Vampire Crawlers Release Date Revealed (And It's Coming Soon)

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Published Mar 19, 2026, 11:19 AM EDT

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Poncle is ready to inject the gaming public with another dose of addictive monster-slaying action, as Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors has its release date, and it's coming soon.

Set in the same world as Vampire Survivors, Vampire Crawlers has switched out the top-down action gameplay for a first-person perspective, as the player draws cards and pulls off combos to defeat enemies.

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With 12+ new characters, 16+ new weapons (including a new Glimmer mechanic), a World-Weaving Stage, a bunch of new remixes, and so much more.

Vampire Crawlers recently received a demo during Steam Next Fest, and it seems that it's ready to rise from its coffin, as a new trailer on the official Poncle YouTube channel has confirmed when it's coming out.

Vampire Crawlers Launches April 21

Vampire Crawlers is coming to PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on April 21, 2026. It will receive a day-one launch on Game Pass and will be available on Nintendo Switch 2 via backward compatibility.

The price for Vampire Crawlers has also been revealed: $9.99/£9.99/€9.99. Clearly, the developers aren't interested in currency differences, as UK fans are getting screwed at that price point.

Vampire Crawlers is coming to PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on April 21, 2026

The Vampire Crawlers demo was incredibly addictive, with the player encouraged to pull off massive combos with an ever-growing deck of cards, while facing increasingly nasty opponents. The fact that it's turn-based means it does lose some of the manic energy of Vampire Survivors, but it's still a highly engaging experience.

2026 has already seen its fair share of amazing games, and that's not even factoring in some high-profile releases coming later in the year. Vampire Crawlers has what it takes to become the big indie hit of the year, so long as its deck-building stays fun for a hundred hours in.