{"id":610530,"date":"2026-03-22T16:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/v-rising-reaches-1-5-million-copies-sold-in-just-two-weeks\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:38:53","slug":"v-rising-reaches-1-5-million-copies-sold-in-just-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/v-rising-reaches-1-5-million-copies-sold-in-just-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"V Rising Reaches 1.5 Million Copies Sold In Just Two Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/v-rising-reaches-1-5-million-copies-sold-in-just-two-weeks.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p>V Rising launched in Steam Early Access on May 17, and the vampire action survival game has quickly taken the world by storm. Developer Stunlock Studios revealed that the game has pushed past 1.5 million copies sold in only two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Stunlock doesn\u2019t provide an exact sales number, but 1.5 million+ is a remarkable feat for a game technically in its infancy. V Rising has been popular on Twitch and has garnered strong reviews thus far. The game puts you in the undead boots of a newly awakened vampire who must build their&nbsp;empire. Similar to games like Valheim, players explore an open world in search of resources (either from nature itself or by pillaging villages) to construct a castle and become the second coming of Dracula. Combat pushes you to use your supernatural abilities to take down a host of otherworldly creatures, and you can tackle the game alongside friends in co-op. You can also attack other players\u2019 castles in PvP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/694940074001\/rydylbNsz_default\/index.html?videoId=6307047149112\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>As an Early Access title, V Rising will continue to receive updates and improvements over the next several months. The game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1604030\/V_Rising\/?utm_source=1comma5mpress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam page<\/a> states that Stunlock hopes to launch the game in 1.0 within the next 12 months, barring any changes.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/05\/31\/v-rising-reaches-15-million-copies-sold-in-just-two-weeks\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>V Rising launched in Steam Early Access on May 17, and the vampire action survival game has quickly taken the world by storm. Developer Stunlock Studios revealed that the game has pushed past 1.5 million copies sold in only two weeks. Stunlock doesn\u2019t provide an exact sales number, but 1.5 million+ is a remarkable feat for a game technically in its infancy. V Rising has been popular on Twitch and has garnered strong reviews thus far. The game puts you in the undead boots of a newly awakened vampire who must build their&nbsp;empire. Similar to games like Valheim, players explore an open world in search of resources (either from nature itself or by pillaging villages) to construct a castle and become the second coming of&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/v-rising-reaches-1-5-million-copies-sold-in-just-two-weeks\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>V Rising Reaches 1.5 Million Copies Sold In Just Two Weeks | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"V Rising launched in Steam Early Access on May 17, and the vampire action survival game has quickly taken the world by storm. 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