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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[b]Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[/b] is the definition of a flawed masterpiece with cult following. Here's what a member of that cult has to say. This game exists in a cursed duality: • Incredible sound design —…”
“One of my first Steam games and I still play it to this day. It's honestly one of the greatest RPGs I've ever played. For $20, that's a steal... but for $10 when it's on sale?! Now that's a freakin' robbery. If you're…”
“Janky as ♥♥♥♥, aged horribly in many ways not least of all the visuals, and you need to go out of your way to download a fan made patch to even be able to play it (unless you buy the gog version), but it's still…”
41 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[b]Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[/b] is the definition of a flawed masterpiece with cult following. Here's what a member of that cult has to say. This game exists in a cursed duality: • Incredible sound design —…”
“Janky as ♥♥♥♥, aged horribly in many ways not least of all the visuals, and you need to go out of your way to download a fan made patch to even be able to play it (unless you buy the gog version), but it's still…”
“Bloodlines is certainly showing its age especially with the original Half Life2 Source Engine being used (which was still in its beta stage at the time). But, it still processes a certain charm of which using unofficial…”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[b]Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[/b] is the definition of a flawed masterpiece with cult following. Here's what a member of that cult has to say. This game exists in a cursed duality: • Incredible sound design —…”
“This game is like the complete inverse of a polished turd, whatever that is. A diamond that's covered in turd. Or a turd with a lot of value. I dunno. It's an incredibly trashy game, but it's the kind of deliberate…”
“this game is something else when u high. The writing was insanely good, and the aesthetic of the game is so good to the point where it very easily compensates for the janky ass source engine. It truly is a one of a kind…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is like the complete inverse of a polished turd, whatever that is. A diamond that's covered in turd. Or a turd with a lot of value. I dunno. It's an incredibly trashy game, but it's the kind of deliberate…”
“I played this for the first time in 2014 and loved it! This was truly a role playing experience - I felt like a creature of the night and the masquerade system was inventive. Plus...it features Lacuna Coil. I put this…”
“The soundtrack sends chills down my spine whenever I listen to it, this is the only game which made me feel so involved and immersed in a video game, the atmosphere is incredible, I cannot define the word for it because…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Clunky beyond belief, and always good for a replay. The game is barely holding together, no matter how many fan patches, but it's such an awesome RPG with great writing and chock-full of colorful characters. It is…”
“The soundtrack sends chills down my spine whenever I listen to it, this is the only game which made me feel so involved and immersed in a video game, the atmosphere is incredible, I cannot define the word for it because…”
“Absolute gem of a game. Way ahead of it's time and there will never be a game like this again. So many mods and well written game with voice acting which means replay ability. You should give it a try. And it has…”
39 of the 103 reviews raise this · 35 of them still recommend the game.
“With the unofficial patch, this game is finally playable.”
“[b]Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[/b] is the definition of a flawed masterpiece with cult following. Here's what a member of that cult has to say. This game exists in a cursed duality: • Incredible sound design —…”
“One of my first Steam games and I still play it to this day. It's honestly one of the greatest RPGs I've ever played. For $20, that's a steal... but for $10 when it's on sale?! Now that's a freakin' robbery. If you're…”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this · 20 of them still recommend the game.
“One of my first Steam games and I still play it to this day. It's honestly one of the greatest RPGs I've ever played. For $20, that's a steal... but for $10 when it's on sale?! Now that's a freakin' robbery. If you're…”
“Janky as ♥♥♥♥, aged horribly in many ways not least of all the visuals, and you need to go out of your way to download a fan made patch to even be able to play it (unless you buy the gog version), but it's still…”
“I absolutely loved (most) of my time with this game, but I don't think I could recommend it to anyone. While personally the first half of this game felt just as fresh and fun as my first Disco Elysium playthrough, the…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this · 19 of them still recommend the game.
“Bloodlines is certainly showing its age especially with the original Half Life2 Source Engine being used (which was still in its beta stage at the time). But, it still processes a certain charm of which using unofficial…”
“Clunky beyond belief, and always good for a replay. The game is barely holding together, no matter how many fan patches, but it's such an awesome RPG with great writing and chock-full of colorful characters. It is…”
“this game is something else when u high. The writing was insanely good, and the aesthetic of the game is so good to the point where it very easily compensates for the janky ass source engine. It truly is a one of a kind…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“Janky as ♥♥♥♥, aged horribly in many ways not least of all the visuals, and you need to go out of your way to download a fan made patch to even be able to play it (unless you buy the gog version), but it's still…”
“I absolutely loved (most) of my time with this game, but I don't think I could recommend it to anyone. While personally the first half of this game felt just as fresh and fun as my first Disco Elysium playthrough, the…”
“An amazing cult classic RPG, janky? yes especially the combat but the writing, quirky characters, and aesthetic made it enjoyable and really outweighs the cons similar to Fallout New Vegas. it's been 2 decades since…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Janky as ♥♥♥♥, aged horribly in many ways not least of all the visuals, and you need to go out of your way to download a fan made patch to even be able to play it (unless you buy the gog version), but it's still…”
“Bloodlines is certainly showing its age especially with the original Half Life2 Source Engine being used (which was still in its beta stage at the time). But, it still processes a certain charm of which using unofficial…”
“One of the best RPG's ever made, period. The gameplay is a bit janky, the graphics are dated (Though not as badly as you might assume for a game that came out in '04), and you need the unofficial patch just to make the…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“This game is clunky as hell, the animations are awkward, the combat is kinda horrible and there's a lot of it, and certain story sections overstay their welcome, and you need to download an unoffical patch for the game to work properly. But damn the worldbuilding is so…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“This game should be the golden standard for RPG games. Honestly, this game's graphics look crap, audio levels are unbalanced, controls are janky and you literally need an unofficial patch from a fan to even play the game. Yet it's the most fun I've had in years. This game was so…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“This game runs the Source engine, and you can really tell. It's janky, walls are more suggestions than actual hard barriers, the combat is stilted and awkward, the screen bumps every time you walk over a barrier or a curb, and it feels like the whole thing is held together with…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | RPG · Vampire · Cult Classic · Singleplayer · Supernatural · Horror · Action · Dark · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Classic · Action RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.vampirebloodlines.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Required: 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®