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ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldBase BuildingVampiresMultiplayer

3,440 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 5,659

Peak in the last 7 days: 6,904

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Game description

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Basic info

DeveloperStunlock Studios
PublisherStunlock Studios
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateMay 8, 2024
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64 bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600, 3.3 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 3.5 GHz
Memory12 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Maxwell or newer), 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB
Storage19 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 445 reviews from the past 1 year

82.9/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (89%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Hunting by night and hiding from the sun, players in V Rising build a vampire castle and fight bosses, and it scores 82.9.

👍 Strengths

114 reviews call it addictive and fun, saying hours vanish in its loop of hunting, crafting and boss fights. 46 praise the freedom to play your own way, switching builds and spending long stretches designing their castles. 43 enjoy playing together, taking on bosses with friends and sharing a castle, and Multiplayer ranks 171st of 642. Gameplay ranks 361st of 1396, and Visuals & Sound ranks 340th of 1249. Some also like that settings can be adjusted to suit a more relaxed or harder playthrough.

👎 Where it falls short

55 reviews find the late bosses frustratingly hard, citing unfair mechanics, cramped arenas and the need for near perfect play when solo. 38 say progression turns into a grind, with repeated farming and a timer that can decay your castle if you stop playing for a few days. 24 feel the late game grows repetitive, with farming and rebuilding that start to feel like a chore and bosses that share similar abilities. Content Volume ranks 494th of 1351, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 886th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“genuinely loved the game and invested hundreds of hours” · 114 reviews
“complete freedom to change playstyles and build your castle with aplenty possibilities” · 46 reviews
“very fun with friends cooperating on bosses together” · 43 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 79% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.01 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “complete freedom to change playstyles and build your castle with aplenty possibilities” · 46 reviews
Negative “building system is poorly designed with unintuitive mechanics” · 3 reviews

Progression 46% · Difficulty 42% · Onboarding 13% · Strategy 32% · Controls & feel 23%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.21 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “blood mechanics add immersive vampire gameplay options” · 23 reviews
Negative “map feels empty and large with insufficient enemy camps and loot distribution” · 1 review

Story 11% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 41% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.14 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “lots of content and complete finished game” · 13 reviews
Negative “no endgame content after defeating Dracula except brutal difficulty or PvP” · 14 reviews

Variety 25% · Replayability 6%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.71 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “the art style is very effective and looks stunning” · 41 reviews
Negative “nadir silahlar parıltılı ışıltılı olsaydı görsel olarak daha keyif verirdi” · 1 review

Audio 8%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.90 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “very fun with friends cooperating on bosses together” · 43 reviews
Negative “raiding PvP needs an update and is not as good as arena mode” · 8 reviews

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.31 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “boss design with high damage, high HP, high speed, and unfair mechanics” · 16 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 5% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 20% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.10 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “developers ignore PVE player complaints about constant nerfs” · 18 reviews
Positive “developers made incredible improvements across many updates” · 4 reviews

Stability 3% · Performance 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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