ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer
V Rising
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 62% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 137,729
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 20h it's 1 in 12 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 62% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 138,340 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 54h for positive, 25.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (62.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (49)
story milestone ending side
- A Whole New World Venture into the Farbane Woods area. 100%
- A First Taste Feed from a living creature. 98%
- Lord of the Land Place a Castle Heart and claim an unoccupied territory. 93%
- Instant Gratification Teleport using a Vampire Waygate. 86%
- First of Many Drink the blood of a V Blood. 85%
- A Creature of Many Forms Use your Vampire powers to shapeshift into another form. 85%
- A Fox in the Hen House Venture into the Dunley Farmlands area. 64%
- Ultimate Power Cast an ultimate ability. 60%
- Work Smart, Not Hard Interact with a work station that has the room and floor bonus active. 60%
- Upon a Pale Horse Ride a horse. 59%
- Completed Act 1 Defeat Quincey the Bandit King and complete Act I. 57%
- Larger Pockets! Equip a bag. 56%
- The Allure of Coin Trade with a Shady Merchant in the Farbane Woods. 51%
- Footsteps in the Snow Venture into the Hallowed Mountains area. 50%
- Blood Donor Extract blood from a prisoner. 49%
- The Forgotten Reaches Venture into the Ruins of Mortium area. 48%
- Godless Intrusion Venture into the Silverlight area. 47%
- Vampire Rising Place a staircase. 47%
- A Vampire with a Hobby Plant a seed in a planter. 46%
- Don't Drink the Water Venture into the Gloomrot South area. 46%
- Collector of Forgotten Lore I Interact with a Research Desk that has all technologies unlocked. 43%
- Exquisite Blood Drink blood from a 100% blood quality source. 43%
- Completed Act 2 Defeat Octavian the Militia Leader and complete Act II. 42%
- Forbidden Footsteps Venture into the Cursed Forest area. 42%
- March of the Machines Venture into the Gloomrot North area. 41%
- Your Number One Fan Fully equip a servant. 40%
- Riftslayer Participate in closing a rift to the Shadow Realm. 39%
- Every Corner of the World Venture to all major regions. 39%
- A Weapon From a More Civilized Age Reforge a shattered weapon at the Ancestral Forge. 38%
- Completed Act 3 Defeat Cyril the Cursed Smith and complete Act III. 36%
- Symphony of the Night Interact with a music box. 35%
- Gone Fishing Catch a fish using a fishing rod. 35%
- Master of Disguise Trade with a merchant as a very ordinary human. 31%
- Collector of Forgotten Lore II Interact with a Study that has all technologies unlocked. 30%
- To the Skies Find a way to fly. 30%
- An Eye for Quality Successfully charm a human that has 100% blood quality. 26%
- Completed Act 4 Defeat Solarus the Immaculate and complete Act IV. 25%
- Dressed to Impress Equip an item in a Cosmetic Slot. 24%
- Collector of Forgotten Lore III Interact with an Athenaeum that has all technologies unlocked. 22%
- Oh No! Eat the wrong mushroom. 19%
- It's a Tight Squeeze Use Rat Form and traverse through a small hole. 17%
- Slayer of the Immortal King Defeat Dracula, The Immortal King. 16%
- Completed Act 1 on Brutal Difficulty Defeat Quincey the Bandit King and complete Act I on Brutal Difficulty. 15%
- A Perfect Test Subject Feed a prisoner with Irradiant Gruel and have them reach 100% blood quality as a result. 14%
- Master of All Defeat and drink the blood of every V Blood. 13%
- Completed Act 2 on Brutal Difficulty Defeat Octavian the Militia Leader and complete Act II on Brutal Difficulty. 12%
- Completed Act 3 on Brutal Difficulty Defeat Cyril the Cursed Smith and complete Act III on Brutal Difficulty. 11%
- Completed Act 4 on Brutal Difficulty Defeat Solarus the Immaculate and complete Act IV on Brutal Difficulty. 7.7%
- Brutal Slayer of the Immortal King Defeat Dracula, The Immortal King, on Brutal Difficulty. 5.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.