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London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.

Release DateJun 4, 2018
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.9% (mostly positive) / 76.8%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)75.4% / 75.4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)15.3K  Top 2% / 19.9K  Top 2%
Curators477 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time25.4 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar38 minutes
Followers145.6K  Top 1%
Owners± 1.3M  Top 3%
Copies Sold± 782.7K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 19.2M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Vampyr steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Vampyr's Steam rating and reviews between June 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 72.2% (October 2018) and 76.8% (October 2023), with relatively small variations.

With 19.9K reviews Top 2%, Vampyr is an undeniable major AAA level success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Vampyr and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Vampyr's review languages. The most popular language is English (48%), followed by Simplified Chinese (14%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 9 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Vampyr percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Vampyr, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is very good, reaching 43 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Vampyr players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 30 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • interesting story
  • original setting
  • great atmosphere
  • rewarding narrative
  • deep roleplaying possibilities
  • intriguing backdrop
  • more than 60 NPC's with full dialogue options
  • backstories of characters worth investigating
  • good writing
  • good controls
  • horrible combat
  • insane difficulty spikes
  • combat tries to be Dark Souls and fails
  • morale system ruins experience
  • badly telegraphed attacks
  • moves that leave you no time to react
  • unavoidable damage
  • poor facial animations
  • missing immersion
  • repetitive details/items/scripts

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 76.9% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Vampyr's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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