Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

First-person vampire action RPG with powers and story-driven quests

Troika Games · Published by Activision · Released Mar 22, 2007

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 15K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 64 in 30 days
Playing now: 43; peak 24h 73
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines?

A first-person action RPG set in the vampire underworld of modern-day Los Angeles. You develop a vampire's powers, talk to characters, complete story-driven quests, and fight mortals and other vampires with weapons and supernatural abilities.

For you if...

+you want to play a vampire in modern Los Angeles
+you enjoy developing supernatural powers and choosing combat tools
+you like quests with multiple possible solutions

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer rather than a single-player campaign
−you expect modern graphics and smooth animation

What players say

94% of 15,387 reviews are positive · 87% of 64 in the last 30 days

Players praise the dialogue, characters, worldbuilding, and how clan choice changes play. The most common complaint is that an unofficial patch is often needed to launch or run the game properly; players also report persistent bugs, clunky combat and controls, and a weaker, more combat-heavy second half.

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

3D hardware accelerator card required - 100% DirectX® 9.0c-compatible 64MB video card and drivers 1.2 GHz Athlon™ or 1.2 GHz Pentium® III processor or higher 384MB of RAM (512MB of RAM recommended) Microsoft® Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP * 3.3 GB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files and saved games (plus 1.4 GB for Windows® swap file) 100% DirectX® 9.0-compatible 16-bit sound card and drivers 100% Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP-compatible mouse, keyboard, and drivers DirectX® 9.0c * Does not support Windows XP 64 Supported Chipsets for 98/ME/200/XP: All ATI® Radeon® Chipsets All NVIDIA® GeForce(tm) Chipsets Matrox® Parhelia(tm) Chipset