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Vlad the Impaler

Vlad the Impaler

A city gone mad with violence and the mass murder of its people. In this interactive graphic-novel, your choices can either lead you to the ultimate destruction of this fallen metropolis, or the demise of a vicious butcher. Will you save this city as promised or will you fall prey to the killer with

Released Jul 16, 2014 Developer Section Studios Platforms Windows · Mac RPGVisual NovelAdventureChoose Your Own AdventureIndie
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

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

72.8%positive415 reviews
Recommended · 75 found this helpful

“Recommended but ONLY while it's on sale, and ONLY if you don't mind a game consisting purely of reading and choices. Vlad the Impaler has virtually no gameplay, and the only thing you, as the player, do, is make choices as the story unfolds. At its most basic, it's a…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 46 found this helpful

“It's a nice choose your own adventure type of interactive novel with some stat driving RPGing in the background but it is rather short... the main value derived from multiple playthroughs as you try to finish the game with different stats and alignments while adding different…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 301 found this helpful

“First Impression Video http://youtu.be/ek5oGPOP9FM Vlad the Impaler - Full Review This game is a bit of an odd one, on it’s launch day there was nothing to indicate what type of game it might be. Just this snippet: “A city gone mad with violence and the mass murder of its…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 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 2026-09-28.

30achievements
9.9%median completion
3.0%rarest: Prince of Wallachia
39.7% of players 38.1% of players 33.7% of players 30.8% of players 29.0% of players 22.9% of players 22.2% of players 19.9% of players 16.3% of players 15.6% of players 14.9% of players 14.6% of players 14.0% of players 12.0% of players 11.0% of players 9.9% of players 8.8% of players 8.3% of players 7.3% of players 5.9% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 39.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
39.7%Missing the point — Hidden achievement
38.1%Righteous Path — Reach maximum good morality
33.7%Unwelcome Visitor — Get to Vlad's Castle
Rarest badges of honor
3.0%Prince of Wallachia — Get all the achievements
3.1%Master of Magics — Get all of the weapons for the Mage
3.1%Master of Equipments — Get all of the weapons for the Explorer

Latest official news

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

Oct 20, 2014
Game Update: Mac Crash and Final Battle Fixes

Hi All! We've just pushed an update addressing the crash issues for Mac users. Players should now also be able to successfully continue after defeating Vlad. Please make sure you exit steam and downlo

Oct 20, 2014
Game Update: Mac Crash and Final Battle Fixes

Hi All! We've just pushed an update addressing the crash issues for Mac users. Players should now also be able to successfully continue after defeating Vlad. Please make sure you exit steam and downlo

Oct 09, 2014
Game Update/Bug Fixes

Release Notes Hi All! We've just pushed a patch fixing some of the issues introduced with our previous update. Below you'll find a list of the additions: Gameplay Achievements are now working correctl

Oct 09, 2014
Game Update/Bug Fixes

Release Notes Hi All! We've just pushed a patch fixing some of the issues introduced with our previous update. Below you'll find a list of the additions: Gameplay Achievements are now working correctl

Sep 25, 2014
Price Drop: Vlad is Now $4.99

In celebration of our latest update, get Vlad the Impaler at a reduced price of $4.99 ! The Vlad 4-Pack is also available at $12.99.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Visual Novel · Adventure · Choose Your Own Adventure · Indie · Horror · Casual · Vampire · Singleplayer · Choices Matter · Interactive Fiction · Dark (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements30
Official sitehttp://vlad.sectionstudios.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or Later Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB graphics memory and directx 9.0c compatible gpu DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 512 MB available space