History OurVampiresAreDifferent / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'': The Necrophage origin added in the ''Necroids'' DLC lets you play as Space Vampires. Necrophage species get a lifespan extended by 80 years and bonuses to production when employed in Ruler or Specialist jobs, with them being the only species in their empire allowed to [[VampiresAreRich become leaders or take Ruler jobs]], though it comes at the cost of a penalty to production when employed in Worker jobs, as well as a steep reduction in their population growth rate. Their main method of reproduction is instead converting pops of other species into them. They start out with a "prepatent" species on their homeworld, and the flavor text states that this prepatent species once ruled their homeworld while the Necrophages were a parasitic species that lurked in the shadows of their society, their existence dismissed by most as an urban legend -- allowing them to slowly take it over behind the scenes until the time was right to [[TheUnmasquedWorld step out, overthrow the prepatents, and rule overtly]].

* There are two known vampires in [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Gensokyo]]: Remilia Scarlet and Flandre Scarlet. Remilia is somewhat more traditional as a vampire, disliking sunlight, turning into a bat, [[WordOfGod claiming]] [[BlatantLies direct descendence from Dracula]], and such. However, [[YourVampiresSuck she actually]] ''[[YourVampiresSuck likes]]'' [[YourVampiresSuck cross imagery]], and is ''really'' weirded out when people seem to assume it should hurt her [[WickedCultured (she also tends to drink her blood in teacups prepared by her servant]] [[VampireBitesSuck because she tends to spill far too much of it when she bites people herself)]]. Flandre, on the other hand, looks like a vampire only in her drive for drinking blood (itself questionable, she drinks blood given to her by her maid, but when confronted with a human, WordOfGod says she blows them up without a trace of blood to drink remaining) -- she's a cute little PersonOfMassDestruction (of the unintentional kind) with "wings" made of rainbow-colored rhomboid crystals and a happy, experimentative disposition.

** There is actually a third vampire in the Touhou series, but like the rest of the PC-98 Touhou games, Kurumi has a case of ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. It doesn't help that she was a minor character to begin with; as the Stage 2 boss of ''Lotus Land Story'', she was more of a speed bump than a major foe. Kurumi is presumably weaker than the Scarlet sisters, she has a large wingspan compared to them, and she lives in [[EldritchLocation a lake filled with blood]]. This is all we know of her.

* Nevan in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' is [[NotUsingTheZWord never outright referred to as a vampire]], but she tries to suck out Dante's soul by kissing him, attempts to bite his neck, has a flowing waterfall just outside the cave mouth leading to her lair (preventing her from leaving, it looks like), is deathly pale, and has an affinity towards bats and can transform into a swarm of them. Calling her one is a pretty safe bet. She's based on the Leanan sídhe, also called the Dearg-Dul, which are vampiric fae from Irish folklore. She's named for Nemain (pronounced Nevan), the spirit of frenzied war in Celtic folklore.

** And then there's the results of the [[SovietSuperscience Red Hand]]'s experiments at Facility 10: a unique bargain with the vampire queen Mara provided the Soviets with a huge supply of vampire genetic material, which they used to create their own SuperSoldiers. If anything, they were even bigger than the Hulks, could walk in daylight, and usually sported a nightmarish array of weaponry. Unfortunately, they were also borderline uncontrollable except through direct psychic manipulation -- which is why Facility 10 was eventually [[SealedEvilInACan sealed shut]] with the scientists and prototypes still inside. Unfortunately, the base was completely self-sustaining, giving the vampire researchers all the time in the world to go on making monsters until Mara came to release them.

* Since ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur III'', both Raphael and Amy have become semi-vampiric beings, due to the influence of [[ArtifactOfDoom Soul Edge]]. The Pale skin and GlowingEyesOfDoom are present, as well as a weakness during daylight and an insatiable thirst during the night. They (or Raphael at least) are also able to infect others through a neck bite, turning them into more typical Soul Edge-infected Berserkers.
** Then again, Soul Edge tends to affect everyone differently.
** It's stated that the difference between the infected berserkers and the Sorels is that the infection didn't touch their minds. Which is probably why they satisfy their "night thirst" through neck biting rather than messy slaughter.

** Nagoriyuki is fairly unique in that he's a Nigerian Samurai Vampire. Since he doesn't have an immortal wife to drink blood from like Slayer does, Nagoriyuki has had to put himself through intense training in order to resist going into a "blood rage" due to his vampiric instincts. [[spoiler: It's also implied his true identity may be that of Yasuke, [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy a real-life African samurai who served as a retainer to Oda Nobunaga.]]

** Nagoriyuki is fairly unique in that he's a Nigerian Samurai Vampire. Since he doesn't have an immortal wife to drink blood from like Slayer does, Nagoriyuki has had to put himself through intense training in order to resist going into a "blood rage" due to his vampiric instincts.

* Slayer from the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' games seems completely unaffected by sunlight and other vampiric banes (although, truthfully, he has never been shown exposed to any other weaknesses). He seems to be completely immortal. Even when he's defeated in combat, his sprite for lying on the ground shows him not dead or knocked out, but holding his head up, legs crossed, looking amused.
** He has some shades of being a [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampires Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]], since he's HappilyMarried to an immortal woman -- he can drink all of her blood and she just regenerates it back.
** Venom came the closest to defeating Slayer, in one of his endings where he locks him in a metal coffin. Although that's probably because Slayer simply let him do it.

* In the original ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'', Keith (Keith Valentine... Hmmm) explains that the stories about vampires are false, and that they're just like humans but tougher and they live longer. They aren't affected by any weaknesses.
** In ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'', when Joachim is in his bat form, one of his win quotes is "I feel like some tomato juice" and another is "I want to suck your blood... just kidding". (Note: When in bat form, he loses his frickin' mind. It seems to be just him, though. Another choice quote is "Oooo. Goooold.", referring to the color of his fur.)
** Bear in mind that Joachim is a MachoCamp, [[ImprobableWeaponUser improbable weapon wielding]], pro-wrestling super hero.
** ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld'' features a vampire who sucks the calories out of people to change form. Apparently, she can go hungry, as demonstrated, though she can eat human food, too. Perhaps ''Shadow Hearts'' vampires can be sustained in more than one way?
** Do note that the above three are all siblings and Dracula's grandchildren.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' has Kyūketsu-hime who has wings growing from her back (but never seen flying), doesn't seem to be affected by sunlight, can't transform people (that honor goes to other characters) and can [[StatusInflictionAttack poison]] enemies. All of that isn't so bad, except that she is obviously a ''Western'' vampire in a kimono, and how she ended up in ''Heian period'' Japan is anyone's guess.

* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' vampires originate from beings cursed for profaning a deity's temple (although the curse can be spread by drinking vampire blood). They are TheNeedless (except for blood) and immortal, but can be killed normally. They have double the physical stats of their living selves, but these stats cannot increase. In Fortress Mode, they'll disguise themselves as immigrants and behave like a normal citizens, but will occasionally seek out sleeping dwarves and drink their blood, which is usually lethal. They'll even accuse other dwarves of their crime.

** ''VideoGame/TheSims4'' invokes this trope by giving vampires a CharacterLevel-styled system, where they can earn power points that can be used to unlock a variety of vampire powers, but at the cost of needing to choose weaknesses as they level up. This allows the player to mix and match various types of vampires across the in-game world. A few things, however, are consistent across all vampires. Instead of eating food, they drink plasma (from either humans or fruit, as in the third game; plasma fruit can also now be made into salads), they have a BottomlessBladder, and while they don't die if they don't feed, the Thirst meter does function as a SanityMeter that will cause them to start randomly attacking and biting Sims if it gets too low. The Energy meter is replaced with a Vampire Energy meter, which functions as the ManaMeter for their vampire powers, and sunlight will drain this meter and eventually kill them if it gets to zero when they're out in the sun. Every vampire gets two starting powers: the ability to read another Sim's personality at a glance, and the ability to cause hallucinations. They can change into a [[GameFace dark form]], which is used when they are using their supernatural powers, if their Thirst meter gets too low, or if they just feel like it. The dark form can have a completely different appearance, and even voice, from their regular form, with only their physique and gender needing to remain the same.

* ''Videogame/{{Bloodborne}}'': With the kind of setting the game has, you might be surprised at the apparent lack of any vampires... until you take a moment to consider that the prime medical treatment for anything in Yharnam is drinking blood, the number one way to get a pleasant buzz in Yharnam is ''also'' drinking blood, and judging by the [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold prostitute's]] comments, the Yharnam populace's favorite pleasurable activity is ''also drinking blood'', at which point you may realize that actually naming ''anyone'' a vampire would be ''redundant''. Even ''you'', as a Hunter, heal by injecting a Blood Vial into your thigh or splattering beast blood onto your wounds. In other words, after accepting the Blood Ministration from the very beginning, you are more or less a vampire yourself in all but name. For bonus points, Yharnam Hunter costumes tend to cover most of the skin with a BadassLongcoat and more often than not a mask or high collar, plus a NiceHat; while this is a logical choice for people who want as much between their precious, precious skin and werewolf claws as possible, it would ''also'' provide a lot of ways to protect said skin from the sun. The Cainhurst Vilebloods, or what is left of them, embody the typical central European vampire appearance-wise: tall, pale-skinned nobles dressed in pseudo Austro-Hungarian finery who live in a musty old castle and are at war with the local church. Their preferred method of gaining blood, however, is to salvage blood dregs from the corpses of the slain for their Queen. Some of the creatures in Cainhurst even hint at the bat connection by being a living gargoyle kind of creature.

* ''VideoGame/{{Nocturne}}'': Vampires are humanoid with very bat-like features such as spear noses and elongated, winged arms. Humans converted by them, such as Vampire Brides, look more like your typical undead bloodsucker and have the ability to levitate. Hitting either one center-mass with a wooden stake causes them to spectacularly explode in a gory mess.

** Of course, the concepts created by players run the gamut, from predictable MarySue concepts (bonus points for CatGirl [[HybridMonster vampires]]), to truly bizarre twists. [[RuleOfCool Somewhere in between]] is a vampire that uses the [[ManOnFire Fire Armor]] powerset -- he's so old and powerful that he turns his sunlight weakness into a weapon!

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' has Kyūketsu-hime who has wings growing from her back (but never seen flying), doesn't seem to be affected by sunlight, can't transform people (that honor goes to other characters) and can [[StatusEffects poison]] enemies. All of that isn't so bad, except that she is obviously a ''Western'' vampire in a kimono, and how she ended up in ''Heian period'' Japan is anyone's guess.

** The origin of Vampirism traces back to [[GodOfEvil Molag Bal]], [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Domination and Corruption]]. Legend holds that Molag Bal decided to upset the balance of the cycle of life and death maintained by one of his fiercest enemies, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric]] [[SaintlyChurch Divine]] Arkay. Molag Bal sought out and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]] a priestess of Arkay, a [[{{Precursors}} Nedic]] woman named Lamae Beolfag. From her, the disease spread and twisted into the various forms seen today. Other sources, such as the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Dunmeri]] [[CorruptChurch TribunalTemple]] make different claims, but all include Molag Bal in some way.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' has Kyūketsu-hime who has wings growing from her back (but never seen flying), doesn't seem to be affected by sunlight, can't transform people (that honor goes to other characters) and can [[StandardStatusEffects poison]] enemies. All of that isn't so bad, except that she is obviously a ''Western'' vampire in a kimono, and how she ended up in ''Heian period'' Japan is anyone's guess.

* The Vampire job in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' works more like a classic [[PowerCopying Blue Mage]] with a number of convinient stat-absorbing and charming abilities thrown in, the former of which generally being considered a more useful ability than the large number of monster abilities at their disposal due to the fact that almost all of them are powered by the class' P.Attack, which isn't the highest.