10 Best Vampire Video Games EVER

Games rely on tropes like having the player be far more powerful than anyone else, doing incredible feats, regenerating health and having a few select weaknesses that varied enemies can exploit. Does that sound familiar to anyone?

The undead are ideally balanced to be a video game hero. Vampires are often portrayed as villains in video games, but it can be argued that they would - by far - make a more logical choice for a protagonist. Vampires are often portrayed as villains in video games, but it can be argued that they make a more logical choice for a protagonist. They have a suite of unique and fascinating powers, while having some specific limitations, and a complex and interesting lore.

So why is it so hard to make a successful game with these creatures?

There are surprisingly few offerings that allow players to live out the un-life of these bloodsuckers. Fewer still manage to convey them effectively. But for those that manage to pull it off, the adventure can be an utterly satisfying adventure.

The following games may not be game of the year contenders in comparison to other genres or releases, but they get the horror, the tragedy, the power and the bloodlust that perfectly encapsulates what it is to be a vampire.

Starting off the list is one of two expansions that is good enough to be a game in and of itself. Skyrim's Dawnguard expansion provides a meaty 15 hours of content that revolves around the battle between the Dawnguard, an ancient group of vampire hunters, and the Volkihar, a clan of vampires.

Players are given the opportunity to play a singular story from the perspective of these two groups, that centers around the vampiric lord Harkon's efforts to use the Elder Scrolls to fulfill a prophecy that will blacken out the sun, allowing his kind to reign supreme.

While it is all well and good to work with an ancient order of vampire hunters, the main event here is the chance to access the powers of darkness. Vampire Lord and Lycanthropy skill trees open up to the players, allowing them to get a myriad of powers including blood draining, poison claws, and powerful transformations.

Getting the chance to take the Dovhakiin the Dragonborn and making him into an even more powerful monster takes the power fantasy that is Skyrim and cranks the intensity up to eleven. The only thing keeping it so low on the list is that it is is simply not strong enough to stand alone.