Rich story and memorable characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Every person I met had a name, a story, relationships, problems and secrets.”
Steam review · 32.1 h played ↗
Vampyr
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%DONTNOD Entertainment2018Horror · RPG · Action
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A moody, story-driven vampire RPG in 1918 London with great atmosphere and moral choices, dragged down by clunky combat and constant backtracking. Skip it if you want action or hate dialogue.
Great for
Story-focused players who love gothic atmosphere, vampires, dialogue and moral dilemmas, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Clunky combat and tedious backtracking without fast travel can overshadow the story
What players love
Gothic 1918 London atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The game's gothic presentation is flawless: every cobblestone, every flickering gas lamp, every desperate cough from a dying citizen oozes a dark, oppressive tone that few games have ever achieved”
Steam review · 42.6 h played ↗
Moral choices with real consequences
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game's greatest strength lies in its narrative and moral depth, forcing you to choose between embracing your monstrous thirst for power or keeping your humanity as a doctor.”
Steam review · 53.4 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Underrated game 10/10 voice acting and soundtracks”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Blood-as-XP feeding system
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The fastest way of leveling is by killing innocent humans, but this will also destabilize the city and can make more challenging enemies roam the street.”
Steam review · 30.6 h played ↗
Cool vampire powers and upgrades
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The abilities are cool, and flashy in the way you would expect a vampire to be.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, frustrating combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“This game has some of the worst combat I've ever played, I reached a point where I was actively avoiding it.”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
No fast travel and endless backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Mechanically it's endless running around without fast travel through confusing mazelike locations with respawning enemies, which is 90% of your time.”
Steam review · translated · 12.7 h played ↗
Enemy autoleveling and punishing pacifist XP
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“If you kill all the NPCs, the game becomes too easy because you'll have too much XP, but if you want to spare the NPCs, it becomes too hard because you'll have very little XP, there's no middle ground.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
Too much dull dialogue, slow pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“way too dialogue-heavy for my taste and it seems to be something that will be persistent throughout the game”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Bad lock-on targeting
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Target-lock switches on mouse movement and you cannot change/disable it, so any time you are in combat Jonathan will be spazzing out back and forth between enemies”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Single autosave, no manual saves, lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Save got corrupted after 23 hours of playing. Boy oh boy don't you just love a single autosave game!”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2130 (3.4 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 (3.6 GHz)
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB, GeForce GTX 1050 (Legacy GPU: GeForce GTX 660) / Radeon R7 370
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3930K (3.2 GHz)/AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.2 GHz)
Memory16 GB RAM
Graphics4 GB, GeForce GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1060 / Radeon R9 390
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64 bits)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2130 (3.4 GHz)/AMD FX-4100 (3.6 GHz)
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics2 GB, GeForce GTX 1050 (Legacy GPU: GeForce GTX 660) / Radeon R7 370
Storage20 GB available space
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