Valkyrie of Phantasm

Valkyrie of Phantasm

Steam Deck Playable

AREAZERO · Faith · Oct 18, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $17.99.

87%
Very Positive
618 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 618 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 95 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise42% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It lacks the promised additional modes still and even most of the story, so it isn't something I'd recommend like Acceleration of Suguri 2 even without the online aspect for how fun with CPUs it can be.
28 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics look good, and the game runs relatively smooth for it being early access (there are frame drops here and there).
14 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I don't really regret spending money on this, I do want to see it hopefully steer itself towards the glimpses of fun gameplay I had from it, hopefully that helps, but I really can't recommend this to anyone else in its current state, even as far as Early Access in concerned, the poorly thought out melee undermines most of the game's mechanics.
12 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
- Playing the games story doesn't teach you how to play the game, you have to manually select tutorials in the menu
4 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
Pros: The tutorial of this game was really well done and I got through the game fairly reasonably despite the confusing button layout specifically for controller play.
3 of 95 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is also nice to listen to, gives enough energy but not distracting.
3 of 95 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters28 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Gameplay12 reviews
Interface4 reviews
Controls3 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat22 reviews
68%
Optimization7 reviews
29%
Servers and matchmaking4 reviews
50%
Performance3 reviews
67%
Steam Deck3 reviews
33%
Players complain% still recommend
Multiplayer6 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $17.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
87%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
43
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.