Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
Vampire: The Masquerade - Shadows of New York
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York is a narrative game set in the World of Darkness Universe. Play as one of the members of the Vampire Clans in a shifting political landscape between the Camarilla and the Anarchs while trying your best to survive. From the Steam store page
726 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
65
Fresh
123 positive · 65 negative
95% range 58–72%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 12 | 5 | 487 |
| Steam reviews | 123 | 65 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 13 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
167 of 261 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 125 yes, 65 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 190 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (251 of 375 positive).
Some reviewers still recommend it for fans of the series. [1][2][3][4] Several posters criticize the linear story and lack of meaningful choices. [5][1][3][6]
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Representative posts
- [19]
I have played and mostly enjoyed the two previous visual novels in this series, Coteries and Shadows. So when I saw this one I immediately bought it and started playing it expecting more of the same. Why not? Decent writing, an atmospheric and moody presentation, the always amazing World of Darkness. More of the same would be good. Yet halfway through, I abandoned this game for weeks before forcing myself to come …
- [20]
I deliberated for some time whether to leave it a positive or a negative review but at the end of the day, what’s really frustrating me is the game’s wasted potential. I would still recommend getting the game on sale if you’ve enjoyed the previous two instalments. It’s nice to see some returning characters and it is the conclusion of the series. But is the game everything I was hoping for? No, I can’t pretend it is. …
- [5]
I just completed the game - with both characters. I absolutely understand why this game has mixed reviews on Steam, and with that said, I recommend this game, but it does have heavy downsides. - Backgrounds are really bad, just too dark without much details (AI generated?) - Writing is worse than in Shadows and Coteries - Story is linear - there's no multiple endings, choices do not matter at all (compare it to …
- [2]
Don't really see the reason for most of the hate this game receives. To me - this one so far has been the most interesting installment in the series and for a good reason. Not only it brings in two different perspectives, it also doesn't just resolve everything neatly, which I greatly appreciate because neatly tied ends are not exactly that exciting to me. It took me a while to warm up to Kali, but eventually I …
- [10]
This is rather hard to recommend. I like that we have a finally to the New York story. The concept of two characters at first didn’t click with me, but unfolding the mystery from different perspectives and insights was rather interesting to experience. Now, my positive review will come with a bunch of negatives, here they are: - Music and Sound design. Are the weakest in the series. Comes not even close to the high …
Summarised from 34 of the 295 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
66% of the 190 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Vampire: The Masquerade - Reckoning of New York. The complaint that keeps coming up: art style downgrade from previous games. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 726 · most liked firstWhile replaying Vampire Bloodlines on twitch recently, I stumbled upon secrets that I hadn't known were in the game! Like this one! It's totally real! Happy Halloween! 🎃 - If you'd like to support me by donating, you can on patreon.com/dreamandnightmare or subscribestar.adult/dreamandnightmare -
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorry no stream today! More Elden Ring soon! Also FROMSOFT VAMPIRE GAME? THEY MADE IT JUST FOR ME?
neutral · AI labelView post →Someone HAS TO use this in their Vampire: The Masquerade game #vamily
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished a solo RPG, Thousand Year Vampire, and it’s my first I’ve ever tried. My character was a vampire in Trondheim, who moved to York and then New Orleans and NYC. I learned so many things, like the Harrying of the North, Staple City laws, early NYC music halls, and more. Good game :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Survivors is a game I’ve always wanted to play but scared it would ruin my life. Now I see they added Castlevania stuff 👀👀
neutral · AI labelView post →you'll never understand John Mateer's game. 9-D chess. Esperanto playcalling. Football zaza that will leave you reading Sanskrit in the LED flickers. Idi Amin playmaking. He sent his game tape to Criterion and they filed it under Classic Italian Vampire Erotica. He stole a car and it thanked him.
neutral · AI labelView post →Between that One Piece restaurant management game and the JJK Vampire Survivors game, I am glad anime IPs are expanding beyond just bog-standard arena fighters.
neutral · AI labelView post →So very excited and honoured to share that I'm one of the writers for Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers!! Wishlist now 🩸❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/4102480/...
neutral · AI labelView post →i was recently commissioned by the team of Self Care Vampire, an upcoming mobile game where the better you take care of yourself, the tastier you are for your vampire boyfriend. they've got a playtest coming up soon, and would invite you to meet elijah~ www.selfcarevampire.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Tactics will be revealed in a couple of days. We got the steampage ready, the reveal trailer done and I am really excited to show you what @kosowski.bsky.social & started to create in the last ~2 years of spare time. Certainly there is some of my best art in this game & lots of care.
positive · AI labelView post →Vampire Survivors continues to pave the way for AAAAA game mechanics 🧛 unlocking doors and jumping - this is innovation ✨
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Survivors is coming to a tabletop near you 🦇 That's right we're getting a board game, because playing Vampire Survivors on several digital platforms isn't enough! Kickstarter coming in Autumn 2025 🍂
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire: The Masquerade was released at Origins Game Fair 35 years ago today!
neutral · AI labelView post →MORE VAMPIRE GAME! www.youtube.com/live/31Hc657...
neutral · AI labelView post →New avatar 🖤 Bats, my tremere from our current Vampire the Masquerade game. It has been a while since I posted my fang babies here. We have been playing a lot of werewolf! #vampirethemasquerade #vampire #tremere #wod
neutral · AI labelView post →🦇 Vampire Survivors: The Grimoire 🦇 that's right our game is getting an OFFICIAL LORE BOOK from @titanbooks.bsky.social! (wait, what?) our lore is about to get even deeper & more intense 🧛
neutral · AI labelView post →Darkstalkers are still Not Dead. The old games are still there and always had thriving communities to keep them alive. It's never been a better time to play them. We really don't need a new game. Hop on Vampire Savior. Hop on Vampire Hunter.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Crawlers releasing on April 21st for $9.99 (PS5/Switch/Xbox Series/Steam/Game Pass) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaAE...
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW VIDEO It’s almost 2 hours of Vampire Hunter D - the game, the books, the movies, vampire mythology, the history of Dracula’s son, the anime industry in the 80s and 90s. It’s all happening!🦇🦇 youtu.be/s4vgZ5lwMBc
neutral · AI labelView post →I reviewed Vampire Hunters! Took me a while to finally write this one, but here are my thoughts on a surprisingly clever Vampire Survivors-style game: www.thejimquisition.com/post/vampire...
neutral · AI labelView post →VAMPIRE: MASTER OF DARKNESS SIMS CO. 1993 GAME GEAR
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard is the next game from the makers of Vampire Survivors. The turn-based deck-building roguelike hits PS5 next year. First gameplay: play.st/43DmNbM
neutral · AI labelView post →made a new #pico8 game this weekend!! VAMPIRE vs POPE ARMY adamatomic.itch.io/vampire-vs-p... 👮♀️ pope army took all your stuff (BLOOD TALISMANS) ⛪️ Put you in vampire jail, rude 🩸 you have a Mighty Thirst......
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Survivors type game where you play as Caesar fending off an endless horde of Senators
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah, I almost forgot a #RandomGameSaturday entry. This week, I reached into one of our PS2 game storage boxes and came away with Vampire Night! One of Namco's arcade light gun game conversions, and as with sister game Ninja Assault, a whole lot of goofy, cheesy fun.
neutral · AI labelView post →it only took us a small eternity and a lot of paperwork, but: all 48 Ode to Castlevania tracks are now included in the Vampire Survivors soundtrack on Steam (for a very long but technically limited time*), at no additional cost to existing owners. (1/2) 🧵 store.steampowered.com/app/2169090/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire survivors is such an addictive and underrated game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Random game Saturday: Vampire Hunter D for PS1! Another survival horror game with tank controls and pre-rendered backgrounds that I’ve yet to play
neutral · AI labelView post →VAMPIRE QUEENS FIRST EARLY RELEASE GAME LIVE NOW ! www.twitch.tv/vampykinz
neutral · AI labelView post →The Vampire Survivor booth at Tokyo Indie Game Summit is fire 🧄
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire rock band VENA! Commission for Bucharest By Night. You can check their game page on instagram #vampirethemasquerade #vampire #BRart #art
neutral · AI labelView post →The number of times I have clicked on an obviously AI thumbnail with way, way *too* much detail only to see a Vampire Survivor clone with programmer art so ugly it would be embarrassing for a jam game is just way, way too high.
neutral · AI labelView post →welcome to Online Game Store, we have hot new releases like Futa Slave Massage School, Furry Himmler Simulator, Hentai Sudoku (Bundle), Cat Farm Story Adventure Cozy Puzzle Cute Harvest AI Romance Vampire, "Self-Aware" Isekai, Partially Completed Game Jam Entry, $30 SNES prototype, and Call of Duty
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Survivors is getting an official board game #VampireSurvivors #BoardGames #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Still in total awe over the Castlevania DLC for Vampire Survivors. Four bucks for ALL THAT, one of the best endings to a game add-on ever, and 48 remixes. Value like that doesn’t come often.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jordynne's running her first solo game therefore it's going to be a game where she deals with vampires' interpersonal troubles on Vampire Therapist! 🦇 twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Savior is the definitive Darkstalkers game but Vampire Hunter deserves more love imo, its a great game
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Movie: Sinners Zombie Movie (game): The Walking Dead Game Haunting Movie (tv show): The Haunting of Hill House Creature Feature: Them! Found Footage: Rec Slasher: Tucker and Dale vs Evil Cosmic Horror: A Color Out of Space Psychological Horror: The Perfection Horror Comedy: The Babysitter
neutral · AI labelView post →Our Vampire Soulsvania Game Trailer just got more than 150 thousand views from Youtube recommendations in the last few days, just completely out of nowhere, anyone have any idea why? #gamedev #pixelart #metroidvania
neutral · AI labelView post →I have played and mostly enjoyed the two previous visual novels in this series, Coteries and Shadows. So when I saw this one I immediately bought it and started playing it expecting more of the same. Why not? Decent writing, an atmospheric and moody presentation, the always amazing World of Darkness. More of the same would be good. Yet halfway through, I abandoned this game for weeks before forcing myself to come back and finish it. Most certainly not a good sign. What happened? How does a 10…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My friends always say "You can't just kill them. There will be someone to take their place." The obvious response is _kill them too_. Eventually, people will stop being so eager to take their place! Though as the comic says, there's always going to be assholes. Limiting how much power they have would be great. I am currently running a game of Vampire predicated on "what if you all just.. took out the ultra rich?". It has been satisfying.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am also super happy that we could get the amazing @chrispariano.bsky.social for Vampire Tactics on board for the Steam HD art. His original work on Gestalt Steam&Cinder was declined by the publisher back then, bc. it was "too baroque". That shouldn't be a problem for our vampire indie game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Survivors ate up almost all my free time today. Jeez, this game really is like dangerously addictive lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →The slop clone is trying to, essentially, be that "third impression"; piggyback off the marketing work the legitimate game already did and hoping the buyer won't notice because they're going "Oh yeah Vampire Cockgrove, I was meaning to buy that"
neutral · AI labelView post →1). Some fucked up houseruled hybrid of WoD and Rifts made by a friend's dirtbag older brother 2). Feng Shui, the Daedalus version with that one cover 3). Shadowrun 2e 4). The AD&D "black box" board game thing 5). Actual for real Vampire the Masquerade 1e, also run by a dirtbag
neutral · AI labelView post →TONIGHT! 🌩 ☠️ Back to The Lab hosts Vampire Hunter! Did you know this was Daigo's first competitive game? A Capcom classic with a less dizzying pace than Vampire Savior, but with the same characters and strong offense. Check it out on twitch.tv/TheCommunity... Register at challonge.com/CL_VHunt_2
neutral · AI labelView post →I sort of enjoyed the first two games, but this one is disappointing. Essentially, there's zero branching or choice, so really, you are just reading a book. That could be ok, but the story is very meh, with forced twists and lots of rote predictable stuff. This could all be overlooked if the ending made sense, but it just doesn't. It's just a disappointing non-committal narrative cop-out to avoid making any waves in the WoD universe. The writing is ok, and the voice (not audio, the narrative…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So widespread semi-automated game cloning does, I think, add drag to this whole process. Previously it'd be "seeing a lot about this 'Vampire Fuckmansion' game, what's that about". Now someone might see Vampire Fuckmansion, then Vampire Sexhouse, then Vampire Dickpartment, etc, muddling everything.
neutral · AI labelView post →This was a good experience for me. Nice and short read in a beloved universe. Nice visuals and music. As atmospheric as it needs to be. But there is no gameplay. Not even illusion of it's existance. Its a regular book, not a game, not CYOA. Bought it on a discount. For a price of coffee it was better than a cup of said drink.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok I promise this is the last of the vampires (for now). More work on the Upyr from our game New World. You can see me thinking through the lore in the second image. These were all from 2022 or 23, I forget. #vampire #horror #creaturedesign #conceptart #gameart
neutral · AI labelView post →I played the Vampire: The Masquerade New York trilogy. Let me start by saying I know very little about Vampire: The Masquerade and I don't play visual novels. But all three Vampire: The Masquerade visual novels went on sale as a bundle for $5 so I figured I could give them a try. Now I want to share my thoughts. The first game, **Coteries of New York** was a good introduction to the trilogy for me. I think it set the right expectations. I got to enter a name I wanted my character to be…
neutral · AI labelView post →The art style received a SERIOUS downgrade in between games and it looks AI-generated. The story's writing also took a dive. In addition, the game is plagued by technical issues - half the time, I have to close and reopen it the first time I launch it because it auto-minimizes and will not stay open long enough to even hit the "load game" button. I don't care for how they've handled several characters either; Sheriff Qadir especially I think is completely out of character for most of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to agree with the reviews mentioning this is not as good as the two previous games. Only reason to play this one really is if you want to finish the trilogy and meet again some returning characters. -The new character art is too clean. They clash with the background. -You have to play one character to unlock the second character but both characters are often together so you replay a lot of the same scenes. -It feels very linear, does not feels like the choices change anything really,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got some pics back from the Vampire Murder Mystery game. We are mushy goobers. #acepride #eglfashion
neutral · AI labelView post →Can you ever have too many bats in a video game? 💘Bundle Buddies 03: 🦇Shroom and Gloom and Vampire Crawlers Us first-person, rougelike, deckbuilder devs gotta stick together! Hugs and kisses to the dreamy @vampire.poncle.games for teaming up with us! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn, was hoping this would be good. Let's see, what did I not like about the game... For starters, the second playable character was locked. You had to play a certain amount of time with the first main character, which wouldn't have been so bad if Kali was an actual enjoyable character. Kali felt rather dry as a character. I didn't find her likeable or relatable much like Julia in Shadows. She seemed very rude, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and incredibly egotistic which can be done well. It just wasn't done well in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now's your chance to vote for which new show we create or continue for New Show Plus! Bye Bye Bioware Bultiplayer Gears Of War: FriendlE-Day - Episode 2 HalloQueen: The Game The Greatest Pumpkin Rapid-Fire Interview With A Vampire The poll ends at midnight tonight! www.patreon.com/minnmax/post...
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't share the personal emails I get, but sometimes I just get these devastatingly heartfelt messages about how Vampire Therapist helped someone, and it makes me think it's worth continuing to advertise the game. So git it! It's on sale now! store.steampowered.com/app/2481020/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just completed the game - with both characters. I absolutely understand why this game has mixed reviews on Steam, and with that said, I recommend this game, but it does have heavy downsides. - Backgrounds are really bad, just too dark without much details (AI generated?) - Writing is worse than in Shadows and Coteries - Story is linear - there's no multiple endings, choices do not matter at all (compare it to Shadows f.e.) - Soundtrack is a straight downgrade compared to previous entries…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I deliberated for some time whether to leave it a positive or a negative review but at the end of the day, what’s really frustrating me is the game’s wasted potential. I would still recommend getting the game on sale if you’ve enjoyed the previous two instalments. It’s nice to see some returning characters and it is the conclusion of the series. But is the game everything I was hoping for? No, I can’t pretend it is. This is going to be long. As the finale of the trilogy, Reckoning sets the…
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