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Vampire Therapist

Vampire Therapist

Released: 7/19/2024

Vampire Therapist is a narrative adventure in the vein (get it) of What We Do in the Shadows, the horror works of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Horrible Histories where you play as a reformed bloodsucker helping other vampires find inner peace. This isn't a typical visual novel — Vampire Therapist is a fully-voiced interactive play for mature audiences where you get to drive the action! Take on the role of Sam, a former rootin’, tootin’ Wild West gunslinger who escaped his day-to-day of murder and mayhem and realized, after a hundred years or so, that there’s a whole lot more to unlife than blood, lace, and leather. Dragging himself from the quagmire of the Old West, Sam teams up with a 3000-year-old vampire living in Europe that’s willing to show him the therapy ropes. Immerse yourself into this alternate world and meet your clients: self-hating vampires, agoraphobic social media addicts, supernatural narcissists, and victims of centuries-old capitalistic systems. You can’t fix the world, but maybe you can help other vampires accept it. That is, if you can accept yourself first. I'm being a bit kinder to myself, and it's nice. It's positive. And it's remarkable how quickly and subtly a game can have that effect. — Eurogamer It’s simultaneously earnest and winningly ridiculous – but it’s a labour of love, and an original one at that. — The Spectator …Vampire Therapist, there's no way you don't want to know more about that—but the underlying concept looks genuinely interesting too. — PC Gamer Vampire Therapist from Little Bat Games is one of our most anticipated games of 2024. — Gayming Magazine …Vampire Therapist is shaking a lot of things up in one very elegant bag… — Rock, Paper, Shotgun Every single character was memorable, and the thought of even more quirky clients for Sam to treat is an exciting one. — GameRant Real Therapy Concepts: You’ll learn and apply real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts vetted by licensed therapists. By challenging client statements that contain “cognitive distortions”, you’ll help vampires see where their thoughts don’t match reality. A Comedic Look Through History: Meet emotionally damaged vampires from ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, Tudor England, and the Bronze Age. An All-Star Voice Cast: Vampire Therapist is voiced by some of the best voice actors in the business, with Cyrus Nemati (Hades, Pyre), Francesca Meaux (Hades), Sarah Grayson (Gone Home, Hades II), Kylie Clark, and Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Baldur's Gate 3). Unique Setting: Vampire Therapist merges cozy self-introspection with a dark European goth vibe. In fact, the whole thing takes above a goth club in Germany filled with willing necks to bite. Minigames: Learn mindfulness meditation, safely and consensually bite sexy necks!

Vampire Therapist is a narrative adventure in the vein (get it) of What We Do in the Shadows, the horror works of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Horrible Histories where you play as a reformed bloodsucker helping other vampires find inner peace. This isn't a typical visual novel — Vampire Therapist is a fully-voiced interactive play for mature audiences where you get to drive the action! Take on the role of Sam, a former rootin’, tootin’ Wild West gunslinger who escaped his day-to-day of murder and mayhem and realized, after a hundred years or so, that there’s a whole lot more to unlife than blood, lace, and leather. Dragging himself from the quagmire of the Old West, Sam teams up with a 3000-year-old vampire living in Europe that’s willing to show him the therapy ropes. Immerse yourself into this alternate world and meet your clients: self-hating vampires, agoraphobic social media addicts, supernatural narcissists, and victims of centuries-old capitalistic systems. You can’t fix the world, but maybe you can help other vampires accept it. That is, if you can accept yourself first. I'm being a bit kinder to myself, and it's nice. It's positive. And it's remarkable how quickly and subtly a game can have that effect. — Eurogamer It’s simultaneously earnest and winningly ridiculous – but it’s a labour of love, and an original one at that. — The Spectator …Vampire Therapist, there's no way you don't want to know more about that—but the underlying concept looks genuinely interesting too. — PC Gamer Vampire Therapist from Little Bat Games is one of our most anticipated games of 2024. — Gayming Magazine …Vampire Therapist is shaking a lot of things up in one very elegant bag… — Rock, Paper, Shotgun Every single character was memorable, and the thought of even more quirky clients for Sam to treat is an exciting one. — GameRant Real Therapy Concepts: You’ll learn and apply real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts vetted by licensed therapists. By challenging client statements that contain “cognitive distortions”, you’ll help vampires see where their thoughts don’t match reality. A Comedic Look Through History: Meet emotionally damaged vampires from ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, Tudor England, and the Bronze Age. An All-Star Voice Cast: Vampire Therapist is voiced by some of the best voice actors in the business, with Cyrus Nemati (Hades, Pyre), Francesca Meaux (Hades), Sarah Grayson (Gone Home, Hades II), Kylie Clark, and Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Baldur's Gate 3). Unique Setting: Vampire Therapist merges cozy self-introspection with a dark European goth vibe. In fact, the whole thing takes above a goth club in Germany filled with willing necks to bite. Minigames: Learn mindfulness meditation, safely and consensually bite sexy necks!

Vampire Therapist is a narrative adventure in the vein (get it) of What We Do in the Shadows, the horror works of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Horrible Histories where you play as a reformed bloodsucker helping other vampires find inner peace. This isn't a typical visual novel — Vampire Therapist is a fully-voiced interactive play for mature audiences where you get to drive the action! Take on the role of Sam, a former rootin’, tootin’ Wild West gunslinger who escaped his day-to-day of murder and mayhem and realized, after a hundred years or so, that there’s a whole lot more to unlife than blood, lace, and leather. Dragging himself from the quagmire of the Old West, Sam teams up with a 3000-year-old vampire living in Europe that’s willing to show him the therapy ropes. Immerse yourself into this alternate world and meet your clients: self-hating vampires, agoraphobic social media addicts, supernatural narcissists, and victims of centuries-old capitalistic systems. You can’t fix the world, but maybe you can help other vampires accept it. That is, if you can accept yourself first. I'm being a bit kinder to myself, and it's nice. It's positive. And it's remarkable how quickly and subtly a game can have that effect. — Eurogamer It’s simultaneously earnest and winningly ridiculous – but it’s a labour of love, and an original one at that. — The Spectator …Vampire Therapist, there's no way you don't want to know more about that—but the underlying concept looks genuinely interesting too. — PC Gamer Vampire Therapist from Little Bat Games is one of our most anticipated games of 2024. — Gayming Magazine …Vampire Therapist is shaking a lot of things up in one very elegant bag… — Rock, Paper, Shotgun Every single character was memorable, and the thought of even more quirky clients for Sam to treat is an exciting one. — GameRant Real Therapy Concepts: You’ll learn and apply real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts vetted by licensed therapists. By challenging client statements that contain “cognitive distortions”, you’ll help vampires see where their thoughts don’t match reality. A Comedic Look Through History: Meet emotionally damaged vampires from ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, Tudor England, and the Bronze Age. An All-Star Voice Cast: Vampire Therapist is voiced by some of the best voice actors in the business, with Cyrus Nemati (Hades, Pyre), Francesca Meaux (Hades), Sarah Grayson (Gone Home, Hades II), Kylie Clark, and Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Baldur's Gate 3). Unique Setting: Vampire Therapist merges cozy self-introspection with a dark European goth vibe. In fact, the whole thing takes above a goth club in Germany filled with willing necks to bite. Minigames: Learn mindfulness meditation, safely and consensually bite sexy necks!

Critics
81
Steam
95

Score Breakdown

81.1

Critic Average

16 reviews

95

Steam User Score

926 reviews

N/A

Metacritic User Score

Less than 20 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-13.5
Metacritic Disparity
N/A
Combined Disparity
-13.5

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 early (6%)13 launch window (81%)2 late (13%)