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Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns

Grab your blaster, join Contra Force, and be the bullet hell in Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns Assemble a squad of classic Characters and arm yourself with an explosive arsenal of arcade weaponry in this…

95 9 May 2024

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns is an indie developed by Poncle, released 9 May 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns is

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns is an indie 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, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Grab your blaster, join Contra Force, and be the bullet hell in Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns Assemble a squad of classic Characters and arm yourself with an explosive arsenal of arcade weaponry in this action packed expansion for Vampire Survivors. Blast through thousands of fearsome foes and bonkers bosses from throughout the lauded lineage of Contra games. Persist determinedly through prodigious stages inspired by iconic Konami series, but be prepared for a bullet-hell of a fight, because if your trigger finger lacks stamina, Earth may lack a future. The DLC adds 11 characters, 22 weapons, 1 large stage, 1 bonus stage, 30 in-game unlocks and a 6 chapter adventure.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

Where it sits in the Contra series

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns is the 44th of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 95 is 31 points above the series average of 64. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 19 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns launched on 9 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Nine Sols. 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: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols.

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When did Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns come out?
Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns was released on 9 May 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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