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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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!

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising is an Action game released in 2023, priced at $49.99, with Very Positive (83% of 7077 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

382
playing now
83%
positive of 7.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
34
twitch viewers (latest)
5.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
375
Nexus mods (162k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (5,126 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

382 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising trailer thumbnail

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - Official Reveal Trailer

≈214,285 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 382 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 6% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 142k–320k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,122 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 25 of 48 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

1.4k2062026-09-15 13:00 — 386 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 269 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 666 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 789 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 531 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 425 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 391 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 313 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 524 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 347 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 364 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 311 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 216 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 446 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 271 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 211 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 419 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 222 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 212 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 480 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 285 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 275 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 382 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.3k274Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 4,337 · peak 7,029Jan 2024 — avg 2,451 · peak 5,255Feb 2024 — avg 1,092 · peak 4,426Mar 2024 — avg 808 · peak 1,524Apr 2024 — avg 779 · peak 2,195May 2024 — avg 683 · peak 2,535Jun 2024 — avg 523 · peak 1,094Jul 2024 — avg 461 · peak 962Aug 2024 — avg 750 · peak 3,152Sep 2024 — avg 529 · peak 1,026Oct 2024 — avg 580 · peak 2,870Nov 2024 — avg 661 · peak 1,400Dec 2024 — avg 428 · peak 823Jan 2025 — avg 430 · peak 732Feb 2025 — avg 565 · peak 2,802Mar 2025 — avg 847 · peak 1,515Apr 2025 — avg 523 · peak 991May 2025 — avg 792 · peak 3,955Jun 2025 — avg 875 · peak 2,180Jul 2025 — avg 482 · peak 851Aug 2025 — avg 900 · peak 2,904Sep 2025 — avg 425 · peak 762Oct 2025 — avg 565 · peak 2,036Nov 2025 — avg 434 · peak 833Dec 2025 — avg 632 · peak 1,241Jan 2026 — avg 515 · peak 854Feb 2026 — avg 698 · peak 2,505Mar 2026 — avg 465 · peak 803Apr 2026 — avg 387 · peak 816May 2026 — avg 336 · peak 617Jun 2026 — avg 375 · peak 673Jul 2026 — avg 348 · peak 702Aug 2026 — avg 274 · peak 494
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

337442026-05-30 — 75 pageviews2026-06-03 — 119 pageviews2026-06-07 — 95 pageviews2026-06-11 — 84 pageviews2026-06-15 — 70 pageviews2026-06-19 — 95 pageviews2026-06-23 — 90 pageviews2026-06-27 — 328 pageviews2026-07-01 — 182 pageviews2026-07-05 — 175 pageviews2026-07-09 — 183 pageviews2026-07-13 — 181 pageviews2026-07-17 — 164 pageviews2026-07-21 — 144 pageviews2026-07-25 — 182 pageviews2026-07-29 — 142 pageviews2026-08-02 — 103 pageviews2026-08-06 — 211 pageviews2026-08-10 — 180 pageviews2026-08-14 — 151 pageviews2026-08-18 — 113 pageviews2026-08-22 — 88 pageviews2026-08-26 — 100 pageviews2026-08-30 — 89 pageviews2026-09-03 — 89 pageviews2026-09-07 — 82 pageviews2026-09-11 — 116 pageviews2026-09-15 — 95 pageviews2026-09-19 — 89 pageviews2026-09-23 — 90 pageviews2026-09-27 — 77 pageviews2026-10-01 — 44 pageviews2026-10-05 — 74 pageviews2026-10-08 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.7k02026-10-01 00:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 276 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 278 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 145 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 431 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 4,076 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 536 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 34 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

Post-launch support: 56 DLC released, first 2023-12-14, latest 2026-02-10 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

AnimeActionFantasyFightinge-sports2D FighterAction RPGCompetitiveMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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