Vampire's Best Friend
A downloadable game for Windows
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
Fly Through the Night
We've all had that dream where you're flying in the sky only to wake up to your boring terrestrial life, but dream no more! Fly around as a bat with unique movement that re-contextualizes precision platformer trappings and flips them upside-down!
Old-School Charm
Limitations were imposed on the palette, sprite size, and audio fidelity to really deliver on that old-school feeling. Retaining the difficulty of retro games, but with modern design sensibilities so you wont be throwing your rectangular controller.
Open World
It's tough out there, but you can take it at your own pace. If you're ever stuck on a challenge, you can easily take a different path and find another way forward.
Carve Your Own Path
There are plenty of routes you can take through the game, but there's gotta be one that's the best, right? The world is designed to let players experiment with routing and find the fastest, or easiest, way through the game, depending on if you're hardcore or looking for something more chill.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $9.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Vampire's Best Friend is out now!63 days ago
Comments
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Any chance of the game coming out on gog.com?
I don't really know anything about that site so no intentions to release there right now
OMG i really wanna play this game 😤 but i am a child and i dont have money and i would really like if u mad a free version! but ofc u might say no and thats oki, but i would really love if u made this really fun to play game free! :3
Thanks a lot, there is a demo of the game you can play for free on the game's page right above the comments section
Those flowers in the screenshots look really cool.
thanks!
so difficult
Super fun! I love how the map structure & checkpoint system work together, its very unique! Backtracking is often quicker than resetting to the center, so you get to experience the challenge of moving through each room from multiple directions.
The lack of tutorial might be a turn-off for some people (the difficulty starts very high, there is no “easy” rooms) but I encourage those people to keep at it! Ignore all the garlic and just explore :)
The art is really cute, too!
Spoiler (end screen)
I'm really glad you enjoyed the game enough to get all the garlic! thanks for playing :)
Wow, this is such a cool game!
I'm a big fan of everything related to vampires :)
Unfortunately, at the moment I don’t have any cash on my card, but I’ll definitely buy the game later.
The trailer looks really promising!
Thanks a lot, I hope you like the game when you're able to check it out :)
I thought I’d leave my review here:
Vampire’s Best Friend is a charming and challenging twist on the Metroidvania genre! I love how the game truly lets you go anywhere. There’s no blocked passages that require upgrades, just obstacles that require you to fully understand the bat’s unique flight, and knowing when and where to perch to regain stamina. The game’s visuals are cute and it’s one of the few games I turn on the CRT filter for, it looks great! The music is really catchy too! I definitely recommend if you’re a fan of challenging platformers, or if you wish that more Metroidvania games fully emphasized the freedom to make your own path.