Phil Spencer Has Spent Almost 200 Hours On Vampire Survivors

Vampire Survivors is one of the top-rated games of 2022. The giant indie game was officially launched on PC in October of this year after being made available for early access at the end of 2021.

Previously only accessible to PC Game Game Pass subscribers, Vampire Survivors became playable by console Game Pass subscribers as of November 10. Both the console and PC versions of Vampire Survivors were launched as day-one releases.

Major Takeaways:

• Xbox head Phil Spencer spent nearly 200 hours on Vampire Survivors.
• Spencer has been tweeting about his addiction to the game, even agreeing with it being the indie game of the year.

Only a few titles, especially not from Xbox first-party studios receive attention from the Xbox head but it seems like Phil Spencer played Vampire Survivors for almost 200 hours in just two weeks.

Spencer has reportedly spent nearly all of his free time playing Vampire Survivors, indicating that he is deeply engrossed in the game. He started playing Vampire Survivors on November 11 and has so far logged nearly 193 hours in the game, according to his Xbox Live profile on TrueAchievements.

On November 12, a day after the game was made available for Xbox consoles, Spence said on Twitter that he plans to play Vampire Survivors for long hours. It appears that he kept his promise because the Xbox head spent more precisely a little over 192 hours or 8 days, and 29 minutes, playing the game in just two weeks.

Such a fun game, I will sink hours and hours into this.

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) November 11, 2022

Spencer finished 96 out of 142 achievements during this period. This proves Spencer is actually playing Vampire Survivors and that the 193 hours listed on the tracking page are not an error.

The Head of  Xbox has really been hooked on the game considering his recent tweets. On November 12, he shared a screenshot from the game saying “Garlic ftw”.

Garlic ftw @poncle_vampire #VampireSurvivors #XboxShare pic.twitter.com/1Ht9NgS564

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) November 12, 2022

Later, Spencer explained how his Vampire Survivor character’s fully evolved Garlic and a Wand that increased his Gather Range helped him complete a 25-minute run.

He went on to explain the game’s greatness by responding to Gamertag host and creator Parris, who had said that Vampire Survivors was worth a try.

What a great game. Obvious lineage from Robotron with a lot of RPG and modern mechanics built in. And I want to callout the excellent achievements work in the game, love that for the first few hours each run seems to pop a new chevo or two. Plays great from xCloud. @poncle_games

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) November 12, 2022

Gary Whitta, the screenwriter of Rogue One, who believes Vampire Survivors is one of the year’s best games, also got a heads-up from Spencer in replies. 

Just one of many truths spoken by @garywhitta over the years…. 😁

— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) November 12, 2022

Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual survival game with roguelike elements. Luca Galante, commonly known as Poncle, is a single-person game developer who worked on this project. It is currently accessible on PC, Android, Linux, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Xbox.

On Steam, 98% of users have given the PC version of Vampire Survivors an overwhelmingly Positive review. Sadly, the Xbox version of the game has insufficient reviews to receive a Metacritic score; however, the PC version received a respectable 84/100.

How well do you rate Vampire Survivors? Is Phil Spencer’s addiction to it justified? Let us know in the comments ahead.