I've always heard Arena Survival
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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I thought they were auto battlers?
I think the fact that you move the character around during the battle precludes it from that genre. Auto battles usually have two phases, a shopping or building phase and a battle phase. You prepare for the battle in the former but have no influence on the outcome in the battle phase itself.
Yeah, I remembered Super Auto Pets and immediately realized I'd made an enormous mistake.
This post made me install Vampire Survivors on my phone and it felt like an old flash game I used to play on miniclip during IT classes in school. Some of the assets are completely stolen from OG Castlevania too (I'm sure this has been pointed out before).
Anyway, like 45 mins passed and I have no idea where the time went. I can see this game being good for public transport, waiting rooms, etc.
Isn't it already Arena?
The genre is ASS games. Can't go wrong with that.
I've just been calling them exactly that: vampire survivors like. It's a mouthful, so I'm open to the alternatives.
We've established a name already in the indie space for these. It's a "horde survival shooter" damnit.
Not to be confused with the plain old "horde shooter" like your helldivers 2 and what not
It's a horde survival shooter with upgrades
I call them circle spawners. The enemies spawn in a rough circle around you and close in. I think you can modify that with other terms depending on the specifics of what the game adds in.
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