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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built on a new engine that allows for an even more visually gruesome experience.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I 🫀 violent videogames But i would NEVER EVER EVER EVER NEVER kill people⠀⠀⠀⠀i promise”
— a player, Steam review · 75 hrs played“Super fun and underrated game. Dishwasher is literally me. If you enjoy action games like Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden you'll definitely like this.”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“Great game with awesome creative vision. Fast paced combat with a decent variety of weapons, respectable boss designs and the rhythm mini-game are where it's at. I didn't like the grab targeting and some hitboxes, though. 100% completion means beating arcade mode, story mode on…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
02242022
Just one note today: - Update to latest FNA, includes various improvements and a fix for specific audio filters
09282021
- Update to FNA 21.10 (technically releasing Friday, but eh) - Mostly to work around a Steam Deck OpenGL driver bug, but dramatically improves Vulkan/D3D11 support along the way
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Gore · Hack and Slash · 2D · Beat 'em up · Horror · Co-op · Character Action Game · Vampire · Female Protagonist · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://vampiresmile.ska-studios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported