Hello again, my fellow Vampire Survivors Crawlers.

Marthello here, with some news.

Vampire Crawlers is coming to mobile

That’s right, Vampire Crawlers is coming to iOS and Android on October 12 at 9:00 AM BST, which is much more specific than “2026.”

Soon, you’ll be able to crawl dungeons, build Combos and become overpowered from the convenience of your phone.

Now, back to Death Parade. 

This time, we’re looking at a new Mana card and taking a closer look at one of the new Arcanas.

Karoma’s Mana

Karoma’s Mana is a new purple Mana card designed to keep your hand moving. At its base cost, it uses one Mana to Switch one card, then gives that Mana right back to you.

It also introduces Adaptability, which changes the card’s cost to one more than the last card added to your Combo. The further your chain goes, the more carefully you’ll need to decide where Karoma’s Mana belongs.

The new Adaptability Gem lets you add the effect to existing cards, too. Death Parade’s release date has already proven a little too adaptable, so from now on, we’re just keeping that effect in the deck.

Chair Game

Earlier, we revealed the names of Death Parade’s four new Arcanas and didn’t explain them. I’ve now been authorized to explain one:

Chair Game is designed for when you have an active chain, but none of the cards left in your hand can continue it. 

Once per turn, it Switches up to four cards, discarding the dead ends and drawing replacements that might keep your Combo alive. Yes, even if your Combo is only x1.

Because Switch discards cards before replacing them, cards with Afterlife can still activate, cards with Scavenge (formerly Scavenger; we discarded the “r”) can grow stronger can grow stronger and any other discard effects can also trigger. So, what looked like a failed chain can suddenly become damage, scaling and another chance to keep your Combo going.

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We hope you enjoy Death Parade and the patches still to come, each with a shiny new mechanic to unlock and toggle across every stage. Use it or don’t, all the new content is yours either way.

As for whether this is the final preview, there’s only one way to find out.

~ Marthello

Hey folks!

The Bloodmoon demands a sacrifice... and we want to reward your efforts (or maybe Malice's Cardinal Rain is drying up?? either way, we need more blood! YOUR BLOOD! 🫵)

What do you need to do?

• Find a recognised blood donation location and schedule an appointment
• Show up to give blood between September 2nd and September 30th
• Submit proof of your visit by October 7th
• Receive keys for Vampire Survivors and Legacy of the Bloodmoon on the platform of your choice, whilst supplies last

What if you can't donate blood?

• You can donate to any registered blood-related charity; or
• Draw an original advertisement encouraging people to donate blood on a piece of paper, then take a clear photo of your drawing and post the photo publicly on social media with the hashtag #BloodForTheBloodmoon, along with some info about the Blood for the Bloodmoon campaign

Submit proof of your blood donation, attempted blood donation, financial donation, or a direct link to your post through the online form on our website

This is available to anyone in countries where Vampire Survivors is available to purchase!

we (poncle) will be matching eligible financial donations up to a combined total of $5,000 USD, with the contribution going to the American Red Cross

If you already own the game and expansion but still want to enter, you can always gift your copies to a friend or family member!

Many people around the world rely on blood donations, so we'd like to encourage people to donate or spread the word in hopes that more people will donate blood to help those in need!

For more information, rules, and FAQs please head to our campaign website https://bloodmoon.poncle.net/

If you'd like to make a financial donation, but are unsure which charity to donate to, we have set up a page for donations to the American Red Cross below
https://tiltify.com/+blood-for-the-bloodmoon/blood-for-the-bloodmoon

Hey folks!

I'm sure many of you have already seen the Comic announcement from other posts/sites, but we wanted to share that it’ll be your last chance to pre-order and guarantee your copy of the first issue for Issue 1 this Monday 17th August!

The Comics are written by David Hazan, published by Titan Comics, and the internal art for Issue 1 is done by Jimmy Kucaj and Jão Canola

There are 5 cover variants in total for Issue 1, the artists for each cover are as follows:
Issue 1 Cover Art A by Jimmy Kucaj
Issue 1 Cover Art B by David Hartman
Issue 1 Cover Art C by Federico Sabbatini

and there's also a Virgin Cardstock Variant for Cover A and a Foil Variant for Cover B available!

Issue 1 is set to release on September 9th 2026 and will be available from all good comic book shops! You can use the  Comic Shop Locator and add your zip code (for North America) or select your Country & City for outside North America
For US, Canada & Rest of the World postal orders visit Titan Comics
For UK & EU you can order from Forbidden Planet

There will be a total of 4 Issues for the comics, starting with Issue 1 next month. There will also be a graphic novel comprising of all four issues set for March 2027!

If you want to learn more about the Vampire Survivors world then the comics might just give you a little taste of that sweet, sweet lore everyone has been asking for 👀
Yeah, Antonio, Imelda, and Gennaro are siblings apparently? What does that make Pasqualina, Zi'Assunta, and Zi'Appunta then? I have no idea tbh

Here's the official description/synopsis of Issue 1 to whet your palate:

"The things that go bump in the night fear only one thing, survivors. They grow in strength and conviction and now use their expertise to vanquish those very creatures with whips, magic, knives and garlic?!

When the Belpaese siblings are tasked with clearing out a library full of monsters, Imelda Belpaese stumbles upon an ancient evil so horrific it leaves destruction in its wake, and now its looks to destroy one thing, Imelda’s mind.

The Trickster follows her, wreaking havoc all around her but is invisible to everyone but her.

But with the rivalrous Ladonna family applying pressure and the Belpaese siblings’ constant quarrels, the Trickster may just be able to destroy everything."

Head to Titan Comics to read more about Issue 1 and see more pre-order info!

We're still working on many things behind the scenes here at poncle, Luca is causing chaos on his Twitter & Steam News posts, la luna di sangue sta sorgendo, and probably some other stuff

Thank you so much (on behalf of the team), as always, for all of the support across the years!

- Johncle

Hey folks!

We've finally got out our first QOL improvements patch and a detailed content roadmap for 2026. It took longer than expected because we got stuck for days trying to exit the game 🤷

Jokes aside, thank you again from everyone at poncle and Nosebleed for playing Vampire Crawlers and being patient for our updates and roadmap!

Version 1.5 Contents

🔵 You can now quit the game

• Settings Button and therefore Quit options always available in the bottom left corner
• Backspace can be used to exit Shops or return to Village from the World Map
• Clearer messaging around Autosave timing added to Quit Confirm pop-up

🔵 Card Sorting

• Buttons to sort cards by Mana cost or Colour
• Pressing up/down will quickly move your selection to the next category:
  • In unsorted mode it moves to the start and end of the hand
  • In colour sort mode it moves to the next colour
  • In mana sort mode it moves to the next level of mana cost

🔵 Jeweller Clarity

• Jeweller UI now shows the chests you might find a Gem in
• Made several tweaks to make gems rarity behave in a more intuitive way (changes listed below)
• Sealing no longer requires the Player to bring a gem’s frequency below common; Gems can now be also instantly sealed.

🔵 New Deck View

• There is now a single deck view which shows you ALL your cards in one place, and whether they are in your deck pile, your hand, or the discard pile. This is accessible from multiple screens.

🔵 Tooltips

• Added Tooltip Visibility options to the settings to give players more flexibility
• Removed the controller button dedicated to Tooltip toggling (it is now used for card sorting)

🔵 Endless Mode

• If you have completed the game, a small new teaser area is unlocked on the map. This level contains a new Relic which unlocks Endless Mode
• With the Relic active, Endless Mode is available in any dungeon that you have previously cleared.
• In Endless Mode the difficulty is increased, and you can keep digging after completing the normal floors of a dungeon, allowing you to explore further and experience even tougher encounters.
• The Jeweller is disabled in Endless Mode to make it an a challenge about going as deep as possible in a stage having to rely on the base-game RNG rather than a preset gem configuration.

🔵 Other changes

• Grim Grimoire is now available during level-ups
• When levelling up you will be shown if any of the cards offered are part of an evolution with your existing cards (but only if you have Evo’d that combination previously)
• On the Pause screen we now default to the bottom row of buttons to make it easier to open the Grim Grimoire (or exit…)
• Previously hidden stats like Re-roll are now shown when they are not 0
• There is now a Luck-based chance to get 4 gems per chest instead of 3
• Luck increases the chance of getting better quality gems when levelling up

🔵 Coin Count is still OP

• Profit.

🔵 Bugfixes and improvements

• Please see the list below

2026 content roadmap

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Please note this is the minimum amount of content we're planning to release with each update. We'll actively try to pack in more QOL improvements and stuff that makes sense, especially in the later ones.

Other platforms

This update will reach all Consoles soon!

There will be a couple of major changes for Nintendo Switch 2:

• Game is now 1080p in handheld mode, and 4K when docked
• Mouse: the stick on the controller that acts as the mouse is now functional for dungeon navigation

Read all the juicy info on Steam News here

Thanks again for all of the support with Vampire Survivors, this wouldn't be possible without you all!

- Johncle

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