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Vindictus

NEXON · NEXON America Inc. · 2012-06-22

Steam

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 13, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vindictus is an Action RPG that delivers the highest level of combat mechanics and high-quality visuals. Featuring a fully interactive environment, dungeon objects and monsters become part of your arsenal. Experience unique, creative action gameplay that sets a new standard for online RPGs.

Vindictus is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG title released in 2012, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and Mixed reviews (67% of 7,999 reviews).

72
playing now
67%
positive of 8.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Vindictus is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by devCAT, an internal studio of Nexon. The story follows the player character joining a group of mercenaries and going on a series of missions to battle monsters. The gameplay has players exploring dungeons, fighting monsters, and upgrading their characters.

Trailer

Vindictus trailer thumbnail

Vindictus: Cinematic Trailer

≈116,359 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 72 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 167 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13813820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18892026-09-15 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 164 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 115 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 102 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 173 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 135 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 95 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 160 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 141 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 137 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 138 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 155 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 82 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 104 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 157 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 103 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 128 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 88 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 102 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 132 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 89 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k103Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,523 · peak 3,440Dec 2012 — avg 705 · peak 1,583May 2013 — avg 370 · peak 778Oct 2013 — avg 282 · peak 753Mar 2014 — avg 505 · peak 1,091Aug 2014 — avg 655 · peak 1,313Jan 2015 — avg 1,075 · peak 3,300Jun 2015 — avg 474 · peak 927Nov 2015 — avg 466 · peak 1,080Apr 2016 — avg 274 · peak 667Sep 2016 — avg 290 · peak 565Feb 2017 — avg 406 · peak 902Jul 2017 — avg 461 · peak 804Dec 2017 — avg 471 · peak 907May 2018 — avg 240 · peak 410Oct 2018 — avg 198 · peak 317Mar 2019 — avg 230 · peak 394Aug 2019 — avg 225 · peak 404Jan 2020 — avg 282 · peak 487Jun 2020 — avg 431 · peak 642Nov 2020 — avg 519 · peak 908Apr 2021 — avg 339 · peak 572Sep 2021 — avg 276 · peak 464Feb 2022 — avg 160 · peak 262Jul 2022 — avg 199 · peak 294Dec 2022 — avg 191 · peak 289May 2023 — avg 205 · peak 296Oct 2023 — avg 186 · peak 303Mar 2024 — avg 239 · peak 444Aug 2024 — avg 182 · peak 396Jan 2025 — avg 197 · peak 414Jun 2025 — avg 167 · peak 267Nov 2025 — avg 138 · peak 204Apr 2026 — avg 123 · peak 190Aug 2026 — avg 136 · peak 275
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOCo-opPartial Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionMMORPGNudityFantasyAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldMultiplayer

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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