When Vampire Survivors made its arrival, the game quickly grew and caught the attention of millions of players, so many in fact that it took the small indie company of Poncle from a small fry to a rather large fish. Today, Poncle is in the business of game publishing too, using its wealth and pull to help other indie teams find their footing. But it also has grand plans of its own, including a massive expansion in development power and plans to open new studios around the world.
Speaking with The Game Business, Poncle's chief strategy officer, Matteo Sapio, revealed a whole bunch of information about the company and its plans for the future. For one, it was revealed that Vampire Survivors has now reached as many as 27 million players, and that this success is enabling Poncle to commence work on over 15 upcoming projects, with even more ideas in very early and rudimentary stages.
Not all of these will be Vampire-related games however, as Poncle is exploring some new avenues where it can, while simultaneously licensing out its engine to other creators and brands that want to make "Survivors" games of their own. With broad development hopes, Poncle is even soon set to open two new studios, one in Italy and one in Japan, although this will seemingly be coming at the cost of its third-party publishing efforts, which are now said to have been paused.
All things considered, it's a pretty exciting time to be a fan or supporter of the London-based indie company.