Emotional, heartbreaking story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I cried the first time I saw this game on YT when it released and I cried again now that i played it about 10 years later.”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Ubisoft Montpellier2014Platformer · Adventure · Puzzle
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A short, beautifully drawn, deeply emotional WWI story with simple puzzles and educational history. Skip it if you want challenging gameplay or dislike Ubisoft Connect account requirements.
Great for
Story-driven players and history fans who want an emotional, short, easygoing puzzle-adventure
Main risk
Forced Ubisoft Connect account and game-breaking bugs can stop you playing or finishing
What players love
Beautiful hand-drawn art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“It literally looks like a comic book come to life.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Educational historical facts and collectibles
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The inclusion of real historical facts and collectables is a thoughtful touch that adds depth and context.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Shows the human side of WWI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Instead, it focuses on showing the real horrors of war and the small moments of kindness that survive in the middle of such a troubled time.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Simple, relaxed puzzles; short length
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“low end pcs can handle this and not very hard puzzles which I like very much”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Great music, narration and voice work
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The narrator, the late Andrey Yaroslavtsev, in the Russian dub is a perfect voice for the story's setting.”
Steam review · translated · 6.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Ubisoft Connect account
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“After 10 years they decided to add uplay account requirement. Now I cannot access anymore the product I paid for”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Boring, repetitive, simplistic gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The puzzles and game play elements are frustrating, dull, and mundane.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
Story tone: shallow, glorifying or overrated
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“After a couple first levels the game quickly loses its emotional weight and impact and devolves into an Indiana Jones - style heroics narrative”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and soft locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Warning! Game breaking bug at the end of chapter 3. Can't progress.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Clunky controls and unclear objectives
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Gameplay is clunky as hell, more often than not objectives are confusing and you end up stuck trying to overcome unclear obstacles”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Resolution and low frame rate problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Game was locked to 25 FPS for most of my playthrough making it a very unpleasant experience”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
ProcessorIntel Pentium IV 630 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon64 3000 + @ 1.8 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 8800 GT or AMD Radeon HD2900 XT (512MB VRAM)
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4400 @ 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ @ 2 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GeForce 9600GT or higher, AMD Radeon HD3850 or higher (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0)
Storage2 GB available space
OSOriginally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
ProcessorIntel Pentium IV 630 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon64 3000 + @ 1.8 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 8800 GT or AMD Radeon HD2900 XT (512MB VRAM)
Storage2 GB available space
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