CODE VEIN

Buy83%

Very Positive · 63k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Bandai Namco Studios · Vampires · Sep 26, 2019

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Price
$5.99−90%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
43
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio2 of 11
Subtitles11 of 11

Should I buy CODE VEIN?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 136 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 131 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 119 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Co-op: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 63k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
136 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Very detailed character creation screen, with unlockable cosmetics as you progress the story.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
131 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The callout nice feature of this game is how easy it is to switch between builds.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
119 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In short, it's 'okay/neutral' overall, the combat and character customizer are the highlights, but the story was lame and long.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
98 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a far cry from the semi-open navigation with a thousand splitting miniature paths and illusory walls that you might expect from a soulslike, but it's focused, it lets you jump right into the combat.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The character customization is the best I've ever seen for an anime-esque game, every accessory and outfit could technically be customized to your liking, there are some limitations but from what I've seen is some incredibly unique outfits online; 2B, Cloud, etc.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Also, this game is REALLY optimized, it doesn't use as much CPU/GPU at all, and the only game I've ever seen that happen was MGSV, I even played this on a low-end laptop when I bought it (8GB RAM, Integrated Graphics) so it's doable to play this unless you tweak if not most of its settings.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story136 reviews
Gameplay131 reviews
Combat119 reviews
Difficulty98 reviews
Characters62 reviews
Graphics31 reviews
Audio27 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Co-op
77% still recommend
Multiplayer
56% still recommend
Performance
63% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Crashes
89% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$5.99$59.99−90%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $5.99

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