The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a action, indie and gore game developed and published by Ska Studios.
Released on May 12th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal and Japanese.

It has received 1,539 reviews of which 1,461 were positive and 78 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile into these genres:

Action Indie Gore Hack and Slash 2D Beat 'em up Horror Co-op Character Action Game Vampire Female Protagonist Great Soundtrack Difficult Metroidvania Side Scroller Local Co-Op

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Lion 10.7.5
  • 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
Linux
  • OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit. S3TC support is NOT required.
  • 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

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
I remember beating this game a few times back when it was on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Was honestly one of my top favorite games during my childhood, and I didn't know that they ported it to PC until maybe 6 months or so ago. The art style and animations are amazingly brutal and violent with a 2000's emo-esque theme and tons of gore. I've heard a YouTuber describe the soundtrack to be like "a garage punk rock band", which he was making fun of, but that's honestly my taste in music. I guess one person's trash is another's treasure. Combat is pretty simple-minded and repetitive, but the enemies have a decent variety and a good amount of challenge when you get to the harder difficulties. Story isn't bad. There are a couple of things you might not understand at first, but keep in mind that this is a sequel to "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai", which doesn't have a PC version as of right now. As long as you pay enough attention, you'll understand what's going on without playing the first game. Characters and dialogue aren't the best, but tbh, this isn't really a game that you should play if you're only playing games for the lore, as it heavily relies on the actual gameplay. All in all, still an amazing game that will always have it's own special place in my heart.
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April 2025
Waiting on the Dead Samurai port now. In all seriousness, this game is edgy as hell, overstimulating, and mentally exhausting to play for long periods of time. And I loved every second of it.
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April 2025
This game was made specifically for me it feels like! Edgy, violent, over the top, fast paced, and above all fun! This game has made me Emo again and it's worth a play for just about everyone (PS. PLEASE Ska studios bring the original dishwasher to steam!)
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March 2025
Man... The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. Where do you even begin with this one. An absolute classic in the hack n' slash character action genre, this is the game that introduced me to said genres. To this day, Yuki is The coolest girl in the genre in my opinion; no notes. What an amazing concept for a character, the vampire girl with a chainsaw arm who's savage fighting style rivals that of her step brothers more focused gameplay. I used to play this back in the 360 days in high school with a friend, and we never could quite get good enough for the higher difficulties. But I'm happy to say at the time of writing this review/vent post, I'm still coming down from the high of beating the game on Samurai as Yuki. This game is such a genuine thrill when the mechanics are mastered. (The Cat Bead changes everything as Yuki) Its fast paced moment to moment gameplay is up there with the likes of Devil May Cry and other big names. It really is a shame we'll probably never get a Dishwasher 3, and maybe we're better off for it, but this game has absolutely stood the test of time and deserves every bit of praise it's given. Tl;dr - 10/10 fast paced character action game with bloody combat, brutal executions, and a healthy dose of replayability in a metriodvania-esque map that begs to be explored.
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Oct. 2024
the moon is basically the vampire projects and you have an evil dead chainsaw arm and a minigun and a buster sword and you can do a zangief super to kill paramilitary death squads whats not to love
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile received 1,461 positive votes out of a total of 1,539 achieving an impressive rating of 9.00.
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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile was developed and published by Ska Studios.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile does not currently offer any DLC.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
9.99€
9
1,461
78
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
6
Developer
Ska Studios
Publisher
Ska Studios
Release 12 May 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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