V Rising

Open-world vampire survival RPG with castle building and blood hunting

Stunlock Studios · Released May 8, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 137K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 373 in 30 days
Playing now: 2,264; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 11, 2026

What is V Rising?

An open-world vampire survival action RPG where you gather resources, craft equipment, build a castle, and hunt humans and supernatural bosses for blood and power. You awaken weakened after centuries asleep and must avoid sunlight while growing stronger, alone or in cooperative and competitive multiplayer.

For you if...

+you like building elaborate castles between combat outings
+you want open-world boss hunting with vampire powers
+you plan to play cooperatively or compete in PvP

Not for you if...

−you prefer randomly generated worlds over a fixed map
−you want a heavily story-driven RPG

What players say

89% of 137,262 reviews are positive · 87% of 373 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the castle building, combat, boss fights, and vampire theme. They commonly criticize repetitive resource gathering and say recent PvP-focused balance changes weakened movement, abilities, and solo PvE.

Screenshots and trailer

V Rising system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600, 3.3 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 3.5 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti (Maxwell or newer), 2 GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Storage: 19 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: Minimum System Requirements might change in the future

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-11600K, 3.9 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, 3.7 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 590, 8 GB
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Storage: 19 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: Recommended System Requirements might change in the future

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 49
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Vietnamese.