Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire

Released Oct 2023

Rebel against your legacy in this farming action roguelite. Tend your spooky farm by day & defend your crops from enemies at night! Upgrade Voltaire, youngest son of Dracula, with devious new abilities & discover dozens of new plants to cultivate. Send dad a message: a vegan life is no missed steak!

66% positive · 176 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire launched into Early Access on February 27, 2023, and graduated to its full 1.0 release on October 26, 2023 — right on the developer's stated 6–12 month Early Access timeline. The 1.0 launch was a substantial release, delivering new classes, bosses, biomes, costumes, mini-games, and progression systems. Following 1.0, the developer has continued to release maintenance and feature patches: a "Fang-tastic Summer Patch" (V1.03) on June 27, 2024 added a new costume and controller haptics alongside bug fixes, and a hotfix (V1.03.4) on August 6, 2025 addressed persistent gameplay bugs. While the team has stayed engaged with the game in a maintenance capacity, there is no sustained cadence of major content releases after 1.0 — only one minor feature patch and one bug fix hotfix over nearly two years. The most significant signal comes from the August 6, 2025 hotfix post itself, where the developer described Voltaire as "a game very close to our hearts" and said it "will forever be" — language that reflects fondness rather than active development plans. There are no announced future DLC, no unreleased store listings, no roadmap for post-1.0 content, and no developer statements indicating further major content is coming. The developer's original Early Access roadmap items (Boss Rush, Farming Mode, new classes, biomes, etc.) were all delivered by the 1.0 release. The last developer communication of any kind was the August 6, 2025 hotfix, which is maintenance-level activity, not a signal of ongoing content development. The game launched as a complete product and has received only upkeep since then.
Evidence
Voltaire 1.0 launched with a large content drop including new classes, bosses, biomes, costumes, mini-games, and progression systems — fulfilling the Early Access roadmap promises.
news post · Oct 26, 2023 source content shipped
high
Developer hotfix post describes Voltaire as a game that 'will forever be' close to their hearts, with no mention of planned future content. Last official communication from the developer as of today.
news post · Aug 6, 2025 source ambiguous
medium

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Details

Publisher
indie.io
Achievements
44
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Voltaire: The Vegan Vampire is an action-farming-roguelite set in Transylvania, the homeland of Dracula and his rebellious lastborn son, Voltaire. An epiphany results in a change of heart for the young vampire: abandoning blood in favor of a plant-based diet out of spite to prove to his father that neck-biting is not the only way for vampires to thrive.

The Elder Vampire doesn't take kindly to such ideas, but with the help of uncle(s) Frank and Stein, Voltaire slips away from his father’s gaze. Once on his own, he embarks on a creepy, cute odyssey full of veggie recipes, a plant-based lifestyle, and hand-drawn art celebrating the gloriously macabre!

  • Farm during the day with magical seeds to cultivate crops and provide Voltaire with sweet nourishment in his quest to become the world's first vegan vampire!

  • Expand the farm and territory and conquer numerous biomes on Voltaire’s path to chlorophyll-based power.

  • Be wary once night begins to fall. Dracula will send his minions to ruin Voltaire’s crops and make him return to a “proper,” red-blooded diet.

  • Defend the crops against Dracula’s army of ghoulish minions, hell-bent on denying Voltaire his hard-earned oatmeal shake.

  • Embrace vampiric dark powers to defeat the bosses sent by Dracula when his lesser minions fail.

  • Overcome Dracula’s power and inherit his reign through much greener means.

  • Evolve Voltaire into higher vampiric forms thanks to his dietary plan filled with many new abilities.

  • Complete bounties for uncle(s) Frank and Stein, while defeating Transylvania's mythical creatures and reap the rewards to continue sowing.

  • Prevail over every metaphorical pickle Voltaire may find himself in or risk the temptation of his bloodlust munching on a neck or two.

  • Don't sweat it. There is always a chance to try dieting again, this time with new knowledge and abilities!

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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