Vampire Survivors took the internet by storm when it was released in 2022, and given that success, it’s no surprise that other indie developers are striving to follow in its footsteps. It became a modern classic partially due to its gameplay loop, which brought quick-but-satisfying leveling and deep buildcrafting, and partially due to its extremely low price tag. Being the ideal Steam Deck game helped, too, and since its debut, the franchise has expanded to have its own card game. Vampire Survivors has also become available on multiple platforms. For players seeking a new experience in the same vein as Vampire Survivors, Voxie Survivor has them covered on PC.
While its title obviously indicates that it’s a Survivors-like game with a similar offering of bullet heaven combat, Voxie Survivor’s visual style is more comparable to Minecraft than anything else. Minecraft is one of the most successful games of all time for a range of reasons, such as its use as an educational tool and an iconic selection of mobs, but it’s hard to imagine it becoming what it is without its signature blocky art style. While not everything in this PC game’s world is cubic, the squares that players fight on and especially the character models will make many players think of Mojang’s legendary IP.
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- FIGHT a reactive horde of enemies and apex bosses using snappy dodges and critical attacks to your advantage.
- PROGRESS the game’s story on every single run, rescuing allies, discovering environmental clues, and more.
- EXPERIMENT with 45 different weapon pairings, guaranteeing replayability.
- BUILD your characters with cores and shards from tougher foes, allowing for permanent progression alongside mid-run upgrades.
Break monster swarms, lockdown rescue missions, and crush apex bosses as you weave through deep story-driven chaos. Welcome to a bullet heaven roguelike where survival demands strategy. Master the chaos; it takes a real Voxie Survivor to conquer all!
Voxie Survivor’s Gameplay Has All the Vampire Survivors Staples
Voxie Survivors’ Minecraft-like game aesthetic pairs nicely with its similar approach to storytelling, as each session of gameplay sees players piecing together bits and pieces of some surprisingly deep lore. Mechanically, though, Voxie’s namesake comes into play, as Vampire Survivors’ influence is truly everywhere. Those who love autoshooting tons of projectiles at hordes of foes will be right at home in this game, with a crit system allowing for some huge bursts of damage from time to time. A “snappy” dodge mechanic will be added as well, allowing for tight movements and the freedom to capitalize on small windows to attack.
When it comes to enemies, players can expect to deal with skeletons, gigantic looming zombies, slimes, mushrooms, and more. Apex bosses will also be included, such as a giant dragon entity that just so happens to resemble Minecraft’s Ender Dragon, albeit with white scales instead of black ones. All of these enemies won’t be pushovers, as developer AlwaysGeeky Games has promised that the enemy AI will use all the player’s movement against them, flowing around environmental obstacles to catch the protagonist off guard. Like Vampire Survivors, Voxie Survivor will be simplistic on the surface and easy to get into, but long-term, it will genuinely challenge gamers.
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To truly work as a Survivors-like game, though, Voxie needs build variety. And, fortunately, it seems that it will have that variety in spades. In addition to permanent upgrades that can be applied between runs using cores and shards plucked from dead enemies, there will apparently be 45 unique weapon combinations to experiment with. Examples given include bouncing blades that ricochet through the horde of blocky foes and an ability to slam the earth below the player character to shatter the voxel creatures as they close in. Players will pull weapon cards mid-run to essentially re-roll the main element of their setup, keeping things fresh as the fights get tougher.
Voxie Survivor Even Embraces Vampire Survivors’ Secret Weapon
While it’s impossible to recapture the perfect storm of Vampire Survivors launching alongside a new on-the-go console, there’s no denying how well games like this pair with platforms like the Steam Deck. With that in mind, it’s extremely exciting that AlwaysGeeky Games has kept the Steam Deck at the forefront of its mind when developing Voxie Survivor. As soon as the game releases on Steam, it will be Steam Deck verified, so players can expect fluid performance and top-tier optimization regardless of whether they play on the handheld device or a tricked-out gaming PC.
With the team behind Voxie Survivor clearly recognizing why Vampire Survivors was so successful, it will be interesting to see whether that game’s low price tag is also something that this upcoming release borrows. As interested players wait to find out the price of admission to this Minecraft and Vampire Survivors hybrid, they can give the game’s demo a try, which is available for free and can be downloaded right now. With early commenters seemingly enjoying what the demo has to offer—there are requests for a dash button due to the fast and deadly mobs, however—Voxie Survivor might just turn out to be another Bullet Heaven gem.