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Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Well, it's better than a poke in the eye”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“For a while really enjoyed until around half way through. Got repetitive at times. Combat became bland. The game suffers through bugs and glitches. I decided to still finish the game, I'm happy I beat it but more happy its over. Was going to try for all achievements until I…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Got it for 70Cents, still a rip off”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 is out now!
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Announcing Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2!
Dear Students of Valthirian, We're happy to announce the all-new sequel Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 will be launching on Steam in Early Access this summer! This sequel puts you in charge of a
Fast forward, Indonesian language support update
Hi everyone, We are pleased to announce the latest update for Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story! This update adds two much-requested features: a fast forward option and the complete game localisation
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | JRPG · RPG · Strategy · Simulation · Action · Fantasy · Management · Adventure · Swordplay · Top-Down · Anime · Dating Sim (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://pqube.co.uk/valthirian-arc |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Intel i5-2500 3.3GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVidia GTS450 / AMD Radeon 6850HD DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card Additional Notes: Gamepad Recommended