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Valkyria Chronicles™

SEGA · 2014-11-11

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Franchise: Valkyria, Valkyria Chronicles · Modes: Single player

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!

101
playing now
90%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
53h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

101 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 101 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 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 332k–797k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,290 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.46-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.46-78%
GreenManGaming$4.50-77%
Gamesplanet$4.79-76%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
WinGameStore$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 51 of 92 observed days · $0.59 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

104262026-08-06 22:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 59 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 75 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 55 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 82 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 66 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 87 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 74 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 104 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 87 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 87 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 87 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 101 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.95$3.742015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — 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 $17.992026-08-27 — best price $4.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2841052026-05-29 — 148 pageviews2026-06-01 — 177 pageviews2026-06-04 — 148 pageviews2026-06-07 — 149 pageviews2026-06-10 — 174 pageviews2026-06-13 — 140 pageviews2026-06-16 — 128 pageviews2026-06-19 — 172 pageviews2026-06-22 — 159 pageviews2026-06-25 — 169 pageviews2026-06-28 — 167 pageviews2026-07-01 — 164 pageviews2026-07-04 — 199 pageviews2026-07-07 — 187 pageviews2026-07-10 — 154 pageviews2026-07-13 — 176 pageviews2026-07-16 — 142 pageviews2026-07-19 — 202 pageviews2026-07-22 — 137 pageviews2026-07-25 — 133 pageviews2026-07-28 — 153 pageviews2026-07-31 — 149 pageviews2026-08-03 — 158 pageviews2026-08-06 — 163 pageviews2026-08-09 — 247 pageviews2026-08-12 — 194 pageviews2026-08-15 — 212 pageviews2026-08-18 — 190 pageviews2026-08-21 — 284 pageviews2026-08-24 — 233 pageviews2026-08-26 — 245 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

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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