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V Rising

Stunlock Studios · 2024-05-08

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 11, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

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.

V Rising is an Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2024, priced at $34.99, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 136418 reviews).

2,085
playing now
89%
positive of 138k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66
twitch viewers (latest)
7.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (81 ratings)
27
Nexus mods (21k downloads)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (8,131 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 84% recommend · from 73 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

2,085 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

V Rising is a 2024 action role-playing survival game developed and published by Stunlock Studios. It was first released in early access for Windows in May 2022, and was officially released two years later, with a PlayStation 5 version released on June 11, 2024. Within a week, it had surpassed one million sales.

Trailer

V Rising trailer thumbnail

V Rising - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,085 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,001 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~625/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22,430 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8M–6.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137,655 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$9.99-71%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.90 at AllYouPlay (2026-09-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 135 of 173 observed days · $3.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20k20k20222026Week of 2022-05-01: 19,710 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,720 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11,709 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,544 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,811 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 562 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,759 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5,470 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 878 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,031 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3,747 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 773 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,374 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,194 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9,061 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,361 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,504 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,636 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 812 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,205 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,302 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,218 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4,405 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 616 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 38 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.8k1.6k2026-09-15 11:00 — 2,265 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,505 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,839 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2,621 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,611 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2,230 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,555 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3,194 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,638 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,564 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 3,327 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2,520 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,643 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,403 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4,635 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 2,546 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 3,730 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 4,027 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,434 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 3,915 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 5,635 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,752 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,085 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
92k2.3kMay 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 92,448 · peak 150,645Jul 2022 — avg 13,143 · peak 29,710Sep 2022 — avg 4,116 · peak 9,385Nov 2022 — avg 4,627 · peak 11,310Jan 2023 — avg 3,571 · peak 6,544Mar 2023 — avg 3,280 · peak 6,334May 2023 — avg 20,658 · peak 77,285Jul 2023 — avg 6,124 · peak 11,219Sep 2023 — avg 2,331 · peak 4,370Nov 2023 — avg 3,681 · peak 7,065Jan 2024 — avg 3,190 · peak 6,415Mar 2024 — avg 2,978 · peak 6,029May 2024 — avg 44,562 · peak 132,519Jul 2024 — avg 8,814 · peak 16,787Sep 2024 — avg 6,478 · peak 21,526Nov 2024 — avg 4,233 · peak 7,892Jan 2025 — avg 4,936 · peak 8,814Mar 2025 — avg 3,933 · peak 8,141May 2025 — avg 34,161 · peak 76,601Jul 2025 — avg 8,314 · peak 14,917Sep 2025 — avg 3,740 · peak 6,926Nov 2025 — avg 6,340 · peak 13,331Jan 2026 — avg 5,901 · peak 12,500Mar 2026 — avg 4,134 · peak 7,914May 2026 — avg 6,918 · peak 21,343Jul 2026 — avg 4,608 · peak 8,222Aug 2026 — avg 3,666 · peak 6,780
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
87872026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 87 new positive2026-09-21: 17 new negative2026-09-23: 14 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 19 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 23 new positive2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new negative2026-10-02: 15 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 14 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 17 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 19 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 13 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 14 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 11 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 25 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$7.892022-05-172026-10-122022-05-17 — best price $19.992022-12-16 — best price $17.992023-04-17 — best price $15.992023-07-18 — best price $17.882023-10-23 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $13.772024-02-03 — best price $14.212024-03-08 — best price $14.792024-04-05 — best price $19.992024-06-28 — best price $19.902024-08-05 — best price $20.992024-09-09 — best price $34.992024-11-04 — best price $34.992024-12-03 — best price $25.712024-12-25 — best price $16.392025-01-17 — best price $14.952025-02-13 — best price $24.492025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-04-10 — best price $24.492025-05-22 — best price $16.092025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-07-27 — best price $34.992025-08-24 — best price $17.322025-09-27 — best price $25.712025-10-23 — best price $13.192025-11-13 — best price $34.992025-12-03 — best price $16.272026-01-01 — best price $34.992026-01-29 — best price $17.492026-02-24 — best price $34.992026-04-05 — best price $29.992026-05-01 — best price $15.572026-05-19 — best price $15.992026-06-12 — best price $13.642026-07-22 — best price $13.992026-08-12 — best price $34.992026-10-12 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

220672026-05-29 — 124 pageviews2026-06-02 — 113 pageviews2026-06-06 — 131 pageviews2026-06-10 — 139 pageviews2026-06-14 — 103 pageviews2026-06-18 — 114 pageviews2026-06-22 — 113 pageviews2026-06-26 — 105 pageviews2026-06-30 — 124 pageviews2026-07-04 — 112 pageviews2026-07-08 — 98 pageviews2026-07-12 — 121 pageviews2026-07-16 — 93 pageviews2026-07-20 — 96 pageviews2026-07-24 — 100 pageviews2026-07-28 — 126 pageviews2026-08-01 — 126 pageviews2026-08-05 — 75 pageviews2026-08-09 — 124 pageviews2026-08-13 — 74 pageviews2026-08-17 — 89 pageviews2026-08-21 — 137 pageviews2026-08-25 — 112 pageviews2026-08-29 — 110 pageviews2026-09-02 — 107 pageviews2026-09-06 — 142 pageviews2026-09-10 — 98 pageviews2026-09-14 — 102 pageviews2026-09-18 — 90 pageviews2026-09-22 — 69 pageviews2026-09-26 — 88 pageviews2026-09-30 — 96 pageviews2026-10-04 — 115 pageviews2026-10-07 — 77 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

47982026-09-30 22:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 304 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 163 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 138 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 224 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 182 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 212 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 245 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 177 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 151 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 180 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 195 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 66 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
61.7%
earned "A Whole New World"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsCamera Comfort6 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian…

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2022-05-17, latest 2025-04-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41,7967%49
PS5 (PlayStation)13,08614%45

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

PvEPvPSandboxVampireBuildingCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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