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Valkyria Chronicles™

SEGA · 2014-11-11

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Franchise: Valkyria, Valkyria Chronicles · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 11, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 10, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!

Valkyria Chronicles™ is an Action, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 13321 reviews).

55
playing now
90%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (2.5k downloads)
4.74★
PlayStation Store rating (5,987 ratings)
53h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Valkyria Chronicles is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 in 2008. A Windows version was released on November 11, 2014. A remastered version for PlayStation 4 was released in Japan on February 10, 2016, with a Western release on May 17, 2016. The game was released digitally for the Nintendo Switch on September 27, 2018, in Japan and on October 16, 2018, in North America and Europe. The later versions include previously released downloadable content.

Trailer

Valkyria Chronicles™ trailer thumbnail

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered Official Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 245 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,782 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 333k–799k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,321 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.47-78%
GreenManGaming$4.50-77%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.87 at GameBillet (2022-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 65 of 94 observed days · $1.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19719720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

84212026-09-15 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 50 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 46 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 59 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 45 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 42 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 42 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 27 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 47 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 61 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 41 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 52 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 56 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 38 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 62 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 84 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 49 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k39Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 1,895 · peak 5,017Mar 2015 — avg 442 · peak 2,271Jul 2015 — avg 520 · peak 1,014Nov 2015 — avg 269 · peak 813Mar 2016 — avg 764 · peak 2,256Jul 2016 — avg 406 · peak 1,019Nov 2016 — avg 160 · peak 365Mar 2017 — avg 150 · peak 337Jul 2017 — avg 139 · peak 242Nov 2017 — avg 117 · peak 238Mar 2018 — avg 110 · peak 206Jul 2018 — avg 202 · peak 437Nov 2018 — avg 200 · peak 413Mar 2019 — avg 103 · peak 243Jul 2019 — avg 120 · peak 273Nov 2019 — avg 59 · peak 130Mar 2020 — avg 104 · peak 206Jul 2020 — avg 97 · peak 181Nov 2020 — avg 66 · peak 116Mar 2021 — avg 60 · peak 114Jul 2021 — avg 73 · peak 146Nov 2021 — avg 51 · peak 128Mar 2022 — avg 77 · peak 194Jul 2022 — avg 66 · peak 122Nov 2022 — avg 56 · peak 133Mar 2023 — avg 55 · peak 114Jul 2023 — avg 64 · peak 110Nov 2023 — avg 43 · peak 88Mar 2024 — avg 48 · peak 105Jul 2024 — avg 56 · peak 108Nov 2024 — avg 49 · peak 105Mar 2025 — avg 48 · peak 108Jul 2025 — avg 60 · peak 117Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 128Mar 2026 — avg 51 · peak 104Jul 2026 — avg 62 · peak 115Aug 2026 — avg 60 · peak 154
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.95$3.742015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $18.392015-03-26 — best price $6.792015-06-01 — best price $20.522015-08-28 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-02-18 — best price $8.892016-06-20 — best price $4.792016-10-10 — best price $16.712017-01-27 — best price $4.792017-05-21 — best price $19.992017-09-30 — best price $5.002018-08-06 — best price $6.622019-02-27 — best price $19.992019-08-15 — best price $6.792019-12-19 — best price $6.792020-02-27 — best price $6.792020-06-13 — best price $16.882020-09-03 — best price $19.992020-10-30 — best price $5.812020-12-23 — best price $5.962021-02-28 — best price $16.882021-04-14 — best price $16.882021-05-31 — best price $16.882021-09-23 — best price $5.382022-03-25 — best price $17.872022-09-23 — best price $13.912023-01-10 — best price $15.992023-06-30 — best price $3.952023-11-28 — best price $17.152024-03-15 — best price $5.002024-08-02 — best price $3.742024-12-05 — best price $13.492025-02-20 — best price $17.882025-05-18 — best price $17.992025-07-22 — best price $17.992025-10-15 — best price $3.742026-03-05 — best price $17.882026-08-01 — best price $17.992026-10-08 — best price $4.472026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2841182026-05-29 — 148 pageviews2026-06-02 — 148 pageviews2026-06-06 — 154 pageviews2026-06-10 — 174 pageviews2026-06-14 — 138 pageviews2026-06-18 — 136 pageviews2026-06-22 — 159 pageviews2026-06-26 — 155 pageviews2026-06-30 — 180 pageviews2026-07-04 — 199 pageviews2026-07-08 — 204 pageviews2026-07-12 — 170 pageviews2026-07-16 — 142 pageviews2026-07-20 — 134 pageviews2026-07-24 — 148 pageviews2026-07-28 — 153 pageviews2026-08-01 — 160 pageviews2026-08-05 — 187 pageviews2026-08-09 — 247 pageviews2026-08-13 — 153 pageviews2026-08-17 — 165 pageviews2026-08-21 — 284 pageviews2026-08-25 — 241 pageviews2026-08-29 — 189 pageviews2026-09-02 — 163 pageviews2026-09-06 — 179 pageviews2026-09-10 — 157 pageviews2026-09-14 — 146 pageviews2026-09-18 — 157 pageviews2026-09-22 — 157 pageviews2026-09-26 — 155 pageviews2026-09-30 — 147 pageviews2026-10-04 — 185 pageviews2026-10-07 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
42.5%
earned "The Crimson Heart"
8.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGWarJRPGAnimeTanksStrategyTacticalStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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