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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
57 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A great 2.5D with amazing art & a fun & light style. Decades ahead of anything mortal kombat can do.”
“Beatrix is my fave. 2B, Zeta & Vira are fun as well. A fun & pretty game that's rather accessible, lots of good single-player content here. The ability to select control schemes helps when in my adult life of career and…”
“Game can be quite fun but is plagued by zoners that are also good at rushdown AND setplay, (i mean ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, a JOKE character that is supposed to be bad is/was one of the best characters in the game simply because of how…”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A great 2.5D with amazing art & a fun & light style. Decades ahead of anything mortal kombat can do.”
“Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising is a good time. I don't have a lot to say about it because I am inexperienced at fighting games. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saOTUEfzyPw]I like the music, the art style, the…”
“Cygames is on a generational run right now. GBVSR is the perfect game for new fighting game players (free, easy to learn, modern controls), while still remaining intricate enough to be enjoyable at high level play. The…”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The most approachable fighting game on the market, and its not even a contest. This game has set the bar for onboarding and tutorial design in a fighting game, as well as accessibility built right into the combat design…”
“Cygames is on a generational run right now. GBVSR is the perfect game for new fighting game players (free, easy to learn, modern controls), while still remaining intricate enough to be enjoyable at high level play. The…”
“Arguably the most fundamentals-friendly fighter on the market right now. Not a lot of neutral skip BS and rewards genuine skill and knowledge checks.”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising is a good time. I don't have a lot to say about it because I am inexperienced at fighting games. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saOTUEfzyPw]I like the music, the art style, the…”
“One of the best 2D anime fighting games you can probably play right now. I honestly can't think of anything bad to say about this game. It has it all! -Pros- -great charecter design -awesome music + stages -rollback…”
“GBVSR is completely unique in atmosphere, presentation, character design, music, customization, and gameplay. The gameplay itself is easy to learn but hard to master, and features a variety of gamemodes for both…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Beatrix is my fave. 2B, Zeta & Vira are fun as well. A fun & pretty game that's rather accessible, lots of good single-player content here. The ability to select control schemes helps when in my adult life of career and…”
“This game is probably my favorite fighting game in recent years (no surprise since it's ArcSys). Each character has 4-5 abilities and a unique action. Players can choose to use a simplified controls that helps you do…”
“Being a strong player of the original, Rising has made both desirable and undesirable changes to the gameplay. With an always expanding audience I can the constant changes a company has to implement to make their game…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Game can be quite fun but is plagued by zoners that are also good at rushdown AND setplay, (i mean ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, a JOKE character that is supposed to be bad is/was one of the best characters in the game simply because of how…”
“Is this game worth $50? Hahahaha no. It is your typical fighter from Arc. You know: kings of copy and paste. You don't need this if you have Guilty Gear, or BlazGear, or Persona 4 Guiltymax, or Gulity Bood, or Gearana…”
“Baby's first fighting game, no form of oki at all and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Baby's first fighting game, no form of oki at all and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥”
“A wonderful fighting game with great music, characters and other gamemodes. If this is your first fighting game (like it is mine), get yourself a guide to help you since sometimes it's a bit hard without one (I still…”
“Didn't even win a single match and i'm not bad because i'm gold in STF6 and in ggst too so i hate this game”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“1:First and most importantly game is dead. Stats will show a recent small climb in daily players because a new character was released, but the game is still very much a discord fighter, you can set your matchmaking to…”
“GOAT would be my main fighting game if it was more populated. desperately makes me want to become one of those discord fighter guys.”
“i really want to like this game but sweet jesus it hates new people, the simple controls don't do anything when the game seems to competly favour offence meaning you'll end up getting combo'd into oblivion far more…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“boy this game Goes SO HARD just one thing i missed out on the opportunity to buy a free character with Rupies make sure as soon as you boot this game up go right to rupie shop and immediately purchase an entire…”
“Sometimes karma has to remind us when we are being reckless . And nothing sings "It is a hard knock life for us!" quite like buying a deluxe edition then realizing afterwards there is yet more stuff to purchase if you…”
“this game is a lot of fun i will have to sat i don't like how there is dlc for this game and that its on steam and not in cd form but hey its 2026 and that's the world we live in now but over all its a good game to play…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I was giving the devs time to acknowledge it as a "bug", but it seems it's fully intentional, so I'm giving a negative review. There's a setting in the game to choose between the original gacha outfits and the censored…”
“This is anime trash. It's grainy and feels bad to play from a fighting game perspective.”
“Love the game, love the characters. I am annoyed with the censorship of the skins.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“The blue is gran. The fantasy? Versus. AND it rises. Big up the bumbaclaat granblue mandem.”
— a player, Steam review · 53 hrs played“Fantastic anime fantasy fighting game with amazingly beautiful characters and stages, awesome soundtrack, excellent battle system and top-notch rollback netcode. The online lobby is also very cute and welcoming. The all game is so charming, a true wonder by Arc System Works.”
— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played“The worst balance patch yet. Wait until the next patch to play.”
— a player, Steam review · 341 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | 2D Fighter · Action · Anime · Fighting · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · e-sports · Action RPG · Competitive · Fantasy · Great Soundtrack · Local Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | Japanese * , English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean * |
| Achievements | 48 |
| Official site | https://rising.granbluefantasy.jp/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 (64-bit OS required) Processor: AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 6870, 1 GB / GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 1 GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible soundcard or onboard chipset