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Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2

Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2

The Chinese Room · released Oct 21, 2025

ActionRPGPCPlayStation 4, PlayStation 5Xbox One, Xbox Series X

You are the Nomad, an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.

57
VGC Score
Declininghigh confidence

anchored at patch: “The Summer Update” (2mo ago)

58%
At launch
55%
Steam all-time
62%
Press
50%
Player sentiment
59%
Recent sentiment

PC 57 · PlayStation 69 · Xbox 72

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)6240
All-time Steam reviews55%561000
Metacritic user ratings50174
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)59%59614
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 10, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 614 total reviews in window · weighted 139.7 up / 98.7 down · computed 58m ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. The Summer Update
    Jun 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. The Flower & the Flame
    Jun 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. The Spring Update
    Apr 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Loose Cannon
    Apr 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. The Valentine's Update
    Feb 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Hotfix 1.0.5.1
    Dec 18, 2025
  7. The Winter Update
    Dec 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. Hotfix 1.0.4.1
    Nov 18, 2025
  9. Patch 1.0.4
    Nov 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Patch 1.0.2 "Halloween Update"
    Oct 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Hotfix 1.0.1 (PC Only)
    Oct 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. Game Update
    Mar 25, 2025