Code Vein (2019)
PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One
3.28 from 546 ratings
2541 members have it in their collection · 96 playing now · 1150 backlogged · 385 wish listed
How long? Main story 30h · with extras 45h · 100% 72h (from 15 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Bandai Namco Studios, Shift
- Publishers
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy
- Series
- Code Vein
- Event
- Xbox E3 2017 Briefing
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Sep 26, 2019 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Sep 27, 2019 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Also available on
- Code Vein: Deluxe Edition (2019) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Code Vein: Blood Thirst Edition
- Code Vein: Collector's Edition
Related
DLC
- Code Vein: Hellfire Knight (Jan 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Code Vein: Frozen Empress (Feb 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Code Vein: Lord of Thunder (Mar 2020) · PC, PS4, XONE
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Rating distribution
5 stars
49
4 stars
177
3 stars
214
2 stars
88
1 star
18
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status BurningKirby May 25, 2025
I think I've got to drop this, even though I'm still so early on. I was really impressed by the depth of the character creation but past that the game just fails to nail the fundamentals for a good soulslike in my eyes. The combat feels entirely frictionless and kind of boring, while the level design inspires none of the …
I think I've got to drop this, even though I'm still so early on. I was really impressed by the depth of the character creation but past that the game just fails to nail the fundamentals for a good soulslike in my eyes. The combat feels entirely frictionless and kind of boring, while the level design inspires none of the wonder or desire to explore that I love other entries in the genre for. I will say that while the opening was oddly cutscene heavy, I did have some interest in the story-- just not enough to push through the rest of the game to see it. Outside of that I spent most of my time walking down long winding hallways of enemies with the occasional short branch. I'm not sure I would have wanted to wander off the beaten path even if I had the option to because everything looks the same and most items didn't feel worth picking up.
I also wasn't hooked on the RPG elements here. Levelling up feels uninteresting because you just dump experience and get stats for it rather than making any decisions. That gets relegated to blood codes, which work kind of like a job system. This is neat in concept, but with most of the abilities early on being manually-activated temporary stat buffs, it just didn't catch my interest. I'd rather get a passive stat buff or a new special move in a game like this.
Status krymsun00 Jul 8, 2024
Finished the game with what I believe was the true ending. Killed the final boss with no healing left and only 18 HP. But it only took about 3 tries. Brought Io with me because she asked me to. I used a Halbred for most of the game.
I also tried the DLC but it was a waste of money …
Finished the game with what I believe was the true ending. Killed the final boss with no healing left and only 18 HP. But it only took about 3 tries. Brought Io with me because she asked me to. I used a Halbred for most of the game.
I also tried the DLC but it was a waste of money for me. It's all high-level content meant for people looking for challenges. It has no story and I didn't use the new blood codes included.
Status krymsun00 Jul 2, 2024
Well I understand why people don't like the Cathedral now. It's huge and a maze of climbing and dropping. I'm not having much trouble, but I can imagine anyone who isn't great with directions would get lost pretty easily. Doesn't help that everything looks the same.
Status HANSOLOOOOOOOO May 26, 2023
Is Code Vein worth playing? I completely missed it over the years and recently just discovered it’s existence. I am a long-time souls fan and have also played some off-brand souls games (like Nioh and lords of the fallen). I’m kinda interested in what people thought of Code Vein.
Status Hades Oct 13, 2019
Wow spent too much money buying this and Grid recently. But WOW, the PC version of this is definitely worth the money. So glad I did buy. Took me a quarter of the time to get to same place I was on the PS4. Loving it so far. If I can stop playing Grid for another night, maybe I'll get …
Read moreWow spent too much money buying this and Grid recently. But WOW, the PC version of this is definitely worth the money. So glad I did buy. Took me a quarter of the time to get to same place I was on the PS4. Loving it so far. If I can stop playing Grid for another night, maybe I'll get some more time into this.
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Status Torgo Sep 29, 2019
