Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is opening more studios and has over 15 games in the works

Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has big plans for the future, interview says Matteo Sapio, director of strategy of the company. The company is opening two new studios in Japan and Italy and has more than 15 games in active development. That’s a lot of action for a company primarily known for a single franchise.

Sapio says the company is developing three basic types of games. There are repercussions Vampire Survivorslike this week’s . Poncle also creates original IPs and says there are two games set in new universes coming.

Finally, he is working on some roguelites with mechanics similar to Vampire Survivorsbut using other IP addresses. We already know one of them, a roguelite taking place in the Warhammer 40K universe . It should arrive on Steam this year. To facilitate these projects, Poncle has developed an engine capable of transforming pre-existing IP addresses into games that play like Vampire Survivors.

If you’re wondering if there are enough fans for multiple top-down roguelites with simple controls and killer mechanics, let me tell you Halls of Torment, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor And Soulstone Survivorsamong many others. This genre has become popular in recent years, likely due to the continued success of Vampire Survivors. To that end, the original game.

Poncle, however, put all third-party publishing plans on hold after releasing a few games last year. “It was a learning experience,” Sapio said. “But we found that we were not able to provide adequate support.” The Company may revisit third-party publishing in the future.

This is great news for Poncle and fans of the Vampire Survivors franchise, but there’s always risk when a company tries to expand like this. Do you remember the group Embracer? He went on a massive buying spree starting in 2019.

However, this is not a AAA game development studio. Poncle produces independent titles and the new studios will be streamlined operations, with “small teams of people.” Sapio said this organizational structure would help keep the company “agile and flexible”.

Personally, I have high hopes for this company. That’s because the spin-off that just came out Crawling vampires is so very good, which proves to me that Poncle is not a pony for all tricks. It plays like a mix of Kill the arrow with a first person dungeon crawler like Etrian Odyssey, while successfully capturing the mood of Vampire Survivors. If Poncle can maintain this level of quality, players could be in for a treat in the long run.