Valor Mortis

First-person soulslike from One More Level (the Ghostrunner studio). You're William — a soldier of Napoleon's Grande Armée resurrected into a plague-ridden alternate 19th-century Europe.

Released Oct 13, 2026 PS5 · PC · Xbox Series X|S $39.99 base / $59.99 Deluxe Mostly Positive — 77% on Steam

The game

  1. ●
    Setting

    Napoleon won and Europe is burning — a supernatural plague turned your former comrades into monsters. Metroidvania-style interconnected levels.

  2. ●
    First-person soulslike combat

    Cutlass melee with block/dodge/parry timing, plus a scarce-ammo flintlock for staggering weak points. Death drops your unused Catalysts (upgrade currency) where you fell.

  3. ●
    Transmutations

    Supernatural powers (flame bursts and more) layered onto melee as you grow stronger.

  4. ●
    Souls structure

    Lantern checkpoints, respawning enemies, catalyst retrieval runs — familiar loop, first-person camera.

Editions & availability

EditionContents
Standard — $39.99Base game on Steam, Xbox (incl. PC), PS5; physical versions at retail
Deluxe — $59.99Base game + weapon skin packs rolling out through 2027 + major story DLC (2027)

Not on PS Store in Japan yet (pending regional rating) — Japanese players can buy on Steam or Xbox. Switch 2 version under consideration.

Early reception

Steam sits at Mostly Positive (77%) at launch week. Praise centers on the parry-heavy first-person combat and the Napoleonic-horror atmosphere; criticism targets the first-person camera readability in crowded fights and uneven difficulty spikes.