List of vampire video games

This is an incomplete list of video games which strongly feature vampires . This includes games where the player character is a vampire, or where a vampire is the primary antagonist, as well as games which feature vampires as the primary enemy variant. ^{[1] [2]} Games which feature dhampirs, half-vampires, in the same way are also included.

Games

Name	Release Date	Platform	Description
Harrowed World: Portents In Red [3]	TBA	Windows	Harrowed World: Portents In Red is a single player RPG video game currently in development set inside the Harrowed World setting where you play as a vampire.
Bloody Hell Hotel	TBA	Windows	A hotel management simulation game where you play as a vampire, who has awoken from a centuries-long coma to find their old estate has fallen into ruin. You decide to turn it into a prosperous hotel.
Nighthawks	TBA	Windows	Adult visual novel by remarkable adventure game developer Wadjet Eye Games. Based in a dark city where you gradually build your own nightclub through fear and the actions inherent to the world of vampires.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Symphony [4]	TBA	Windows	Based in the World of Darkness universe, is a role-playing video game that narrates the subsequent events to Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby, made by its same developer Entalto Studios [5]
Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall	TBA	Windows	Erotic cyberpunk CRPG set in a metropolis dominated by a vampire gang war, with the protagonist being a key part of the conflict. It is partly inspired by Shadowrun.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2	2025 [6]	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S	21st century-themed vampire action role-playing game taking place in Seattle, and a spiritual successor [7] to Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines . It's based on the tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade and set in the World of Darkness fictional universe.
Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents [8]	2024	Win, Mac, Linux	Harrowed World: What's Past Is Portents is a visual novel about vampires set inside the Harrowed World setting acting as a prelude to Harrowed World: Portents In Red.
Vampire Hunters [9]	2024-10-30 (Early Access)	Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One	Roguelike first-person shooter based in a steampunk version of Transylvania, where the player is faced with hordes of undead enemies (vampires, zombies, demons). The game features the ability of using up to fourteen weapons at the same time.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York [10]	2024-09-10	Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch	Sequel to Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York, and belonging to the World of Darkness fictional universe. Set in modern-day New York City, it explores the life of a vampire (Kindred) as they clash in a world of political intrigue, hidden conspiracies, and supernatural dilemma. The game emphasizes storytelling, personal conflict, and the eternal struggle to maintain one's humanity while embracing a cursed immortality.
Vampire Therapist [11]	2024-07-19	Windows	Adventure game with a text-based approach, mixing humor, introspection, and gothic charm. Players take on the role of Sam, a former cowboy turned vampire, undergoing therapy with Andromachos, a 3,000-year-old reformed assassin-turned-therapist. Both characters explore the psychological struggles of being undead, delving into themes like immortality and personal growth.
EvilEvil [12]	2024-07-16	Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S	Cooperative first-person shooter in which players embody powerful vampires with unique abilities, battling through hordes of enemies in a dark, action-packed narrative. The story revolves around confronting the evil plans of Zagreus and his cultists. Players can team up with two other vampires or tackle the challenges solo.
V Rising	2024-05-08 [13]	Windows	Awaken as a vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
The Inquisitor [14]	2024-02-08	Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One	Dark fantasy, action-adventure game based on the Inquisitor book series by Jacek Piekara, set in an alternate historical reality where Jesus Christ, instead of dying on the cross, survives and seeks vengeance, leading to a ruthless and violent version of Christianity.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice [15]	2024-02-06	Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3	Second virtual reality game officially based in the World of Darkness universe. The game is an open-ended narrative RPG focused on stealth, unlike previous entries in the Vampire: The Masquerade video game series.
El Paso, Elsewhere [16]	2023-09-26	Windows	Supernatural neo-noir third-person shooter where the player must defeat diverse monsters, such as vampires, werewolves and fallen angels.
Redfall	2023-05-02	Windows, Xbox Series X/S	Open world first-person shooter where four characters fight against a city infested by vampires and other humans. The game is influenced by the Left 4 Dead series, features both single-player and cooperative multi-player modes.
Vampire Slayer: The Resurrection [17]	2023-02-09	Windows, PlayStation 4, Switch	Asymmetric multiplayer first-person shooter with a focus on team competition: each player either chooses the role of a vampire or slayer, with every team battling against each other in quick matches where the remaining one standing earns the victory after every opposing player is defeated.
Immortality	2022-08-30	Windows, PlayStation 5, macOS, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android	Interactive film video game where the player analyses found footage to determine the fate of a missing person. The content features immortal beings who are said to have been the inspiration for vampire myths and exhibit many vampiric traits.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong	2022-05-19	Windows, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch	Narrative-driven role-playing video game in which the player controls three vampires with different vampiric disciplines (abilities), switching between them over the course of the game. The player can customize the characters by choosing to upgrade their disciplines and character statistics to suit their preferred playstyle; this influences character interaction and skills used while exploring the game world.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt	2022-04-27	Windows, PlayStation 5	First multiplayer game based in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe, presented in a battle royale format. Every match takes place in Prague, where players, as vampiric beings, fight for survival to be the only one remaining .
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby [18]	2022-04-21	Windows	Covering just the prologue of the story, with well over an hour and a half of gameplay and several different endings, Vampire: The Masquerade - Heartless Lullaby was created in less than a month in celebration of the Vampire: The Masquerade Jam.
Red Embrace: Mezzanine [19]	2021-07-09	Windows	Visual novel / point-and-click game produced by Argento Studios in preparation for their subsequent role-playing game title Red Embrace: Paradisus [20]
Vampirem [21]	2021-05-20	Windows	Another story of Bloodlust, this time told through the eyes of Ravenblood. His journey in search of lost strength and revenge will take you through the dark tombs and dungeons of the Vampirem. Released on Steam.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York	2020-09-10	Win, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch	Visual novel that takes place in the World of Darkness universe, also sequel to Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York.
Bloodlust 2: Nemesis	2020-03-26	Windows	Hack-n-slash action role-playing game, sequel to the vampire-themed Bloodlust - Shadowhunter.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York	2019	Win, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch	A narrative experience set in the rich universe of Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition. It presents the struggle for power between two vampiric factions - the Camarilla and the Anarchs - bathed in the night lights of the Big Apple.
Code Vein	2019	Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Vampyr	2018	Windows, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	The plot revolves around vampire doctor Jonathan Reid who is coming to terms with his undead condition. He must deal with being torn between the Hippocratic Oath and his newfound bloodthirsty nature. Vampyr is based on the 1918 London Spanish flu pandemic.
Bloodlust - Shadowhunter	2015	Windows	Dungeon crawling / action RPG experience that will allow players to explore the dark underworld of a forgotten society of Vampires and their disciplines, all while trying to battle for hierarchy among the clans in search of their sire. Released on Windows/Steam.
Immortal Day	2014	Windows, Mobile	An online multiplayer game where players can play as vampires, werewolves, hunters, hybrids, and hybrid zombies. [22]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2	2014	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Action-adventure game with hack and slash combat and direct sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, to date the last major entry in the Castlevania series.
Dark	2013	Windows, Xbox 360	A stealth action RPG that follows Eric Bane, a newly turned vampire suffering from amnesia, who must recover his memories by drinking the blood of ancient vampires.
Vampires!	2012	Win, Mac, Mobile	Strategy game from indie developers CBE Software. Later renamed as Crazy Vampires as part of the Android release and later renamed as Vampires: Lead Them to Safety!
Vampire Season - Monster Defense	2012	iOS	Tower Defense/Strategy video game. Vampire Season features gameplay with elements from both the tower defense and real-time strategy genres. Players are tasked with building up an army of boogiemen, zombies, vampires and other creatures, all in the name of protecting Dracula’s coffin. [23]
Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun	2012 (canceled)	Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Latest title in the Legacy of Kain series (even though never released) as well as the second entry to be canceled after 2004's Legacy of Kain: The Dark Prophecy [24]
World of Darkness	2012 (canceled)	Windows	Long-running project developed from 2006 to 2014 by CCP Games before its cancellation. It was to be a non-linear, social-oriented MMO based in its titular universe.
BloodRayne: Betrayal	2011	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Side-scrolling platform game that keeps the hack and slash combat of the previous games in the series. The player controls Rayne through fifteen individual levels.
The Adventures of Shuggy	2011	Xbox 360, Windows	A platform and puzzle game where players guide the diminutive titular vampire around an inherited mansion in order to remove unwanted guests. Released on Xbox Live Arcade. [25]
Infamous 2: Festival of Blood	2011	PlayStation 3	A PlayStation Network downloadable game. This standalone spin-off of Infamous 2 sees the player character Cole MacGrath bitten by a vampire, he must defeat the head vampire before the end of the night. [26]
Vampire Rush	2011	iOS, Bada	Tower Defense/Survival Horror video game. An adventurer Captain Greg defends the gates, the last barrier that protects the humans from the vampires. [27]
Transformice	2010	Windows, Mac, Linux	Multiplayer free-to-play platform video game. Vampires appear in the survivor game mode, where players must run to avoid being bitten by them.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow	2010	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Third-person action-adventure game and turning point in the Castlevania series upon modernizing the titular franchise in favour of a mainstream audience. It received a sequel in 2014, which as of 2023 is the latest Castlevania game.
NecroVisioN	2009	Microsoft Windows	A video game set during World War I, which featured vampires, zombies, and demons at the same time.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice [28]	2009	Nintendo DS
A Vampyre Story	2008	Mac OS X, Windows	Comedy graphic adventure starring Mona De Lafitte, a young opera singer who wishes to travel back to Paris and resume her career, despite having recently been converted into a vampire. [29]
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	2008	Nintendo DS	Last mainline video game of the Castlevania series. The plot involves the vampire-hunting protagonist Shanoa, who is a vital member of an organization set to defeat Dracula after another vampire-hunting clan, the Belmonts, has vanished without a trace.
Dracula: Origin	2008	Windows	Graphic adventure starring Abraham Van Helsing, who must prevent Count Dracula from finding a manuscript that will allow him to bring the woman he loved back from the dead. [30]
Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon	2008	iOS, Windows	Graphic adventure, a priest named Father Arno Moriani travels to Transylvania to research a candidate for sainthood, eventually resulting in a fight with Count Dracula. [31]
Night of the Raving Dead	2008	Wii, Windows, Xbox 360	An episode of the adventure series Sam & Max Season Two . The titular detective duo's town is under siege by an army of zombies under the control of an emo vampire named Jurgen. [32]
Fortune Arterial	2008	Windows	Japanese erotic visual novel, a male student who has newly transferred to a remote island school discovers that one of the female students is a vampire. [33]
Harker	2008 (canceled)	PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360	Survival horror game where players control Jonathan Harker and must track one or more vampires through the game's environments before engaging in small-scale combat with regenerating vampires. [34] The game was put on indefinite hold when the design team The Collective merged with Shiny Entertainment to form Double Helix Games, the game was shelved so that Double Helix could produce Silent Hill: Homecoming . [35] [36]
Vampire Rain	2007	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Stealth game set in the modern day. A special operative stalks and sets ambushes for vampires. [37]
Darkwatch	2005	PlayStation 2, Xbox	First-person shooter in a Wild West setting. A newly turned vampire must hunt down the one responsible for the transformation before he loses the last vestiges of humanity. [38]
BloodRayne 2	2004	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows	Sequel to the 2002 action / hack and slash game Bloodrayne. Instead of resuming the story where the earlier entry ended, it takes place in a contemporary setting, during the 2000s, while featuring the same protagonist.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines	2004	Windows	Based on the tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade and set in the World of Darkness fictional universe, this game is a hybrid between first-person shooter and role-playing game, pitting the player's newly turned vampire character against armies both mortal and monstrous, as well as the diabolical politics of undead society. [39]
Van Helsing	2004	Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox	Based on the film, the titular vampire hunter battles Dracula and his brides along with other foes. [40]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds	2003	PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube	Second and last video game based in the titular television series to be released on home consoles.
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi	2003	Windows	First-person perspective game with randomly generated levels. Set in 1912, the son of a Romanian count must fend off attacks from vampires by using traditional vampire hunting equipment as well as flintlock and musket weapons. [41]
BloodRayne	2002	GameCube, Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox	Third-person action games with emphasis on combat, the titular character is a dhampir who destroys vampires and other supernatural beings. [42] [43]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	2002	Xbox	First entry of the Buffy series to be released for home consoles, following the launch of the Game Boy Color title with the same name in 2000.
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil	2002	Windows	Bullet hell game where the main antagonists, Remilia and Flandre Scarlet, are vampires.
From Dusk Till Dawn	2001	Windows	First-person shooter set after the events of the 1996 film. A vampire slayer must battle fellow prisoners who have become undead aboard a prison ship. [44]
Dark Angel: Vampire Apocalypse	2001	PlayStation 2	A vampire named Anna has a year to defeat the army of the Shadow Lord before facing him in combat, the title's gameplay has been compared to Gauntlet and Diablo . [45]
Soul Reaver 2	2001	PlayStation 2, Windows	Action-adventure game, third in the Legacy of Kain series.
Blade	2000	Game Boy Color, PlayStation	Third-person action game based on the film which was developed from the comic book character. [46]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	2000	Game Boy Color	First video game based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . [47]
Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary	2000	PlayStation, Windows	Graphic adventure and sequel to Dracula: Resurrection. Jonathan Harker continues to pursue Dracula and tries to save his wife Mina. [48]
Vampire Night	2000	Arcade, PlayStation 2 |	Light gun game starring two vampire hunters who are attempting to defeat a vampire named Auguste. [49]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption	2000	Mac OS, Windows	Players control a vampire along with a party of up to three others, in this third-person 3D role-playing game featuring combat against werewolves, other vampires and several other types of foe, as well as a storyline that has players exploring towns from Dark Ages-era Prague to modern day New York. [50]
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver	1999	Windows, PlayStation, Dreamcast	Action-adventure game and immediate sequel to Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. It's the first entry in the series to feature real-time 3D graphics, with the ability of the player to switch between two different dimensions or realities: the material realm and the spectral realm.
Countdown Vampires	1999	PlayStation	Survival horror, a policeman acting as security during the opening of a horror-themed casino is faced with numerous vampires when the building's fire sprinkler system is activated and sprays black water over everyone present, transforming them. [51]
Dracula: Resurrection	1999	Mac OS X, PlayStation, Windows	Graphic adventure set seven years after the events of Dracula . Jonathan Harker returns home to find his wife Mina gone and a note left stating that she has returned to Transylvania. [52]
Vampire Hunter D	1999	PlayStation	Action adventure game, a master vampire hunter Dhampiris must explore a mansion and rescue a kidnap victim. [53]
Gothos	1997	Windows, Mac	Quest game, 1st person perspective; The vampire clans are gathering. The player, a newly created vampire, must find the Scrolls of The First Blood and return them to his coven before The Deceiver acquires them. Borrows heavily from the Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop role-playing game [54] [55]
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain	1996	PlayStation, Windows	First work in the Legacy of Kain franchise: a 2D action-adventure game portrayed from a top-down perspective where the player controls a vampiric protagonist named Kain, Blood Omen features diverse hack and slash combat, puzzle-solving, and dungeon crawl-based situations.
The Vampire Diaries	1996	Windows	A point-and-click action adventure horror game, released in 1996 by HeR Interactive and featuring live-action actors and footage. Teenager Elena Gilbert must discover who is the culprit of attacking her little sister in an art gallery, before there are other victims in Fells Church.
Bureau 13	1995	Windows	An old school quest / RPG type of game. You are part of a fictional top-secret government agency which investigates and combats supernatural events - one of the available agents is a vampire that can turn to mist, each agent has his/her own special abilities.
Nosferatu	1994	SNES	In this action platform game, the player controls Kyle in his quest to rescue his girlfriend Erin from Nosferatu's clutches.
Bram Stoker's Dracula	1993	Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System, Mega Drive, Mega-CD, NES, SNES	Games based on the film, players control Jonathan Harker and attempt to rescue Mina Murray from Count Dracula. [56]
Bloodnet	1993	Amiga, DOS	Science fiction adventure and role-playing game set in Manhattan during the year 2094. Vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing is now the leader of a plague of 'cyberpunk vampires', the game's playable character Ransom Stark must stop Van Helsing from taking over the city. [57]
Castlevania Chronicles	1993	X68000, PlayStation	A Castlevania game compilation first released for the Sharp X68000 home computer, then ported several years later on the PlayStation console.
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood	1993	TurboGrafx-16, PlayStation Portable	Platform-adventure game from the Castlevania series, was remade in 1995 for the Super Nintendo as Castlevania: Dracula X.
Dracula Unleashed	1993	DOS, Mega-CD	Interactive movie. Alexander Morris, brother of Quincey Morris, travels to London to discover what happened to Quincey and his companions when they defeated Dracula. [58]
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang	1993	SNES	Adventure game with role-playing elements. Players control the titular vampire and attack enemies by throwing Spike's hat or spinning his cape. [59]
Veil of Darkness	1993	DOS	Action adventure game, a man must face the vampire lord Kairn and his minions after a plane crash in a Romanian valley. [60]
Master of Darkness	1992	Game Gear, Master System	Platform game. Dr. Social must travel through London in order to face Dracula at the Thames river. Likened to Castlevania games. [61]
Night Trap	1992	3DO, DOS, Mac OS, Mega-CD, Sega 32X	Interactive movie, the player must protect six young women from vampire-like creatures by switching between surveillance cameras and activating booby traps. [62]
Super Castlevania IV	1991	SNES	Side-scrolling platform game of the Castlevania franchise, notable for its use of color and sound in the then recent Super Nintendo system. As earlier Castlevania titles, it features the protagonist Simon Belmont, who starts every level with five lives and a time limit, with any of them depleted resulting in a Game over.
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse	1989-12-22 (JP)	NES	Platform game developed by Konami and the third title in the Castlevania main series. It removed the action-adventure and role-playing elements established in the second game in favour of a experience more similar to the first.
Castlevania: The Adventure	1989-10-22 (JP)	Game Boy, Game Boy Color	First Castlevania game to be released on a handheld, preserving the traditional gameplay conventions of the series. Its remake Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth was released for the Wii home console in 2009.
Personal Nightmare	1989	DOS, Amiga, Atari ST	Horror game developed by Horror Soft, later released digitally in 2009 via GOG.com. A haunting has occurred in the protagonist's town, resulting in the possessions of several citizens, who must be eliminated during the course of four days, with the last objective being the defeat of the Devil. Said citizens are controlled by a witch and a vampire, who must be defeated in order to defeat the Devil.
Fright Night	1988 December	Amiga	Video game adaptation of 1985's titular supernatural horror film, released exclusively for the Amiga platform.
Dance of the Vampires [63]	1988	Commodore 64	Adventure game split into three chapters. The screen consist of the picture of the location that players are presently at, a description of that location, and a prompt where commands are entered. Recognizable commands include EXAMINE, TAKE, DRINK, ASK ABOUT, and directions can be abbreviated (ie: N, S, E, W, U, D).
Dracula in London [64]	1988	DOS	A classic, text-based adventure based on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Night Hunter [65]	1988	DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum	A side-scrolling action game by Ubisoft, in which the player controls a vampire that can transform into bat and werewolf.
Vampire's Empire [66]	1988	Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum	Action game puts the player in the perspective of Doctor Van Helsing, making another attempt to rid the world of Dracula. The world consists of 160 side-view screens, with others accessed via push-scrolling, but must be freed of vampires within a time limit. Van Helsing can defeat enemies using mirrors to reflect his beam of light onto them. Bats and snakes must be avoided, as they cost Van Helsing energy, as well as coffins.
The Astonishing Adventures of Mr. Weems and the She Vampires	1987	Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum	The titular character has entered the mansion of the Great She Vampire and must defeat her before he is drained of blood. Likened to Gauntlet . [67]
Haunted Castle	1987-10-26	Arcade, Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch	Second arcade game in the Castlevania franchise, originally published by Konami before its conversion to modern platforms decades later. The protagonist in this game is Simon Belmont, who embarks on a journey to save his wife Selena from the series recurrent antagonist, Dracula.
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	1987-08-28 (JP)	NES, Windows	Second game in the Castlevania series and remarkably different from its predecessor, combining side-scrolling action and platforming with strong role-playing elements. The game does not feature the traditional stages but allows the player to freely roam the land of Transylvania in the style of Nintendo's Metroid. The game world is divided into outdoor areas, dungeon-like mansions containing crucial quest items, and towns, where Simon can talk to non-player characters, rest, and buy items in shops. [68]
Vampire Killer	1986-10-30 (JP)	MSX2	Unrelated to the 1984 game Vampire Killer, [69] the latter is a platform-adventure title developed by Konami and an alternative version of the Castlevania game that was released the same year.
Castlevania	1986-09-26 (JP)	NES, DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance, Windows	Highly praised video game that uses platform gameplay and is divided into six blocks of three stages each, for a total of 18 stages. Simon can move, jump, crouch, climb stairs and use a magic whip (known in series lore as "Vampire Killer") as his primary combat weapon. [70]
Ghost House	1986-04-21 (JP)	Master System	Platform game, a young boy enters the ghost house in order to defeat vampires after releasing them from their coffins. [71]
Dracula	1986	Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum,	Text adventure based on the novel written by Bram Stoker. [72]
Nosferatu the Vampyre	1986	Design Design [73]	Action adventure game ilicensed around the film with the same name. It uses an isometric perspective and is depicted in monochrome. The game is divided into three stages, in which the characters Jonathan Harker, Lucy, and Van Helsing can be controlled, respectively. It features full object interaction as well as basic object physics.
Vampire [74]	1986	Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad	An action game composing of 95 different levels and segmented in two acts, where the protagonist must fight against hordes of Count Dracula's slaves, gather keys, and obtain the essential items that allow to defeat him.
The Crimson Crown	1985 October	DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, Mac	Text adventure game that tasks the player with a quest to defeat a magical vampire with the assistance of Princess Sabrina (who is now a fledgling magician) and the heir to the throne, Prince Erik. [75]
Realm of the Undead [76]	1984	ZX Spectrum	Action game that takes place in three stages, all found in Dark Lord's castle, titular antagonist.
Vampire Killer [69]	1984	ZX Spectrum	Action adventure game, where you are a vampire hunter who has been tasked to remove Dracula from the 12th floor of a block of flats by a client on the floor below.
Vampire's Castle Adventure [77]	1984	DOS	This short text adventure (written in a mere 181 lines of BASIC code) has the player exploring a vampire's lair in search of the game's "concealed goal." [78]
Vampire Village	1983	ZX Spectrum	Single screen game in which volunteers must be outfitted with equipment and sent to destroy a vampire who has taken up residence in a castle near a small village. [79]
The Tomb of Dracula [80]	1982	ZX Spectrum, ZX81	Adventure game where you explore vaults over various levels of Dracula's Tomb to find the Vampire's Treasure. At the start of the game you are presented for a limited time, a map of the first level of 300 vaults showing all the obstacles, monsters and stakes which needs memorising before it disappears. You move about in a North, South, East or West direction in a perspective that is presented in first person.
Transylvania	1982	Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit, Mac, PC-88/PC-98	Adventure game where the player is on a quest to rescue Princess Sabrina from a countryside roamed by a werewolf, a vampire, a prankster goblin, a witch, and an alien spaceship, while bound to a time limit.
Transylvanian Tower [81]	1982	Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, ZX Spectrum	Single player maze game in which the player must explore five levels of Count Kreepie's castle, kill him, and find his stash of loot. The castle has over five hundred different rooms to explore.
The Count	1979 July	Apple II, Atari 8-bit, PET, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum	Text adventure, the player has been sent to defeat Count Dracula by the local villagers. [82] An enhanced version was released under the name "Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #5: The Count"

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