Vampire Survivors local co-op arrives in free update in August 2023

Alongside the Nintendo Switch version

Marco Wutz | Jun 22, 2023

Vampire Survivors local co-op arrives in free update in August 2023 /

Vampire Survivors is adding another welcome feature in a free update coming out on August 17, 2023, for the PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and mobile versions in the form of couch co-op for up to four players. If you weren’t happy with the amount of effects, bullets, and enemies shown on your screen while playing solo, then be prepared for even more stuff to be happening as you survive endless horses of foes with your friends.

The Nintendo Switch release of the game is dated for the same day and will come with the local co-op feature already being included, as was announced at yesterday’s Nintendo Direct.

Developer Poncle explained that it will be possible to seamlessly switch from solo to co-op play between stages and unlock achievements as normal. The feature will work on Steam Deck, too, provided players sit together close enough or connect to a TV. Mobile devices will require several bluetooth controllers, but can run the co-op mode as well. Good luck actually seeing what’s going on, though.

Aside from “more chaos” the gameplay basically remains unchanged in co-op, the developer promised: there are no specific achievements or stages so as to give no one the feeling of having to play co-op to 100% the game.

Everything is still happening on one screen, so this is no split screen scenario, and players share the XP bar, leveling up together. It’s not all just harmonious monster ass-kicking, though, as “there will also be a few ways to sabotage each other.” Naturally. The developers reported that “multiple friendships” have been tested throughout the creation phase of co-op mode inside the team, so we can definitely expect some hilarity to ensue.

While the co-op mode does not run online natively, solutions like Steam Remote Play Together should work, Poncle has stated in the announcement of the feature.

More DLC for Vampire Survivors is in the works as well, so you won’t run out of enemies to battle or stages to survive on any time soon.

Published Jun 22, 2023

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg