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V Rising

Stunlock Studios · 2024-05-08

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

3,542
playing now
89%
positive of 136k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76
twitch viewers (latest)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (81 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

3,542 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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
  • · 3,542 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,970 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~746/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22,430 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7M–6.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 136,418 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.89 at GameBillet (2026-05-06) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 151 of 192 observed days (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: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.9k2.1k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,010 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,331 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 3,632 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,622 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,003 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 4,525 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,365 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,398 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 5,195 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 5,440 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,404 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 3,994 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 4,255 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,268 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 3,738 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,755 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,312 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 4,027 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 5,834 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2,574 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,565 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 4,308 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,170 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 3,771 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 4,528 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2,930 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,146 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,401 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 3,542 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$7.892022-05-172026-08-122022-05-17 — 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 $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

220632026-05-29 — 124 pageviews2026-06-01 — 139 pageviews2026-06-04 — 103 pageviews2026-06-07 — 138 pageviews2026-06-10 — 139 pageviews2026-06-13 — 103 pageviews2026-06-16 — 110 pageviews2026-06-19 — 120 pageviews2026-06-22 — 113 pageviews2026-06-25 — 108 pageviews2026-06-28 — 130 pageviews2026-07-01 — 107 pageviews2026-07-04 — 112 pageviews2026-07-07 — 92 pageviews2026-07-10 — 122 pageviews2026-07-13 — 138 pageviews2026-07-16 — 93 pageviews2026-07-19 — 124 pageviews2026-07-22 — 110 pageviews2026-07-25 — 158 pageviews2026-07-28 — 126 pageviews2026-07-31 — 98 pageviews2026-08-03 — 99 pageviews2026-08-06 — 63 pageviews2026-08-09 — 124 pageviews2026-08-12 — 97 pageviews2026-08-15 — 104 pageviews2026-08-18 — 101 pageviews2026-08-21 — 137 pageviews2026-08-24 — 108 pageviews2026-08-25 — 112 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k52026-08-26 19:15 — 146 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 95 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 951 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 76 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…

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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