Vampire Memories

Vampire Memories is a barrage-shooting game in which you fight through waves of enemies. You can start playing without much technical skill: enemy bullets destroy one another, so firing can help keep you safe. The game focuses on its shooting rather than plot, and supports the Steam Workshop for player-made mods.

Combat and upgrades

You attack with ranged and melee strikes, and can slow your character’s movement. During a run, you can obtain attribute items and other improvements. Enemies do not harm you when you collide with them.

Waves and difficulty

The game has four wave-count difficulties, with routes and clear times that vary by difficulty:

• 45 waves: novice difficulty, with a clear time of about 10 minutes.
• 65 waves: from the 10th wave’s boss onward, special enemies appear if you do not defeat the boss within 10 seconds. Defeating them opens this difficulty; clearing it takes about 15 minutes.
• 85 waves: from the 50th wave’s boss onward, special enemies appear if you do not defeat the boss within 10 seconds. Defeating them opens this difficulty; clearing it takes about 20 minutes.
• 105 waves: use the red flute after wave 70 to open this difficulty, which takes about 30–40 minutes to clear.

Flutes and routes

The yellow, blue and red flutes open routes through three layers of a forest. Using the purple flute gives you plot fragments from a fourth forest.

• Yellow flute: use it after wave 5 to enter the first forest layer. Using it after wave 10 can give you the blue flute.
• Blue flute: use it to enter the second forest layer. Using it after wave 50 can give you the red flute.
• Red flute: use it to enter the third forest layer. Using it after wave 70 can give you the purple flute and open the 105-wave difficulty.
• Purple flute: use it to obtain plot fragments from the fourth forest.