Poncle, the developer of 2022’s indie hit Vampire Survivors, has explained why it ended up working on the mobile version of the game rather than using a third-party studio. After the “gothic horror casual game” originally launched for free on Itch.io in March 2021, it released on PC and Xbox consoles near the end of 2022. Vampire Survivors proved to be incredibly well received and even won a Golden Joystick Award, resulting in the launch of the mobile version just a couple of months later.