Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-29
- Main story is strong
- Combat is satisfying and dynamic
- Great vampire game experience
- Not a true Bloodlines sequel
- Poor optimization and performance
- Buy only on sale
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 8-11GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mixed (5/10)
- Total reviews
- 12,923
- Positive
- 7,16355.4%
- Negative
- 5,76044.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 941,389
- Estimated revenue
- $56,473,926
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 9677.48%
- Estimated copies lost
- 70,442
- Estimated revenue lost
- $4,225,816
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 9737.5% Avg playtime 1.1h | 1130.9% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 4,78737% Avg playtime 21.9h | 7,04854.5% Avg playtime 37.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 41.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.4 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 5,791 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 312 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
12,921 total
Organic purchasers10,34680.1%
Voted up: 55%
Key activations2,57519.9%
Voted up: 56%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
12,921 total
First impression0-2h1,60312.4%
Voted up: 27%
Mid game2-10h3,80229.4%
Voted up: 53%
Late game10-20h2,40018.6%
Voted up: 53%
Endgame20h+5,11639.6%
Voted up: 68%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
41.8%
Global baseline 55.4%
91 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 12,923 total.