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Valfaris: Mecha Therion cover art

Valfaris: Mecha Therion

Steel Mantis · Silver Lining Interactive · 2023-11-21

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 28, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 28, 2024 (Xbox One)

Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!

92%
positive of 472 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (179 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 14,672 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.4k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 472 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.49-83%
GameBillet$3.54-82%
Steam$3.99-80%
WinGameStore$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.28 at GameBillet (2026-07-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $20.49 · on sale 56 of 79 observed days · $16.71 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420232026Week of 2023-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$20.49$3.282023-11-212026-09-132023-11-21 — best price $17.992024-01-09 — best price $17.992024-02-20 — best price $17.992024-03-22 — best price $17.882024-04-12 — best price $19.992024-04-26 — best price $17.992024-06-11 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-09-17 — best price $13.992024-10-29 — best price $19.992024-11-18 — best price $9.992024-12-03 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $17.992025-02-17 — best price $9.792025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-03-21 — best price $17.992025-06-16 — best price $6.792025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-12 — best price $17.992025-11-01 — best price $5.992026-02-02 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $17.992026-05-14 — best price $4.002026-05-21 — best price $3.482026-06-06 — best price $3.482026-06-14 — best price $16.842026-06-26 — best price $3.482026-07-14 — best price $16.582026-07-23 — best price $3.282026-08-07 — best price $3.352026-08-13 — best price $16.872026-08-24 — best price $3.542026-08-29 — best price $3.492026-09-03 — best price $3.492026-09-13 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Slain!"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6123%44
PS4 (PlayStation)22214%45
Xbox One (Xbox)1263%44
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieRetroActionAliensArcadeGothicSci-fiShooter

Census log

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

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