Is "survivors" distinct enough from "survival" to be the name of an entirely different genre? I'm not sure, but we're almost certainly in the midst of a mini genre boom of Vampire Survivors-likes, our favorite roguelike of 2022 and the game of the year most likely to spawn waves of imitators in the near future. It's already started happening in 2022, despite Vampire Survivors launching in quiet, unfinished early access form barely a year ago...
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So, so many Vampire Survivors clones came out this year
Source: PC Gamer (opens in a new tab)