What games let you play as a vampire?

Games where you play as a vampire span several formats. On console and PC, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, V Rising, Vampyr, Code Vein, and the Legacy Of Kain series all put you directly in control of a vampire character. Tabletop players have the original Vampire: The Masquerade roleplaying game. In browsers, Reign Of Blood is a free, persistent vampire game that has been running since 2006 with no downloads required.

Is there a free game where you can play as a vampire?

Reign Of Blood is a free, browser-based game where you play as a vampire from character creation onward. It requires no downloads, has been running continuously since 2006, and lets you progress, fight other players, and build a reputation without any cost to access or compete.

What's the difference between a game where you play as a vampire and a vampire hunting game?

In a game where you play as a vampire, you are directly in control of the vampire character - their choices, their power, and their story are yours. In a vampire hunting game, you play someone opposing vampires instead, such as a hunter tracking them down. Many well-known vampire titles are actually the latter, so the distinction matters if you specifically want the experience of being the vampire rather than fighting one.

Can you play as a vampire in an MMORPG?

Yes. Reign Of Blood is a free vampire MMORPG where every player exists as a vampire character in one persistent, shared world with no resets. Unlike single-player vampire games, your reputation, rivalries, and alliances are built against real people rather than scripted characters.

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Games Where You Play As A Vampire

Not every vampire game actually lets you be the vampire. Plenty cast you as a hunter, a rival, or an outsider looking in. This page covers the games - console, PC, tabletop, and browser-based - where you play as a vampire yourself, and where Reign Of Blood fits among them.

Vampire, Or Vampire Hunter?

A lot of well-known vampire media puts you on the hunting side of the equation - stalking, fighting, or destroying vampires rather than being one. That can still be a great game, but it's a different fantasy entirely from playing as the vampire that includes building power, making the choices a vampire would make, and being the thing other characters fear. The games below are ones where you are the vampire.

Console And PC Games Where You Play As A Vampire

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines puts you in the role of a newly-turned vampire navigating clan politics in Los Angeles, and remains one of the most respected examples of the format. V Rising takes a different approach, dropping you into an open survival world as a weakened vampire rebuilding a castle and your strength from nothing. Vampyr casts you as a doctor turned vampire, forced to balance your medical oath against your new hunger. Code Vein and the Legacy Of Kain series are also worth knowing if you want more options in this space - both put a vampire, or something close to one, directly under your control.

Tabletop Vampire Roleplaying

If you'd rather play as a vampire around a table than on a screen, the original Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop system, first published in 1991, is the genre's defining example. It puts you fully in control of a vampire character within a structured world of clans and politics, with a game master guiding the story rather than a script.

Browser And Text-Based Games Where You Play As A Vampire

This is a much smaller field than console or PC gaming, and most attempts at it over the years have not lasted. Reign Of Blood is one of the few still running - a free, persistent vampire game or Vampire RPGs where you create and grow a vampire character entirely in your browser, with no downloads and no resets - it's been running since 2006. Unlike the games above, there is no script and no fixed ending - your vampire's story is shaped by your own decisions and the other real players around you.

Reign Of Blood - Play As A Vampire Since 2006

In Reign Of Blood, you are the vampire from the moment you create your character. Hunt, fight other vampires, join a coven, and build a reputation that carries real weight because it's built against other people, not scripted rivals. There's no ending to reach and no story that plays out the same way twice - your choices are the story.

If you're weighing up which type of vampire game suits you best, our guide to the different types of vampire games goes into more depth, and our vampire MMORPG page covers what makes a persistent, player-driven world like this one different from a single-player story.

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