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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Cygames, Inc. · 2023-12-13

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Franchise: Granblue Fantasy · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Dec 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 14, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 14, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!

309
playing now
83%
positive of 7.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

309 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising is a 2D fighting game developed by Arc System Works and published by Cygames. It is a sequel to Granblue Fantasy Versus, and was released worldwide on December 14, 2023, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is set to be released on September 17, 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 309 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 585 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,788 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 141k–318k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,057 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.20 at 2game (2025-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 29 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20232026Week of 2023-12-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 327 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4221782026-08-07 00:00 — 241 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 190 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 330 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 299 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 247 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 422 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 258 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 265 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 320 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 269 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 180 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 294 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 281 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 241 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 297 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 242 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 194 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 364 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 231 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 178 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 367 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 222 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 272 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 388 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 188 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 194 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 356 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 237 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 309 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$11.192023-12-142026-07-092023-12-14 — best price $49.992024-05-21 — best price $39.992024-07-29 — best price $49.992024-12-19 — best price $24.992025-03-11 — best price $49.992025-04-11 — best price $19.502025-04-20 — best price $49.992025-06-26 — best price $14.392025-07-17 — best price $35.992025-08-11 — best price $49.992025-09-29 — best price $14.752025-10-07 — best price $44.992025-11-21 — best price $15.002025-12-04 — best price $43.992025-12-18 — best price $11.192026-01-06 — best price $44.992026-01-24 — best price $15.002026-02-05 — best price $44.992026-02-27 — best price $13.712026-03-03 — best price $46.992026-03-12 — best price $14.492026-03-19 — best price $19.492026-04-10 — best price $14.932026-04-20 — best price $35.992026-04-24 — best price $17.552026-05-01 — best price $17.992026-05-08 — best price $44.892026-07-09 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

397612026-05-30 — 75 pageviews2026-06-02 — 82 pageviews2026-06-05 — 102 pageviews2026-06-08 — 82 pageviews2026-06-11 — 84 pageviews2026-06-14 — 85 pageviews2026-06-17 — 83 pageviews2026-06-20 — 92 pageviews2026-06-23 — 90 pageviews2026-06-26 — 120 pageviews2026-06-29 — 337 pageviews2026-07-02 — 186 pageviews2026-07-05 — 175 pageviews2026-07-08 — 159 pageviews2026-07-11 — 146 pageviews2026-07-14 — 160 pageviews2026-07-17 — 164 pageviews2026-07-20 — 137 pageviews2026-07-23 — 142 pageviews2026-07-26 — 180 pageviews2026-07-29 — 142 pageviews2026-08-01 — 108 pageviews2026-08-04 — 111 pageviews2026-08-07 — 183 pageviews2026-08-10 — 180 pageviews2026-08-13 — 122 pageviews2026-08-16 — 182 pageviews2026-08-19 — 92 pageviews2026-08-22 — 88 pageviews2026-08-25 — 100 pageviews2026-08-27 — 105 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.4k02026-08-16 18:12 — 7,442 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 65 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 200 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 55 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
69.4%
earned "Training Will Never Betray You!"
24.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud56 DLC

8 supported languages: Japanese, English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5792%48
PS5 (PlayStation)5,27711%48
PS4 (PlayStation)1,86420%48

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeActionFantasyFightinge-sports2D FighterAction RPGCompetitiveMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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