Action · September 26, 2019

CODE VEIN (2019)

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RISE TOGETHER Team up with an AI partner or a friend in co-op multiplayer and venture out into a world of destruction in this story driven connected dungeon experience. Use your combined strength to coordinate your approach and defend each other from surprise attacks or tackle overpowered enemies. GREATER CHALLENGES BRING GREATER REWARDS Acquire new gear, level up your character, and become more powerful to rise up against the Lost. From new players to seasoned action game veterans, the challenges in CODE VEIN will keep you coming back for more. CUSTOMIZE YOUR REVENANT Choose from various weapons such as bayonets, axes, spears, and more. Enhance your character’s abilities with powerful Blood Code enhancements, each with access to various “Gifts” that can increase your strength, weaken enemies, and can allow you to utilize new weapon abilities or access overpowered attacks. Finish off your opponents with your Blood Veil, powerful blood draining tools, each with their own unique visual and attack style that opens up a myriad of new combat strategies. In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN. Death may feel permanent but your loadout doesn't have to. Change your character class at any time, unlock the ability to mix and match skills, or choose different NPCs to partner with, all of which could make the difference between life and death.

Action releases from 2019

192 Action titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume57.3k Steam reviewsTop 11% in Action
Positive rating84% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 58%
Metacritic72/100Genre average 77 — top 77% of Action titles
Concurrent peak443 playersTop 16% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours21 h averageTop 23% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Souls-like · 905
  • Anime · 824
  • Character Customization · 776
  • Action RPG · 627
  • JRPG · 597
  • Co-op · 587
  • Third Person · 544
  • Singleplayer · 528
  • Action · 526
  • Difficult · 522
  • RPG · 521
  • Vampire · 509
  • Multiplayer · 309
  • Dark Fantasy · 297
  • Post-apocalyptic · 281

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • French
  • English volume_up
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

84%Mostly Positive · 57.3k reviews

48.1k positive · 9.2k negative

Metacritic

72/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.5/10

Curator recommendations

44.6k

Peak concurrent players

443

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

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

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

21h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

13h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

8h

Current engagement

Achievements

43

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 26, 2019
DeveloperBandai Namco Studios
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
Base price$8.99 -85%
Required age16+
DLC / Add-ons4 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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