V Rising

V Rising had a weird journey at the house. We picked it up in May 2022 during Stunlock Studios' early access, and that initial run was special—a vampire survival game with genuine atmosphere, building mechanics, and PvP that felt dangerous. We put serious hours in during 2022, hitting 707 viewers at the peak. Then the game kind of disappeared from our rotation. We didn't touch it for two years. Then in 2024, something shifted—maybe a big update, maybe just the gaming landscape changing—and we came back to V Rising. We streamed it through 2024 and into 2025, rekindling the relationship with the game. All told, 341 hours across those three spread-out years. It's not a continuous narrative like some games; it's more like a return to an old favorite. The game hadn't changed fundamentally, but the way we engaged with it had. First time was exploration and discovery. Second time was about optimization and community knowledge.

V Rising's numbers reflect its intermittent presence at the house. We averaged 299 viewers per stream across 341 hours—solid but not explosive. The peak of 707 viewers came during that initial 2022 early access surge when the game felt fresh. Nearly 108,000 hours watched shows the audience appreciated what we brought back. The three-year spread (2022, 2024, 2025) is unusual for our tier-1 games, but it speaks to V Rising's staying power: it's the kind of game people want to revisit. Unlike one-and-done experiences, V Rising held enough depth that returning made sense.

V Rising cultivated a specific audience during early access: players who appreciated asymmetrical PvP, base-building, and gothic atmosphere. When we returned in 2024, that community had matured. The game had actually changed—balance updates, new bosses, expanded content. Our return streams became reunion moments where longtime fans could check back in. The community built around V Rising was smaller but committed, discussing PvE optimization versus PvP strategies, comparing builds, celebrating particularly memorable raids. That's the kind of niche positioning that creates loyal communities.