One of the weirdest games to blow up in popularity lately is Vampire Survivors. This is a $3 game made by a single person that looks like it came out of the 90s. It's amazingly simple and simply amazing.
I personally found out about this from @kaelci through this post. If you're not following @kealci already I suggest you go do so. She's one of my favorite content creators here on Hive. This was back in February though and it wasn't until I saw Asmongold playing it on stream rather recently that I decided to give it a go. Some of you have already seen me playing this on stream but I decided a game like this deserves a post on its own.
What is Vampire Survivors?
Vampire Survivors is a simplistic rogue-lite where the goal is quite simple. Survive for 30 minutes by killing everything the game throws at you. And the game throws a lot at you. You'll be getting upwards of 30000 kills in a single game if you make it to the end.
When I say the game is simplistic I mean it. How this works is that you select your character and level at the start. Each character starts with a different weapon. As you kill enemies they drop gems that can be picked up for EXP. Every time you level up you get 3-4 choices of either gaining a new weapon/skill or upgrading an existing one. That's pretty much it. The rest of the game is simply using WASD to move around the map.
There's also a few objectives to watch out for. Most maps have unique items you'll need to pick up to strengthen your save file as well as unlocking new characters. Something to do while watching 30000 monsters being ripped to pieces.
The game also features a collection screen which is nice for completionists like me as well as 88 achievements that are not to hard to get. Pretty much all achievements can be gained by grinding and simply spending time in the game. Some will require luck for sure. Seeing as the rarest achievement have been unlocked by 8% of the player base I'm not to worried about it being to hard.
The name Bone Zone scares me though. I haven't unlocked this level yet so I need to grind some more to get there.
A perfect No Brain game
This is not a game that I sit down to play like I would Elden Ring or Fortnite. So far, outside my streams, I've only been playing this game on my second monitor while watching football. It's perfect for things like this. The game doesn't need to much of your attention and it can be paused at any moment. Seeing as the weapons attack by themselves and the only thing you really control is the positioning of your character you can even let the game just be for a few minutes and you'll still be fine. At least most of the time.
If anyone wants a simple game that's easy to play and doesn't require much of a brain I really recommend getting this. It's extremely cheap and already one of the best rated games on Steam. That should speak for itself really.
All images in this post are screenshots taken by me.