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Is Vampire Survivors safe for your child?
Age guide
7+
We advise Vampire Survivors from age 7 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk).
- 5-8
- At this age, children can enjoy the simple, repetitive gameplay of moving a character and watching automatic attacks, focusing on collecting coins and power-ups.
- 9-12
- This age group will likely appreciate unlocking new characters, weapons, and stages, engaging with the strategic element of combining items for powerful 'evolutions'.
- 13-15
- Teenagers might delve into optimizing builds, completing challenging achievements, and exploring the deeper meta-progression systems to maximize their runs.
- 16+
- Older players can engage with the extensive content updates, 'endless' modes, and community strategies for pushing score limits and discovering hidden secrets.
Vampire Survivors is a roguelike bullet hell game where players control a character who automatically attacks hordes of monsters. The goal is to survive as long as possible, collecting power-ups and evolving weapons to become overpowered.
- Age guide
- 7+
- Overall risk
- 3/10
- Violence
- 3/10
- Toxic behaviour
- 1/10
- Stranger contact
- 1/10
- Addiction risk
- 8/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Influence
- 4/10
What parents should know
Vampire Survivors is a pixel-art action game where players survive endless waves of monsters using automatically firing weapons. The core gameplay loop involves strategic character and weapon upgrades, leading to highly engaging and often long play sessions. Its simple controls and deep progression system make it accessible yet challenging.
What to do about Vampire Survivors
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Vampire Survivors age rating and parents guide: common questions
What age rating is Vampire Survivors?
Parentwise puts Vampire Survivors at 7+. We advise Vampire Survivors from age 7 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). Violence scores 3/10, language 1/10, stranger contact 1/10 and addiction risk 8/10.
Can a 10 year old play Vampire Survivors?
Yes, 10 is at or above the age we advise for Vampire Survivors (7+). This age group will likely appreciate unlocking new characters, weapons, and stages, engaging with the strategic element of combining items for powerful 'evolutions'.
Can a 12 year old play Vampire Survivors?
Yes, 12 is at or above the age we advise for Vampire Survivors (7+). This age group will likely appreciate unlocking new characters, weapons, and stages, engaging with the strategic element of combining items for powerful 'evolutions'.
Can a 13 year old play Vampire Survivors?
Yes, 13 is at or above the age we advise for Vampire Survivors (7+). Teenagers might delve into optimizing builds, completing challenging achievements, and exploring the deeper meta-progression systems to maximize their runs.
Is Vampire Survivors appropriate for kids?
Vampire Survivors is a pixel-art action game where players survive endless waves of monsters using automatically firing weapons. Parentwise rates Vampire Survivors overall as low risk (3/10), with stranger contact at 1/10 and addiction risk at 8/10.
Is Vampire Survivors family friendly?
Vampire Survivors is one of the lower-risk titles we rate. The core gameplay loop involves strategic character and weapon upgrades, leading to highly engaging and often long play sessions.
Vampire Survivors parents guide: what should a parent know first?
Vampire Survivors is a pixel-art action game where players survive endless waves of monsters using automatically firing weapons. The parts that most often catch parents out are stranger contact (1/10) and how hard it pulls for more time (8/10).
Is Vampire Survivors safe for kids?
We advise Vampire Survivors from age 7 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). The core gameplay loop involves strategic character and weapon upgrades, leading to highly engaging and often long play sessions.
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