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Valkyria Chronicles™
The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
58 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great mix of visual novel and turn-based strategy game with a twist, topped off with a unique and charming art style. The game does a great job of portraying a war, your actions and consequences in it, all while…”
“Excellent game and story with a great mix of tactical combat and visual novel storytelling, especially considering its age! Holds up very well. The setting being an alternate world's WWII with differing technology is…”
30 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great mix of visual novel and turn-based strategy game with a twist, topped off with a unique and charming art style. The game does a great job of portraying a war, your actions and consequences in it, all while…”
“Excellent game and story with a great mix of tactical combat and visual novel storytelling, especially considering its age! Holds up very well. The setting being an alternate world's WWII with differing technology is…”
“A bit Aged game, port isn't the best, but still runs well enough. Good story, unique (for its time) mechanics honestly cannot ask for too too much more... There's a reason it started a mini-franchise.”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great mix of visual novel and turn-based strategy game with a twist, topped off with a unique and charming art style. The game does a great job of portraying a war, your actions and consequences in it, all while…”
“Valkyria Chronicles is an okay game, with some really fun stages and memorable characters. If you're a fan of tactical games, it's definitely worth playing. The art style does a lot to carry the game, as it still feels…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Overall, solid title. The gameplay is turn based tactics, but you do the actions in first person. I fount that to be more approachable and fun. The way it's implemented is pretty outstanding. Story is good, not amazing…”
“Love the music, love the art style, love the anti-nazi sentiments. I think its a really fun way to do a tactical game. Love the studio from Sega who made it.”
“Valkyria Chronicles is a genuinely unique gem that blends turn-based strategy with real-time third-person movement in a way I've never seen done quite like this — watching your scout sprint across the battlefield while…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Overall, solid title. The gameplay is turn based tactics, but you do the actions in first person. I fount that to be more approachable and fun. The way it's implemented is pretty outstanding. Story is good, not amazing…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I do not know what convinced me to buy this game back in the day, as it's quite unlike anything else I own. However, I've been on a quest to play everything in my Steam library, so I finally came back to this game, and…”
“Valkyria Chronicles is an okay game, with some really fun stages and memorable characters. If you're a fan of tactical games, it's definitely worth playing. The art style does a lot to carry the game, as it still feels…”
“I played through this game on PS3 back in the day. The combat and mechanics are really fun and polished. Feels unique and there is just enough depth to keep you interested. Lots of parallels to Xcom, weirdly enough. My…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Alright. To start off with, I didn't finish this game. And I don't want to even after telling myself for months I have to get back into it. I got to chapter 14 before deciding that the game is just not for me. Why?…”
“This is essentially XCOM combined with a visual novel, and it works pretty well. The one major issue I have with this game though is the way that the ranking works. More specifically, the rank you get for each mission…”
“I have a good time with it even if I'm not into the gameplay too much and the story is just ok, but the squad 7th journey is good enough to keep me going. B+”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Excellent game and story with a great mix of tactical combat and visual novel storytelling, especially considering its age! Holds up very well. The setting being an alternate world's WWII with differing technology is…”
“Fire Emblem but I can controll the units in third person? Sign me up! But then its a clanky shooting game with the story of a kindergarden book. Dunno if it gets better later on, stopped playing after Chapter 7 or so.…”
“I do recommend it as a basic blend of turn based and first person tactics shooter, but must emphasize that the game does show its age and design poorly in parts, and that the 'tactics' is said VERY loosely. If it looks…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Excellent game and story with a great mix of tactical combat and visual novel storytelling, especially considering its age! Holds up very well. The setting being an alternate world's WWII with differing technology is…”
“I do not know what convinced me to buy this game back in the day, as it's quite unlike anything else I own. However, I've been on a quest to play everything in my Steam library, so I finally came back to this game, and…”
“Strong first entry into the series, but the later levels can get annoyingly difficult if you don't know the strat.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This is essentially XCOM combined with a visual novel, and it works pretty well. The one major issue I have with this game though is the way that the ranking works. More specifically, the rank you get for each mission…”
“THAT'S WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT THATS WHY HE'S THE GOAT. Masterpiece but be warn one stage has stupid bug need to cap 60fps. Also don't save during DLC I lose all my main progress due to how broken and old the save system.…”
“I loved the story and characters of this game, my main critique is this game being beatable by scout spamming and the assaults barely get to have some time to shine as well as the sniper's stamina equivalent to that of…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“[b]Valkyria Chronicles[/b] is a game I went into with zero nostalgia. This is a completely first-time experience many years after its initial launch, and it has now earned a place among my favorite JRPGs, sitting comfortably alongside titles like Xenogears, Mother 3, Chrono…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“All in all a pretty fun time. 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. This game executes it fine, it's not amazing, but still an excellent base. I'm surprised more series don't do this…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“Imagine XCOM and an anime had a baby and that baby was somehow better than both parents. That's Valkyria Chronicles. The watercolour art style goes stupidly hard, the story hits harder than expected and the tactical combat is genuinely fresh even by today's standards. Yes, you…”
— a player, Steam review · 57 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Anime · Strategy · Turn-Based · Story Rich · JRPG · RPG · Tactical · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Strategy RPG · Tactical RPG · War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista/Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo @ 2.0GHz (or equivalent) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 (or equivalent) Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions