Valkyria Chronicles™
Worth it · RPG · 2014
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.66/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 13,346
- Genre rank
- Top 2% RPG
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 30.3h
- To 100%
- 58.7h 1.9x the story
- Finish
- 9% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 20
Price and sales
- Sales
- 76 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $4.99 June 2015
- Sale every
- 47d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 53 now
- Cheaper than
- 10% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 94% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
43% start to 9% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 76 discounts in the 12 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games closest to it, Lost Eidolons ($6.99, scores 24) and Fuga: Melodies of Steel ($19.99, scores 81) both come in lower.
More about Valkyria Chronicles™
Steam's global achievement data puts about 9 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 30.3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 719 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 849 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating, which is the one that means it just works.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 24 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Anime WW2 is what most people describe the setting of Valkyria Chronicles and yea that's about right. I won't speak too much on the story other than I enjoyed the characters and plot. I actually started with VC2 on the PSP as my first game into this IP so it was really cool seeing the "OGs" in action. VC1 Is a solid tactics/strategy game. I mean, ya can't really go wrong when the game is quite often on sale for like...
2 more reviews
I liked most of the story, aside from a few things that didn't make that much sense. I liked the characters of your squad and I like the way you play on the map. It did take some getting used to, as I have not played any game like this before. To me however, the game would be hella annoying, if it didn't let you save during a mission. I basically had to save after every turn, because you sometimes just can't tell...
imagine if jane had a hidden potential where she sits on your face every time you fail a mission
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 (or equivalent), 25 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Valkyria Chronicles™ scores 83/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/294860/valkyria-chroniclesReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 13, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.