Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story
Skip · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 6, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 16.2h 27.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.93/hr
- Reviews
- 58% of 364 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Build a school for RPG heroes in a mix of simulation and role-play adventure. As Principal of a school for the warriors and mages of the future, you must build your Academy to train the best in the land. Place and upgrade facilities, form teams of the best students and send them out on epic quests!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
58 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 95 percent. On the same math Dragon Cliff ($1.99, scores 77) and Force of Nature ($7.99, scores 44) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
The drop-off
60% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This was a cute game. I think it's a fun time sink. The missions are short, the game isn't hard, and it's rather simple. I love the different classes you can make the students become. The story was good. I only had one issue and it was that I HAD to graduate at least 1 student per ceremony. I wish you didn't have to. I liked getting each student to the max level before promoting them, but because there was a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This is 2025 and Valthirian Arch: Hero School Story is THE only game I completed this year. The game has its own charms, so much that I managed to complete the game. It's somewhat tempting, though I cannot even describe how it managed to do so. For comparison, as I am writing this, I still have a long list of rpg and strategy games still untouched in my library. Anyway, there are few things that can be improved in...
The game tries to combine an action RPG and building sim together and manages to do neither of them well. The action RPG sections are bland. You have one basic attack and one "special move" which pretty much boils down to "basic attack that hits stronger". The character progression boils down to "chose 10% more health, attack or magic" and you only get that choice every several levels. So characters pretty much...
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Cite this score
Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story scores 6/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/785850/valthirian-arc-hero-school-storyReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.