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1917 Studios · Valkyrie Initiative · 2023-10-04

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 04, 2023 (Mac), Oct 04, 2023 (Linux)

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.

16
playing now
84%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 262 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 6,163 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,687 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.59 at GOG (2025-12-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 45 of 59 observed days · $6.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20820820232026Week of 2023-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

46142026-08-11 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 27 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 29 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 37 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 23 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 33 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.592023-10-042026-08-302023-10-04 — best price $12.742023-11-21 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-01-15 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $10.942024-02-28 — best price $10.942024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-18 — best price $9.592024-05-31 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-31 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $7.042024-10-28 — best price $7.042024-12-04 — best price $7.042025-01-15 — best price $6.742025-02-05 — best price $7.042025-03-01 — best price $14.992025-03-19 — best price $6.742025-04-14 — best price $14.992025-05-29 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $6.142025-07-21 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $6.142025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-15 — best price $6.142025-11-16 — best price $14.992025-12-04 — best price $3.592026-01-15 — best price $3.592026-02-28 — best price $3.592026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-09 — best price $3.752026-05-01 — best price $3.592026-05-29 — best price $14.992026-06-15 — best price $24.992026-07-13 — best price $9.742026-08-12 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
75.9%
earned "War Scars"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing10 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6410%161

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGWarDarkRomanceMedievalDifficultHistoricalStory RichText-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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