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Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York cover art

Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York

Draw Distance · Dear Villagers · 2020-09-10

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Indie

Franchise: World of Darkness, Vampire the Masquerade · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2020 (Linux), Sep 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 10, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 10, 2020 (Mac)

Your old life is dead and buried. You have no afterlife to look forward to, and your vampiric unlife is about to fall apart unless you solve an unsolvable crime. Welcome to New York City... and welcome to the Lasombra clan, where failure is not an option.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
33/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.94
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Vampire: The Masquerade – Shadows of New York is a visual novel video game developed by the Polish studio Draw Distance, and released on September 10, 2020, as a stand-alone expansion to their 2019 game Coteries of New York. It is based on the tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade, and follows Julia of the vampire clan Lasombra, who investigates the death of the Anarch movement's local leader. Throughout the game, the player makes decisions that cause the narrative to branch.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 19% of 17,992 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,728 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.29-90%
Steam$1.94-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.94-85%
GOG$1.95-85%
GOG$1.95-85%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.02 at GamesPlanet FR (2024-12-05) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 102 of 147 observed days · $0.92 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.35$0.932020-08-252026-08-302020-08-25 — best price $11.562020-10-18 — best price $12.992020-11-21 — best price $11.152021-01-01 — best price $9.952021-02-11 — best price $9.742021-04-01 — best price $7.532021-05-11 — best price $12.992021-06-25 — best price $7.792021-08-19 — best price $6.812021-10-15 — best price $12.992021-12-03 — best price $9.952022-01-24 — best price $3.892022-03-25 — best price $5.202022-05-07 — best price $9.952022-07-13 — best price $5.192022-09-08 — best price $10.282022-11-21 — best price $12.992023-01-07 — best price $10.282023-03-20 — best price $2.592023-05-24 — best price $5.192023-07-24 — best price $12.992023-10-25 — best price $2.592024-02-07 — best price $1.292024-06-19 — best price $1.942024-11-07 — best price $1.292025-02-14 — best price $12.992025-05-15 — best price $4.542025-08-12 — best price $12.992025-11-02 — best price $12.992026-01-02 — best price $12.992026-03-01 — best price $12.992026-05-11 — best price $2.602026-07-27 — best price $9.262026-08-30 — best price $1.94
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
56.3%
earned "Shrouded in Shadows"
35.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,80444%14
Xbox One (Xbox)1,41088%14
PS4 (PlayStation)32979%13
PS4 (PlayStation)28672%13

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

Player tags

RPGIndieHorrorLGBTQ+VampireStory RichSingleplayerVisual NovelChoices MatterSexual Content

Census log

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

Recent updates

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