V Rising
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V Rising

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

DEV: Stunlock StudiosPUB: Stunlock StudiosAppID 1604030
UPDATE PULSEevery ~42d·last 133d ago·7 recent on record

Is V Rising still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

94.7
Excellent

Elixir Rating

89% of 137,435 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 88.8. The developers have shipped 2 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 5.9.

reception 88.8·support +5.9·Excellent

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Current price

$15.74$34.99−55%

Development

Slowing down

Last heard from developers

24 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

2

Current silence

5× normal

Posting has slowed: the developers usually appear every 5 days, and it has now been 24. 2 substantial updates landed in the past six months. It is currently 55% below its usual price.

Two years of development

■ substantial ■ routine

Nov2025FebMayAugNov2026FebMayAug

35 announcements · 16 substantial · 13 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 11, 2026
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 12

Hello Vampires!We've recently discovered a potential exploit that could occur in certain rare circumstances in multiplayer. We will be patching it out to make sure that play is as fair and uninterrupted as possible.The following changes wil…

Community AnnouncementsJun 2, 2026
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 11

Hello Vampires!There was a localization issue introduced in the last patch that should work correctly now! Sorry for the inconvenience.The following changes will be applied. LocalizationFixed an issue with many of the translations that were…

Community AnnouncementsMay 26, 2026
V Rising Patch 1.1.13.0

V Rising Patch 1.1.13.0 Notes After taking additional feedback, here’s a bit of a repost of the previous patch notes from our previous blog. For the sake of identifying changes between the previous notes and these ones, we’ve bolded the cha…

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PC GamerMay 16, 2026
Sink your teeth into V Rising for free this weekend, and you can grab the full game for less than half price

You don't need to be a music fan to have a vampire weekend this week, as toothy survival game V Rising is free on Steam for the next few days. Developer Stunlock Studios has announced that the game will be freely available until Monday, wit…

Community AnnouncementsMay 13, 2026
Free Weekend and Patch News!

CALLING ALL VAMPIRES! It’s time for a blood transfusion!Starting at 19:00 CET on May 14 and ending at 19:00 CET on May 18, V Rising will be free to play!Never has there been a better time to turn the unconverted to the bloody ecstasy of the…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 7, 2026
Dev Update #33: Community Highlights

Greetings Vampires!Here in the Stunlock Studios crypts, we’ve been carefully gathering your feedback and wishes for an upcoming balance and bug-fix patch. There’s been a tremendous volume, about three times as much as our last feedback form…

PC GamerMar 26, 2026
V Rising studio is working on a new game, and it sounds like it's got teeth: 'The odyssey of the Vampire continues'

It's the end of the line for the excellent vampire survival game V Rising: Not quite two years after release, developer Stunlock Studios says "the journey to Dracula is a complete one as it stands," and no further content updates are planne…

PCGamesNMar 26, 2026
V Rising developer is making its "most ambitious" vampire game yet, and players want it to be an MMORPG

Name a better combo than vampires and videogames. I'll wait. Garlic and bread? Don't mention that around... oh, never mind. From Regis to Astarion - not to mention the distinguished clans of Vampire: The Masquerade - vampires have been sink…

Community AnnouncementsMar 26, 2026
Dev Update #32: The Next Era

Greetings Vampires!It’s been a while since we last checked in, a bit longer than usual. First and foremost, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for your patience and faith in us.The V Rising community, while certainly having its faul…

Community AnnouncementsDec 17, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 10

Hello Vampires!We’re doing a handful of bug fixes for more concerning issues we’ve found. These fixes are all server-based, so they’ll come into effect whenever the server you’re playing on updates. If you’re hosting a server, please update…

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Community AnnouncementsNov 28, 2025
Jade the Vampire Hunter Plushie!

Jade the Vampire Hunter has taken the explosive leap from patrolling the dirt roads of Dunley Farmlands into real life! Or maybe she’s been stealthed next to us all along, waiting for her chance to strike? Regardless, we know she’s here now…

Community AnnouncementsNov 24, 2025
Vote V Rising for Labor of Love!

Greetings Vampires! Many of you have followed us on the journey from Early Access launch, through Gloomrot, to the release of Dracula and 1.0, all the way to the poisonous boughs of Oakveil. Over the years of development, we’ve put time, ef…

Community AnnouncementsNov 13, 2025
Original Vampire Art Contest Winners

Vampires All Around Us What a magnificent year it’s been for the art competition! A swarming flock of entries blessed our castle halls here at the Stunlock Studios crypts, filling our eyes and hearts with beauty and terror befitting of the …

Community AnnouncementsOct 16, 2025
ORIGINAL VAMPIRE ART CONTEST

Ah, the familiar scent of terror. It’s that time of year, Vampires! Autumn is upon us, and with it the season of fear and trickery. For us creatures of the night, the looming cold and darkness is like a warm embrace. So, as ever before, we …

Community AnnouncementsOct 15, 2025
V Rising October Patch Notes

Hello Vampires!The time for the October patch is upon us! Based on your feedback, we were able to fit a few extra features and bug fixes in, as well as alter some of the planned changes. While we do strive for some level of balance to the n…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 6, 2025
V Rising Balance Notes Feedback

Hello Vampires!Down below, you’ll find some details on our current plans for a V Rising balance patch. Now that the 1.1 update has had a good amount of time to settle, we thought now might be a good opportunity to make some adjustments to i…

Community AnnouncementsOct 3, 2025
V Rising Security Update

Greetings Vampires!It's recently been found by Unity that there is a vulnerability as old as 2017 that could potentially be exploited in games made with Unity. We've already patched the issue on clients and are currently working to patch it…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 2, 2025
The Razer Serpent Night Pack Is Back!

Greetings Vampires! We’re happy to announce that, in collaboration with Razer, we’ve made the Razer Serpent Night Pack available once again! To claim your free DLC, follow this link to the giveaway page. Entering the giveaway will provide a…

PCGamesNSep 26, 2025
Grab V Rising at a fangtastically low price, thanks to this great bundle

As far as the genre goes, V Rising represents everything I love about the best survival games. A vampiric twist on sandbox games keeps things interesting, and while you still have the base-building aspects that these experiences are known f…

Community AnnouncementsJun 26, 2025
V Rising 50% Summer Sale!

Greetings Vampire hopefuls!The Steam Summer Sale is underway, and with it, V Rising is making some historic moves to make the Vampire experience more available than ever for you and your devious proclivities! The game will be 50% off, match…

PCGamesNJun 18, 2025
V Rising dev is working on what's next, promising something "worthy of Vardoran"

If you want to lose countless hours to a survival game, you're spoilt for choice these days. Rust continues to dominate on Steam. Subnautica remains a genre classic. Minecraft has just overhauled its visuals after more than a decade. For my…

Community AnnouncementsJun 12, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 9

Hello Vampires! We’ve emerged from our crypt to carve out a couple of bugs, wrap them up, and bring them back inside for our nefarious dark magic rituals. Please do not ask me about the dark rituals, you really don’t want to know.The follow…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 16, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 8

Greetings Vampires! More fixes to cap off the week! The following changes will be applied. General Did some slight reworks to Mace Q, Claw Q, and Whip Q rotation curves that should significantly reduce the potential jankiness of casting the…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 14, 2025
Tristan the Vampire Hunter Plushie!

Beware Vampires! Behold, your doom. Tristan the Vampire Hunter has long since terrorized the pathways of the Farbane Woodlands, striking fear into the hearts of all that goes bump in the night. Now you can bring the finest monster slayer so…

Community AnnouncementsMay 13, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 7

Hello Vampires! We’re darkening your doorstep to deliver more delectable bug fixes. A little balance tweak that should make corrupted blood a bit less oppressive in PvE and PvP alike, as well as fixing some wording and unintended behaviors.…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 9, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 6

Greetings Vampires! We’re getting even more fixes in before the weekend so that you may indulge your blood lust as bug-free as possible in all of your rich upcoming free time. The following changes will be applied. General Fixed more skinni…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 7, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 5

Greetings Vampires! We’re adding a new patch today with a wide variety of fixes to address your most urgent needs! Additionally, we’re continuing to optimize the game so it can run more smoothly. The following changes will be applied. Gener…

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Community AnnouncementsMay 6, 2025
V Rising 1.1 Hot Fix 4

Greetings Vampires! Hotfix time! We're implementing some more optimizations to help our servers run a bit better and provide a smoother overall experience! These changes are entirely server-side. They will be applying to Official servers on…

SteamDBMay 6, 2025
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 29 Apr — 6 May 2025

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PC GamerMay 5, 2025
V Rising is doing big numbers on Steam after its recent update, plus it's 50% off

Vampire survival action game V Rising is having a pretty dang good couple of weeks, posting Steam numbers it hasn't seen since launch after a major update added a new region last Monday... Read more.