Vampire Survivors Turns 4 With Online Co-Op at Last — and Another Surprise on the Way

We finally made it: Vampire Survivors is getting online co-op. After years of people yelling into the night (and the Steam forums), Poncle says you will be able to fight the endless pixel horde with a buddy over the internet very soon. Yes, actually-online co-op, not just sharing a couch and a bowl of chips.

What Poncle announced

"The wait is nearly over. Online co-op is coming to Vampire Survivors on PC and consoles THIS Autumn!"

That line comes from the official Vampire Survivors social accounts, posted October 7, 2025. And yes, they leaned into the season joke themselves: it is autumn right now. Time is a flat circle, but this feature window is not.

At a glance

• Online co-op lands this autumn on PC and consoles. The reveal came via the Vampire Survivors social channels on Oct 7, 2025.
• Players have been asking for online play pretty much since 2021, when folks first started spelunking through Poncle's roguelike bullet-hell and discovered how weirdly deep it is.
• Local co-op has been around for a while across platforms, and Poncle made sure it was in place for the Nintendo Switch launch. Online and local are very different beasts, though.
• The studio is still small, and supporting a mega-popular, constantly updated game tends to shove big infrastructure features like online down the priority stack. Fair enough.
• The announcement came with a delightfully 90s-flavored trailer. Sadly (or wisely), the iconic dial-up screech is not part of the game.
• Poncle also teased more news: another announcement next week, plus three additional reveals still to be confirmed.
• Separate but nice: the devs launched an official, ad-free wiki for Vampire Survivors, joining the recent trend of cleaner community hubs like the ones for Stardew Valley and Terraria.

Why this took a minute

Local co-op is one thing: you control the whole playfield, you do not have to worry about latency, and nobody is syncing a thousand skeletons across two living rooms. Doing it online is a different engineering puzzle entirely, especially for a team that has been heads-down adding characters, stages, and joke weapons at a ridiculous clip. The short version: the demand has been loud since 2021, the team stayed small, and getting it right mattered more than just ticking a box. Now it is finally happening.

The vibe (and the fine print)

The teaser leans into retro internet energy, which fits a game that loves a winky reference. The only disappointment is the devs confirming those dial-up tones are not part of the package. A missed nostalgia opportunity? Maybe. But I will take stable netcode over auditory trauma any day.

More news is coming

Beyond online co-op arriving this autumn, Poncle says to check back next week for another announcement, with three more still in the chamber. If they somehow reveal actual vampires as a tie-in, I will eat my controller. Until then, see you in the harvest.