History VideoGame / TheIncredibleAdventuresOfVanHelsing

** The Bounty Hunter is a gun-user who relies on charged ranged attack via rifles or [[GunsAkimbo dual pistols]], and is aided by drones that mark his target.

* AbsurdlyLowLevelCap: 30, which is rather low for a HackAndSlash. However, after beating the game defeating enemies earns you Glory, which can be spent to gain passive upgrades such as Crit Damage. The ''Final Cut'', where the level cap raises it to 100.

* AscendedExtra: The TowerDefense mission of the first game got expanded in the second with many more of them in the second with more features and maps. And ''now'' the developers are making a TowerDefence standalone game called ''Deathtrap''...

* DroneDeployer: The Constructor class in a nutshell.

* GenreSavvy: Van Helsing himself takes this to the point that even Katarina, pretty well-versed on the topic herself, is genuinely bothered that he sticks to his knowledge of genre tropes rather than common sense and logic. Then comes Professor Fulmigatti, outright quoting Hollywood villains and acknowledging he's the final boss in a game. Koschei seemingly averts it, being puzzled by Van Helsing's antics, but, as shown in final dialogue, actually takes it EVEN further, fully aware he's the villain of the story and just being very good at playing his role. Surprsingly, all of them manage to avoid BreakingTheFourthWall at that.

* LaResistance: In the second game, Van Helsing is the leader of the Borgovian Resistance.

* MadScientist: Professor Fulmigatti, the BigBad from the first game.

** The first game ends when Van Helsing overthrows Professor Fulmigatti, the MadScientist ruling the country. In the second game, Borgovia is now suffering from a civil war and the new ruler (and BigBad) is General Harker, who has access to the dangerous toy created by his predecessor ''and'' who is sane.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The forcewall technology has been invented by a [[UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla Nikola Tesla]], who you meet in a later part of the first game when you need a way to bypass them to confront Fulmigatti.

* GutturalGrowler: Prisoner Seven of the second game.

* GenreSavvy: Van Helsing himself takes this UpToEleven (that even Katarina, pretty well-versed on the topic herself, is genuinely bothered that he sticks to his knowledge of genre tropes rather than common sense and logic), but then comes Professor Fulmigatti, outright quoting Hollywood villains and acknowledging he's the final boss in a game. Koschei seemingly averts it, being puzzled by Van Helsing's antics, but, as shown in final dialogue, actually takes it EVEN further, fully aware he's the villain of the story and just being very good at playing his role. Surprsingly, all of them manage to avoid BreakingTheFourthWall at that.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The forcewall technology has been invented by a [[UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla Nikkola Telsa]], who you meet in a later part of the first game when you need a way to bypass them to confront Fulmigatti.

* NiceHat: Van Helsing has a whole slew of stylish hats to equip (in the third game and the ''Final Cut'', they can only be worn by a Bounty Hunter).

One day, you receive an alarming mission. The country of Borgovia, which your father brought peace to by forming a peace treaty between the country's humans and monsters, has suddenly fallen into chaos. Taking up your trusty swords and pistols, you depart for Borgovia, intent on finding out what exactly has happened, and to bring peace back to the land.

A sequel (named ''Van Helsing 2'') was released on May 22, 2014. In it, Van Helsing leads the Borgovian Resistance against the {{Mad Scientist}}s that rule the land. 2015 saw the release of a third game (in which Van Helsing must hunt down his nemesis and save Borgovia once and for all), as well as a "Final Cut", which lets one play through the three games' stories in one campaign, and the spin-off ''Deathtrap'', expanding upon the original's TowerDefense sections as an unrelated hero tries to stop an invasion of monsters from a recurring alternate dimension called the Ink.

** It's Van Helsing! Wait, no it isn't. It's okay, half the [=NPCs=] made the same mistake.

** The Bounty Hunter is an Archer who relies on charged ranged attack aided by drones that mark his target.

* AssistCharacter: Katarina functions similarly to pets in Videogame/{{Torchlight}}, in that she can attack your enemies and can also be sent to sell loot.

* {{Uberwald}}: The series takes place in a fictional Eastern Europe country named Borgovia, and features a combination of steampunk, gothic horror element (vampires, undead creatures, werewolves...), and Slavic folklore.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: In the first game, Van Helsing was confined to one class, which could be built to either rely on swords, guns, or magic. DLC later added two more classes, the magic-wielding Thaumaturge or the MadScientist Arcane Mechanic. The sequel maintained and expanded upon those three classes, while the third game (and the Final Cut) have a total of six:

* GutturalGrowler: Prisoner Seven of the sequel talks as if he's [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]].

* TowerDefense: Defending the resistance's HQ in the first game was an (optional) foray into this, expanded upon in the sequel and finally given its own spinoff, ''Deathtrap''.

** It happens again at the end of the second game. [[spoiler: Prisoner Seven, the creepy guy who helps Van Helsing in the course of the game? It turns he is a captured supernatural entity, and he becomes the BigBad of the third game.]]

** In the second game, one of the prisoners fred from a secret prison thanks the player then adds he has "[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs an old friend from dinner.]]"

* {{Uberwald}}: Borgovia, the country in which the games take place.

** In the first game, a wisp gives a riddle about [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "the meaning of the life, the universe, and the rest". The answer is "42"]].