Recently, the creator of Vampire Survivors introduced a test update, "public-beta version 1.17.108." It includes the Custom Characters feature, a new relic, character, weapon and evolution, arcana, Baron Husker, and more. Plans include adding another character, more weapon models, and some "incredibly useless relic."
In addition, poncle announced a collaboration with Konami. For the 40th anniversary of the Castlevania franchise, they decided to add the full soundtrack of Ode to Castlevania (all 48 tracks) to the "Vampire Survivors Soundtrack" DLC on Steam."
However, poncle warned that at some point all 48 tracks would have to be removed from the "Vampire Survivors Soundtrack" DLC. The Vampire Survivors developer explained that "this is a limited-term licensing agreement." He also failed to obtain licensing rights to place the music tracks on streaming services."
Recently, Valve began testing a new feature on Steam that allows achievements to be separated by the example of PlayStation (e.g., "base game achievements" and "DLC-related achievements"). The Vampire Survivors developer appreciated this feature and plans to "tidy up" his achievements by the end of the year.