Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania
The Vampire Survivors have come a long way in their honorable hunt, and after joining forces with the Belmont Family, they are the closest they've ever been. Finally, within their grasp... A vampire. Possibly…
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is an arcade developed by Poncle, released 31 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is an arcade game developed by Poncle and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Vampire Survivors have come a long way in their honorable hunt, and after joining forces with the Belmont Family, they are the closest they've ever been. Finally, within their grasp... A vampire. Possibly, at least.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Castlevania series
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania is the 106th of 108 entries we hold in the Castlevania series. The next entry was Castlevania: Belmont's Curse in 2026. Its critic score of 95 is 16 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Super Castlevania IV at 100.
How it was received
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 19 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania launched on 31 October 2024, within three weeks of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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