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Venture to the Vile

Venture to the Vile

Dive into the strange town of Rainybrook, taken over by the “Vile” in this 2.5D metroidvania! Fight your way through treacherous terrains and defeat formidable bosses to absorb their powers! Will you save the town and find your missing friend Ella — or will you give in to the monster you've become?

Released May 21, 2024 Developer Studio Cut to Bits Publisher Aniplex Inc. Platforms Windows NarrativeOpen WorldMetroidvania2.5DColorful
View on Steam ↗ $12.49 (US · as of 2026-05-16)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

76.8%positive185 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Un excellent jeu de style Metroidvania ! Si vous avez aimé Hollow Knight, vous allez probablement retrouver ici une ambiance qui vous rappellera beaucoup ce dernier, sans pour autant être une copie. Les mécaniques sont vraiment intéressantes et rendent les déplacements très…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“A charming casual metroidvania. One of those that have fantastic presentation (setting, visuals, exploration, soundtrack - that kind of stuff), and simplistic, somewhat clunky gameplay mechanics (controls, traversal, combat). The former is definitely the main selling point here,…”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

41achievements
20.3%median completion
2.0%rarest: The Vile
86.3% of players 60.2% of players 58.1% of players 53.4% of players 50.1% of players 43.4% of players 42.0% of players 34.1% of players 33.0% of players 32.2% of players 31.3% of players 31.1% of players 28.6% of players 28.1% of players 26.1% of players 25.8% of players 23.3% of players 23.0% of players 20.7% of players 20.6% of players 20.3% of players 17.7% of players 16.9% of players 16.3% of players 15.9% of players 14.5% of players 14.4% of players 13.9% of players 13.3% of players 12.7% of players 11.8% of players 11.6% of players 11.0% of players 10.6% of players 10.5% of players 10.4% of players 9.7% of players 9.5% of players 6.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.0% of players 86.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.3%Broken antler — Completed the Prologue
60.2%Feeling hearty — Upgrade max health
58.1%Saviour of Rainybrook — Completed Act 01
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%The Vile — Unlocked all Achievements
2.5%Jail bird — Complete the game with the Prisoner’s Garb equipped
6.5%A kindly one — Complete all side missions

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 12, 2024
V1.07 update is live

We have been working hard to address many optimisation and edge case issues. Big optimisation on heavy areas such as the black hill mines. The Guv quests have safety nets for edge case issues where th

Oct 11, 2024
Full patch breakdown to V 1.06 - Lots of new features and improvements

Hello everyone! Paul here from Cut to Bits. It’s been a long summer since launch and I wanted to do an update on the patches and some post launch notes from all the feedback we received from the commu

Sep 18, 2024
V1.06 update.

V1.06 has more optimisations and stability fixes. Achievement bugs have been resolved.

Aug 29, 2024
Patch 1.05 is now out!

Hello from Studio Cut to Bits. We have been listening to all the feedback from the community and we have some wonderful new additions to bring to you in our latest patch, V1.05. More accessibility opt

Jun 27, 2024
20% off Venture to the Vile & new extended demo!

Step into the eerie town of Rainybrook with a 20% discount for Steam’s Summer Sale. And if that’s not enough to give it a try, we have released a new extended demo that lets you play through the prolo

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsNarrative · Open World · Metroidvania · 2.5D · Colorful · Multiple Endings · Side Scroller · Exploration · Dark · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Action-Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Korean
ControllerFull support
Achievements41
Official sitehttp://venturetothevile.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 3.00GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.20GHz Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1050Ti or AMD equivalent Storage: 8 GB available space