{"id":354854,"date":"2025-12-10T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=403783"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:49:36","slug":"a-group-of-developers-want-players-to-name-the-genre-derived-from-vampire-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-group-of-developers-want-players-to-name-the-genre-derived-from-vampire-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"A group of developers want players to name the genre derived from Vampire Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The confusion in the categorization of genres in video games has led to the creation of a collective initiative among more than 450 developers <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSczuipvt1qjXbUKE55K4HJUKXJo2lz-i6AXOErwle-Yj3zLnA\/closedform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">to establish an official name for a new emerging genre on Steam<\/a>, informally recognized as bullet heaven or survivorslikes. Games like Vampire Survivors and Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles <strong>have highlighted the lack of an appropriate label that reflects their unique proposal and mechanics, often leading to them being assigned a genre that does not fit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A genre without a name<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>With the growing popularity of these titles, the community has decided to take action. <strong>The public survey, which was launched during the Bullet Heaven Festival on Steam, aims to obtain a name that provides a better definition and visibility for these games, with the hope that this will improve the discovery experience for both players and developers<\/strong>. Seven different name options have been proposed, ranging from more generic terms like &#8220;horde survival&#8221; to less conventional alternatives like &#8220;multi-directional shooter&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vampire Survivors - Console Launch Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6HXNxWbRgsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>According to the organizers of the survey, more than 7,000 people have already participated, highlighting the interest and need to establish a clear categorization in such a vast entertainment medium. <strong>&#8220;Steam has a huge influence on how game genres are defined, and this rapidly growing genre still lacks a proper label,&#8221; they mention in the statement<\/strong>. The lack of a clear categorization has made it difficult for players to find similar games and has led to innovative titles getting lost among broader categories like RPGs or action games.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The survey results will be announced on December 10, and the new name is expected to be presented to Valve for consideration. <strong>This initiative not only aims to provide formal recognition to a new genre but also to help facilitate the search and discovery<\/strong> of relevant content on the Steam platform, benefiting both players and content creators.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The confusion in the categorization of genres in video games has led to the creation of a collective initiative among more than 450 developers to establish an official name for a new emerging genre on Steam, informally recognized as bullet heaven or survivorslikes. Games like Vampire Survivors and Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles have highlighted the lack of an appropriate label that reflects their unique proposal and mechanics, often leading to them being assigned a genre that does not fit. A nameless genre With the growing popularity of these titles, the community has decided to take action [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":354862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[19371,19372,19373,19374,19375,19376,1056,1944,4633],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-354854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-bullet-heaven-festival","tag-bulwark-falconner-chronicles","tag-encuesta","tag-genero","tag-horde-survival","tag-multi-directional-shooter","tag-steam","tag-valve","tag-vampire-survivors","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354865,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354854\/revisions\/354865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354854"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=354854"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=354854"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=354854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}