Vampire Survivors: our collective obsession with the quirky, genre-defining indie game
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Valve says games like Vampire Survivors fall under the “Bullet Heaven” genre.
As one of many updates to Steam store tags, Valve has added “Bullet Heaven,” which it defines as: “The opposite of Bullet Hell; Focus on upgrades while automatically attacking hordes of enemies”.
I’m fine with it, but Aftermath has a great argument about why it doesn’t work. What do you think?
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