HoloCure - Save the Fans!
HoloCure - Save the Fans! is a 2022 roguelike shoot 'em up video game developed by Kay Yu. It is a freeware fan game featuring VTubers from Hololive Production with gameplay inspired by Vampire Survivors and Magic Survival. it was originally released on itch.io in 2022 and then on Steam in 2023 with permission from Hololive's parent company Cover Corporation. The game receives regular updates, adding new playable characters and gameplay content. Gameplay In HoloCure the player controls a character who must fight off waves of increasingly powerful enemies. The game is played from the top down perspective with the player able to move in any direction. The player character will automatically attack nearby enemies, although the player can manually choose what direction to attack in. The player collects money and experience points from defeated enemies, which can be used to level up. Each time the player levels up they can select 1 of 4 random weapons, items, or skills to upgrade their character. The same item can be selected multiple times to upgrade it. Certain weapons can be combined when fully upgraded to create a more powerful weapon called a "collab." If the player meets certain requirements, some collab items can be further combined into a "super collab." To win, the player must survive for 20 minutes and defeat the final boss of each stage. Completing a stage will unlock additional stages of increasing difficulty, as well as alternate game modes, such as endless mode where the player survives as long as possible to earn a high score. Each character has a starting weapon, special move, and 3 passive skills unique to that character. Players unlock new characters through a gacha system, but unlike other gacha games, players cannot spend real money; the game is completely free. Receiving multiple copies of the same character upgrades that character's stats. There is also a "fandom" system where characters earn experience and level up based on how many copies of that character the player has, and how many stages that character has beaten. In addition to upgrading individual characters, the player can also purchase general upgrades that increase the stats of all characters. The game also has an alternate game mode called "Holo House", a farm life sim mode. In Holo House the player can catch fish, grow crops, raise pets, and decorate their house. These activities earn the player money which they can either reinvest into their house, or spend in the main game. Characters the player has unlocked in the main game will also visit their house, and sometimes assist them with fishing and farming. Characters HoloCure has 38 playable characters with new characters being added in updates over time. Airani Iofifteen Akai Haato Aki Rosenthal Anya Melfissa Ayunda Risu AZKi Ceres Fauna Gawr Gura Hakos Baelz Hoshimachi Suisei Inugami Korone IRyS Kaela Kovalskia Kobo Kanaeru Kureiji Ollie Minato Aqua Moona Hoshinova Mori Calliope Murasaki Shion Nakiri Ayame Nanashi Mumei Natsuiro Matsuri Nekomata Okayu Ninomae Ina'nis Ookami Mio Oozora Subaru