors but you program unique attacks

Liam Dawe — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:45:52 +0000

Now this is seriously cool! Net.Attack() takes the basics of Vampire Survivors, and gets you doing a little visual programming.

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Get Vampire Survivors, Atomicrops and other great games in this new Humble Bundle

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 May 2025 18:52:13 +0000

Humble Bundle have another good one here for you with Vampire Survivors, Atomicrops and various other similar survivorlike bullet hell / bullet heavens.

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Survivor-like bullet hell with random maps FIENDRISE adds Linux support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:25:00 +0000

Originally released on April 17th, FIENDRISE is another quality looking survivor-like bullet heaven / bullet hell like thingy that has randomly generated stages to explore to give you a new experience every time.

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Bullet hell dungeon crawler Enter the Gungeon 2 announced with a new 3D style

Liam Dawe — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:45:22 +0000

Dodge Roll and Devolver Digital announced Enter the Gungeon 2 today, teased during the Nintendo Switch 2 event and it's coming to Steam as well in 2026.

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Roll20 co-creator reveals bullet hell MMO Wyld Land with a demo up now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:04:29 +0000

One of the co-creators of the popular Roll20 virtual tabletop Roll20 has revealed Wyld Land, a free to play bullet hell MMO.

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A Review and Dev Interview: Broadside Renegades

anewson — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 11:11:26 +0000

This ain't your dad's Vampire Survivors. We take a look at a hidden gem and talk to the developer about the development process.

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The Spell Brigade gets lots of gameplay improvements plus a UI update for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:41:24 +0000

The Spell Brigade is a popular survivor-like with online co-op for up to 4 players, it's sold well and the developers continue making big improvements to it.

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Check out the demo for Comet Force a quirky space arena shooter action roguelite

Liam Dawe — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:01:53 +0000

Was that enough genres in the title? Maybe I should have added more. Anyway, Comet Force looks fun and quirky and there's a demo out now you can try.

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Steam Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 is live to show off the explosive growth of the genre

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:23:32 +0000

Bullet Heavens are all the rage right now from Vampire Survivors to Brotato and everything in between them, so Valve launched have a little mini festival to celebrate them all.

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Temtem: Swarm is a survivor-like bullet heaven with cute creatures to evolve out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:14:15 +0000

Available now in Early Access, survivor-like bullet heaven Temtem: Swarm is another game entering the crowded but popular genre from developer Crema.

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Yawnoc is chaotic top-down shooter rogue-lite inspired by Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata

Liam Dawe — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:23:38 +0000

With the source code available along with the game, Yawnoc is a chaotic top-down shooter rogue-lite inspired by Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata that's out now.

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The Spell Brigade is an online co-op survivor-like bullet-hell friendly-fire chaos festival

Liam Dawe — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:37:04 +0000

The Spell Brigade from Bolt Blaster Games looks like a fun mixture of online co-op action and survivor-like mayhem and it appears to have sold rather well.

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Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania DLC arrives for Halloween

Liam Dawe — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:57:11 +0000

Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is the latest expansion to the smash hit survivor game that started it all, and it's coming on Halloween.

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Halls of Torment hits 1 million sales - more free updates planned

Liam Dawe — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:34:47 +0000

Halls of Torment has been a great hit for developers Chasing Carrots, with it hitting 1 million sales on Steam.

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Hive Jump 2: Survivors is an addictive blend of Vampire Survivors and Brotato with a Jetpack

Liam Dawe — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:53:20 +0000

There may come a day where I get tired of survivor-like bullet hell shooters, but it's clearly not today. Hive Jump 2: Survivors just released and I've had a real blast with it.

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Try the refreshed demo of Pest Apocalypse a pizza-delivery survivor-like bullet heaven

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:32:07 +0000

Pest Apocalypse continues looking great. One I highlighted before and doing so again now due to a brand new demo, bringing vehicular action to the survivor-like bullet hell genre.

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Vampire Survivors gets free content in The Darkasso update, online co-op still in development

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:13:08 +0000

The game that started it all and has been cloned repeatedly, Vampire Survivors has another free update out with The Darkasso update.

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I tried the demo of Super reaKtor and it really fried my brain

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:28:42 +0000

Super reaKtor is a unique bullet hell where you absorb various orbs using your laser beam, and while the idea is great it really did annihilate my brain.

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Steel & Blood is a huge upgrade for horde battler Rogue: Genesia

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:12:48 +0000

Rogue: Genesia is easily one of the best survivor-like horde games, and it just got even better with the huge Steel & Blood update.

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Pull off sick tricks and take down hordes of demons in Motordoom

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:15:01 +0000

Motordoom is the latest entry in the survivor-like horde shooter genre popularised by Vampire Survivors, and this one has you do some freestyle-sports.

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SCAD is Twisted Metal meets Vampire Survivors and I want it now

Liam Dawe — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:10:12 +0000

I'm a total sucker for over the top action, especially when you're tearing down hordes of enemies in whatever bullet hell / bullet heaven game comes along since Vampire Survivors kicked it all off. The next one I need in my life is SCAD.

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Super reaKtor is the most insane-looking bullet hell I've seen in a good while

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:34:22 +0000

Think you have fast reflexes? Super reaKtor looks like it will thoroughly test you with its rather unique take on bullet hell.

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Customize your slice in Pizza Hero a (currently free) Vampire Survivor-like

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:07:27 +0000

Pizza Hero is a new Vampire Survivor-like that you can currently add a free copy of to your Steam account for a limited time.

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Star Fox like shooter Whisker Squadron: Survivor just added a campaign mode to blast through

Liam Dawe — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:20:51 +0000

Taking Star Fox and putting the survivor-like spin on it with lots of upgrades and repeat runs, Whisker Squadron: Survivor has levelled up with a new campaign mode that's really worth a go.

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Relic Abyss is the next big feature-heavy roguelite survivor RPG

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:13:42 +0000

Another contestant enters the survivor-like battle ring with Relic Abyss, and this one is absolutely packed full of features that will probably end up sucking my life away.

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