V Rising

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%2024

The verdict

A atmospheric vampire survival-ARPG with great castle building and boss fights, best with friends or tuned settings. Skip it if you hate resource grinding, PvP-driven balance, or solo play on defaults.

Great for

Co-op groups and PvE players who love castle decorating, boss fights, and tweaking server settings

Main risk

Heavy resource grind and slow, PvP-balanced combat can make solo play feel like a chore

What players love

Excellent castle building

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“One of the most intuitive and hassle-free crafting/building systems I've interacted with.”
Steam review · 227.2 h played ↗

“It absolutely rules like hell to be able to make your own Dracula castle. Easily some of the most fun I've had base building in any game.”
Steam review · 147.3 h played ↗

“The building is beautiful and user friendly”
Steam review · 94 h played ↗

Memorable, varied boss fights

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The boss fights are probably one of the best parts of the game too. There are a ton of them”
Steam review · 528.5 h played ↗

“Every boss fight has a unique element to it.”
Steam review · 54.3 h played ↗

“every single boss has so much personality and specific moves!”
Steam review · 41.3 h played ↗

Strong vampire theme and atmosphere

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Peak vampire experience, the vibes are immaculate.”
Steam review · 105.6 h played ↗

“V Rising is the only one where the "I'm a vampire" fantasy actually works mechanically, not just as a skin.”
Steam review · translated · 250.1 h played ↗

Great with friends, co-op and PvE

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“the game shines the most when you play with someone else.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

“such a fun game to play with friends!”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

Fun, varied combat and builds

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“The combat is a lot of fun. There's a large variety of weapons, and they all perform differently, and have their own special moves/attacks.”
Steam review · 191.6 h played ↗

“there are a ton of different weapons and spells you can mix together”
Steam review · 528.5 h played ↗

Customizable server settings

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Change the settings to fit around your playstyle.”
Steam review · 165.2 h played ↗

“One of the game's strongest features is the wide range of settings available.”
Steam review · 42.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Excessive resource grind and slow crafting

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“I just wanted to have a fun singleplayer game. But it all boils down to grind grind grind grind”
Steam review · 29.3 h played ↗

“WHY. IN THE GAME. SUCH. TIMINGS. FOR CRAFTING. ITEMS???”
Steam review · translated · 82.8 h played ↗

“Heavy resource grind for no apparent reward.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗

Frustrating, overtuned late-game bosses

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“The final six hours of boss fight with Dracula was truly awful game design. It was a difficulty cliff.”
Steam review · 72.8 h played ↗

“If you play on regular difficulty, the game is increadibly easy, but if you want to play on brutal beware that every boss sucks.”
Steam review · 72.6 h played ↗

Slow movement and tedious traversal

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Whatever you are playing cannot outrun a basic human. You are slow as a snail.”
Steam review · 57.5 h played ↗

“You'll spend a lot of time traveling from a teleporter to a location and vice versa”
Steam review · 77 h played ↗

Limited combat with long dodge cooldowns

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“Having a 10 second cool down to dodge or use one of your 2 spell slots for defense is insane work.”
Steam review · 110.2 h played ↗

“I can't understand why 8 seconds.. 8 seconds cooldown on dodge”
Steam review · translated · 21.6 h played ↗

Balanced for PvP at PvE players' expense

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“The devs focus on balance for PVP and completely ignore the PVE players.”
Steam review · 166.1 h played ↗

“Then they listened to a small group of loud PvPers and nerfed half the game making it harder, and slower for PvE.”
Steam review · 703.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 10 64 bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600, 3.3 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 3.5 GHz

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Maxwell or newer), 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB

Storage19 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 64 bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-11600K, 3.9 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, 3.7 GHz

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 590, 8 GB

Storage19 GB available space

OSWindows 10 64 bit

ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600, 3.3 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 3.5 GHz

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Maxwell or newer), 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB

Storage19 GB available space

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