The Valiant

The Valiant

Steam Deck Playable

KITE Games · Strategy · Oct 19, 2022

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $6.24.

66%
Mixed
335 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 335 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 143 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise12% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game consists of a superb campaign of 16 missions and two online game modes: PVP Battles with up to four players and The Last Man Standing, which is self-explanatory.
67 of 143 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The game consists of a superb campaign of 16 missions and two online game modes: PVP Battles with up to four players and The Last Man Standing, which is self-explanatory.
21 of 143 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are breathtaking, and the gameplay is challenging and highly addictive.
20 of 143 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Great graphics with a good soundtrack, voice-over and sound effects.
19 of 143 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The game is squad-based, missions can be fun (especially on Hard), and the campaign inventory system actually reminded me a bit of SpellForce 3, with how you build different unit compositions and gear out your heroes.
5 of 143 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 love5 themes
Story and characters67 reviews
Multiplayer21 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay21 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty14 reviews
57%
Combat9 reviews
56%

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $6.24 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $6.24

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
32
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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