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Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road

Choice of Games · 2020-09-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Franchise: Vampire the Masquerade, World of Darkness · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Sep 24, 2020 (Mac), Sep 24, 2020 (Linux), Sep 24, 2020 (Web browser), Sep 24, 2020 (iOS), Sep 24, 2020 (Android), Sep 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?

Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2020, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 742 reviews).

5
playing now
90%
positive of 742 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road is a 650,000-word interactive horror novel by Kyle Marquis, based on Vampire: The Masquerade and set in the World of Darkness shared story universe. Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. It’s a new Dark Age for the dead. When the Second Inquisition's vampire hunters hacked phone lines and computer networks to expose and destroy vampires all over the world, the elders turned to undead couriers like you. For ten years, you’ve raced across the d(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 742 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720202026Week of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1494Sep 2020Aug 2026Sep 2020 — avg 149 · peak 266Nov 2020 — avg 15 · peak 32Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 36Mar 2021 — avg 23 · peak 119May 2021 — avg 18 · peak 36Jul 2021 — avg 18 · peak 41Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 14 · peak 38Jan 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 36Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 25Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 22Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 38Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$6.992020-09-242026-07-092020-09-24 — best price $7.992020-12-11 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $7.992021-02-11 — best price $6.992021-03-25 — best price $7.992021-05-13 — best price $7.992021-06-24 — best price $6.992021-10-26 — best price $7.992021-11-25 — best price $6.992021-12-23 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $9.592023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-10-26 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-06-28 — best price $8.992024-10-28 — best price $7.912024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-05-26 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-10-27 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
52.1%
earned "Blood Leech"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-09-26, latest 2021-03-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3693%30

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

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualHorrorLGBTQ+VampireAdventureStory RichText-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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