After covering 600+ games, these are what I consider the best Reverse Bullet-Hell / Vampire Survivors-like games as of 2022! : iosgaming

After 153 tl;dr sport suggestion posts right here on the sub, that is my try at gathering and summarizing among the greatest reverse bullet-hell / bullet-heaven / Vampire Survivors-like video games on cell.

That is additionally the twelfth entry in my “better of” collection right here on the sub, the place I’ve beforehand coated Flip-Based mostly Technique Video games, Offline RPGs, Multiplayer PvP Video games, Cell Ports, Tower Protection Video games, Upcoming Shooters 2022, Conventional Roguelikes, Netflix Video games, Upcoming Video games of 2022, MMORPGs, and Motion RPGs.

Hope you may get pleasure from it and share your personal favorites beneath for others to find <3

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0) Fast primer on the style

The reverse bullet-hell style is basically an ideal mixture of twin-stick shooters like House Marshals, roguelike RPGs like Archero, and conventional bullet hell video games.

However then, this time round, we’re those firing hundreds of bullets on the enemies whereas they storm at us from all sides and we simply attempt to survive the entire thing whereas steadily unlocking new skills.

1) 20 Minutes Until Daybreak | PAID – Panorama

20 Minutes Until Daybreak stands out from the remainder as a result of it’s performed in panorama mode, and we not solely have a joystick for controlling our character, but in addition one for taking pictures, which makes the gameplay a bit extra energetic and fascinating.

One other massive distinction is that we not solely choose a personality on this sport, but in addition one among a number of ammo-based weapons that need to reload as we use them.

At its core, the sport performs very a lot the identical as Magic Survival or Vampire Survivors, with random new skills to choose from once we stage up and enemies that storm at us whereas we do the whole lot we will to remain alive – this time for both 10 or 20 minutes relying on the sport mode chosen.

The art-style can also be simply superb on this one, and though it has much less general development than among the different video games talked about right here, it’s nonetheless extremely gratifying. And it even options controller assist.

It’s a $2.99 greenback premium sport with no vitality system, none of these every day login rewards, 2 sport modes – though they’re virtually the identical -, it does have cloud-save, you want two fingers to play it, the replayability is decently excessive, and it may be performed offline.

App Retailer Hyperlink https://apps.apple.com/us/app/20-minutes-till-dawn-full/id1630887189

2) DarkSurvival | FREE – Portrait

DarkSurvival takes us again to the portrait-mode format however provides A LOT extra sport modes with totally different guidelines, which makes this the sport with the very best replayability.

True for all the modes is that we attempt to survive enemies that storm at us, and steadily purchase new skills – identical to in all these video games. However this time, our beginning character’s weapon is melee, which implies we’ve got to get dangerously near the enemies to assault them.

The skills look nice and are enjoyable to unlock, and the most important draw back is that the English translation isn’t precisely superb.

What really units the sport aside, although, is is that there’s a really excessive stage of general development. As a result of in-between runs, we not solely unlock new heroes and improve their stats, however we additionally equip and improve loot for every character.

The sport monetizes by means of incentivized adverts for additional rewards, a battle go, and iAPs that allow us to progress quicker. It DOES have an vitality system – though we will simply play for an hour with out operating out of it – it has a lot of login rewards and every day quests, it options over 7 totally different sport modes, it has cloud-save, you management it utilizing a single finger, the replayability may be very excessive, and it’s good to be on-line to play it.

App Retailer Hyperlink https://apps.apple.com/us/app/darksurvival/id1626940416

3) Grimnight Heroes | FREE – Portrait

Subsequent is Grimnight Heroes, which positively has the very best retro art-style of any of those video games.

It’s pretty much like DarkSurvival within the sense that our first character makes use of melee assaults, however compared to Magic Survival, the skills really feel a bit underwhelming at first, which makes the gameplay considerably slow-paced. They do get much more thrilling as soon as we improve them, although, so the sport will get more and more extra attention-grabbing the longer we survive in every run.

The first sport mode has us survive for 20 minutes throughout 7 totally different phases filled with distinctive monsters and executives, after which spend the gold we earn on shopping for 6 totally different heroes with distinct weapons.

Not like the opposite video games, although, we will improve every of those heroes’ well being, harm, and velocity stats individually, which I actually loved, and we will additionally spend gold on one-time power-ups that make the subsequent run a bit simpler.

I additionally favored that gadgets that set off a one-time highly effective spell once we choose them up randomly drop to the bottom as we play, as a result of it makes the gameplay a bit extra dynamic and attention-grabbing. And identical to 20 minutes until daybreak, the sport even has controller assist.

Grimnight Heroes monetizes by means of incentivized adverts and some iAPs for extra gold. It has no vitality system, there aren’t any login rewards and the like, it options 2 sport modes, it has cloud save ONLY on iOS, it may be performed with only a single finger, the replayability is decently excessive, and it may be performed offline.

App Retailer Hyperlink https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grimnight-heroes-survivors/id1622309988

4) Survivor.io | FREE – Portrait

Survivor.io is mainly a brighter and extra colourful cartoony model of DarkSurvival.

In reality, identical to in DarkSurvival, this sport has a whole lot of general meta development within the type of loot we will equip and stage up, and everlasting upgrades.

What it doesn’t have, although, are a number of characters, which implies there’s a bit much less selection to the gameplay.

However what really makes the sport stand out is that it doesn’t have us try to survive for a selected period of time or so long as attainable. As an alternative, the purpose is to outlive the hundreds of enemies and a number of other bosses in every chapter, so we will proceed to the subsequent, harder chapter.

And this truly creates a very nice sense of development that additionally make the sport really feel much less repetitive. However the massive draw back is the heavy monetization system.

Survivor.io monetizes by means of incentivized adverts and iAPs for gadgets and currencies. It has an vitality system, there are many every day login rewards and the like, it options 2 sport modes, it has cloud save, it’s performed with one finger, the replayability is excessive because of the development system, and it may be performed offline.

App Retailer Hyperlink https://apps.apple.com/us/app/survivor-io/id1528941310

5) Gothic Survival | FREE – Portrait

After which there’s Gotchic Survival. And what I actually like about this one, is the pacing. It’s simply as fast-paced as Magic Survival or Survivor.io, however with out the dangerous monetization methods.

What really makes this sport stand out, although, is its “focus” system. So, mainly, standing nonetheless for just a few seconds places our character in a spotlight state, which triggers a distinct impact for every hero, equivalent to our firing a number of fireballs, or slamming an enormous hammer to the bottom

Not like a lot of the different video games, we’ve got 4 characters unlocked proper from the start, with 5 extra unlocked utilizing the gold we earn. We additionally spend that gold on permanet charms that make it simpler to outlive – however general, there IS a bit much less meta development on this sport than a lot of the others.

The most important draw back, although, is that when there are sufficient enemies and bullets on the display, the colours begin to mix, making it arduous to see what’s what on this sport.

Gothic Survival monetizes by means of an incentivized advert to revive, and two iAPs to take away the adverts or get a everlasting depend doubler. It does NOT have an vitality system, there aren’t any login rewards and the like, it contains a single game-mode, it has no cloud save, it’s performed with a single – however extremely customizable – joystick, the replayability is decently excessive, and it may be performed offline.

App Retailer Hyperlink https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gothic-survival/id1619673952

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