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News video games 23 May 2022, 13:19

author: Adrian Werner

V Rising Draws Crowds on Steam

V Rising quite unexpectedly turned out to be the biggest hit on Steam in a long time. The game is achiving impressive activity scores and selling brilliantly.

Tomorrow it will be a week since the release of V Rising in Early Access. However, it can already be said that the game was a great success.

V Rising goes big on Steam

The game debuted in Steam Early Access on May 17, this year. It is a paid production, costing around $15.

  1. Yesterday, at the hottest time of the day V Rising was played on Steam by 150,645 people at the same time.
  2. Every day since its release the game has set a new activity record, which bodes well for the future.
  3. Yesterday's result was more than three times higher than the "peak" from the day of the game's debut, which shows that it gathers new users at a rapid pace.
  4. At the time of writing this post, it is the sixth most popular game on Steam, ahead of such greats as Team Fortress 2 and Grand Theft Auto 5.
  5. Within the first three days of its release, the game's sales exceeded half a million copies.
V Rising Draws Crowds on Steam - picture #1
Source: Twitter.

V Rising compared to Stunlock's other games

V Risinh is by far the most popular game in the output of Stunlock. This is all the more impressive that it is a paid production, while all other games of the studio use the F2P model.

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Game:

Activity record (number of concurrent users on Steam)

1.

V Rising

150 645

2.

Battlerite

45 145

3.

Battlerite Royale

9441

4.

Dead Island: Epidemic

6052

5.

Bloodline Champions

1667

Let us recall that V Rising is available only on PC. The game was warmly received - 87% of user reviews on Steam are positive, which is categorized as "very positive reception".

Not everything in the game works as it should, but the developers are working on fixes. One of the priorities for the authors is to add an offline mode.

  1. V Rising - game guide
  2. V Rising on Steam
  3. V Rising - official website

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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