Likeable characters and memorable story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Great story and likeable characters.”
Steam review · 39.6 h played ↗
Valkyria Chronicles™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%SEGA2014JRPG · Strategy · RPG
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous watercolor tactics-shooter hybrid with a charming cast and story, but scripted missions, speed-based ranking and a rough PC port frustrate many. Skip it if you want open-ended tactics.
Great for
Players who like anime-styled, story-driven tactics and don't mind save-scumming and trial and error
Main risk
Missions are scripted and ranking rewards rushing, so it plays like trial-and-error rather than free tactics.
What players love
Gorgeous watercolor art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the watercolor painting style of the CANVAS engine is just delightful”
Steam review · 53 h played ↗
Unique turn-based plus real-time combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The idea of turn-based combat where you move around freely and need to aim and shoot sounds like a mess but feels amazing in practice.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Scripted, trial-and-error missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Most missions seem like you either need to find out the one and only solution that works”
Steam review · 21.5 h played ↗
Crashes and no autosave
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“no autosave, when my game crashed suddenly, when I relaunched i am still on the prologue”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Rank rewards rushing, not tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The mission Rank is PURELY based on the speed you finish a mission at.”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
Unfair enemy fire and RNG misses
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“any enemy in range can repeatedly shoot you before, during, and after your turn makes zero sense”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Slow pacing, unskippable cutscenes and enemy turns
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“No option to speed up enemy turns.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Poor keyboard and mouse controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Got turned off after 10 mins of having to fight the controls to move the tank from one position to the next.”
Steam review · 3.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista/Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo @ 2.0GHz (or equivalent)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 (or equivalent)
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo @ 2.8GHz (or equivalent)
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (or equivalent)
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows Vista/Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo @ 2.0GHz (or equivalent)
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 (or equivalent)
Storage25 GB available space
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