Greetings Soldiers,

We have made the Valor Mortis Demo available again! Sharpen your blades and ready your muskets for another offensive. In the next weeks, we are bringing Valor Mortis to COREBLAZER, ChinaJoy and we are joining the Steam event, From Poland with Love. It's really exciting that we get to meet players around the world with our game. Our One More Level dev team will be at several events as we approach launch on October 13.

We also wanted to share concept art from our development process. We share behind the scenes looks at the game on a regular basis in our Discord server[discord.com], so you can join if you want to see more! The first is concept art of Sergeant Gaspard “Cannonhand” Dubois. You can see how he will try to kill you in The Crimson Plague Trailer.

That trailer also revealed corrupted villagers. They wield everyday items like tools, torches and farm equipment while attacking in unpredictable, almost feral ways. You can fight against them in Chapter 7 of the Demo.

The Rapier is an exciting new weapon that you can also use in Chapter 7 of the Demo. Unlike the Sabre, its only form of defense is through perfectly timed parries. However, it allows you to hit enemy weakpoints without a firearm. This results in a more high-risk, high-reward playstyle.

Finally, this is concept art of several items you can find scattered throughout the game world. While most players will click past them without much thought, each of these were finely drawn and crafted to fit the Napoleonic setting by artists on our team. We hope you can enjoy them in more detail, here!

Yesterday, Steam announced that Valor Mortis was one of the top Demos in Steam Next Fest. To celebrate, we will be extending the Demo for two more weeks!

We really appreciate all of your help and feedback to improve the Demo. We will be doing a lot of fine-tuning and optimization before our launch on October 13. 

While the Demo is still available, we are running contests for speedrunning, screenshots, fun game clips and fan art, in our Discord[discord.com] server. Participating in any of these contests could win you a free copy of the full game when we launch! We also share concept art and previews from development there, like this concept art of the Eternal Guard.

Speedrunners have already managed to finish Chapter 7 of the Demo in under 3 minutes. That level really brings back memories of Ghostrunner!

If you haven't had a chance to play the Demo yet, try it out in the next two weeks! We want to hear more impressions of our game so that we can make Valor Mortis a great soulslike in first-person.

To celebrate Steam Next Fest and the first big Demo of Valor Mortis, we are hosting several contests where winners will receive copies of the game at launch and Discord roles! Contests run from June 18th - June 30th.

These contests will be held in our Discord server[discord.com] where we share behind the scenes content from development like concept art, visualizations of in-game models and more.

Every few days we're picking one clip that best captures the essence of Valor Mortis. Not the most popular.

• Post your clip on TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts with #ValorMortis and #ValorMortisContest

• You can also submit directly in Discord[discord.com]

The numbers game. Post your best Valor Mortis clip, get your audience watching, and let the views do the talking. The #1 most viewed clips by July 7th will win.

• Post on TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts with #ValorMortis and #ValorMortisContest

In-game screenshots only. Make some funny memes, share some stunningly beautiful screenshots, or anything you desire! Multiple winners and the best memes get permanently added as stickers to the Discord server.

• In-game images and screenshots only. The only additional edit allowed is on-screen text for meme formats

• Can be formatted as a meme, gif, or screenshot

• Submit in our Discord[discord.com] or or post it on socials and tag @ValorMortis / #ValorMortis to enter!

Create any fanart for Valor Mortis. Anything from a renaissance painting to a playdoh sculpture of nepoleon

• Submit your fanart with a name for your piece in our Discord[discord.com] or post it on socials and tag @ValorMortis / #ValorMortis to enter!

• No AI images allowed

• Details coming VERY soon!

• Keep an eye on speed running channel in the Discord for details soon!

We'd like to welcome all players who are coming to our game from Steam Next Fest. With so many Demos available, we appreciate the time you've taken to try our game. We are making the first ever soulslike adventure in first-person perspective of this scale.

You'll play as a former soldier of Napoleon who has risen from death with newfound strength. Wield swords, firearms and magical powers to duel against the mutant abominations that were once loyal army men.

Very few games have been built around first-person precision melee combat. The perspective can cause issues regarding sense of space and combat readability. However, it's also a fresh and experimental take on the tried and true, soulslike formula. One that provides a different level of immersion and challenge than anything else in the genre.

If you've played our previous Ghostrunner games, you'll know that we are no strangers to challenging, immersive, first-person games. Ones that don't hold the player's hand and have a great depth of skill expression.

But we also know that those aforementioned issues are very real. That's why we are requesting your help by playing our Demo. In the Demo, there's a survey to assess whether we're going in the right direction with our combat system. You can also comment here on the Steam forums with your impressions or join our Discord server[discord.com] to discuss with other players.

We've already made loads of changes based on player feedback and we will continue to do so as we get closer to our October 13 Release Date.

Once again, thank you for playing, leaving your feedback and reviewing our Demo! We're proud of our work to take soulslike games in a new experimental direction and we appreciate that you want to join us on this journey.

The response to our release date change has been incredible. It's going to be a crazy few months of gaming, but we believe we're creating something unique and distinct with our first-person soulslike. We appreciate that you want to join us on this journey!

Our team has been continuing to work on notable issues in the Demo based on your reports. Here's a few more fixes that we've managed to implement.

• Fixed crash on loading Witch Hunt level

• Fixed a crash that could occur when blood VFX would randomly get corrupted

• Mitigated issue where audio could loop endlessly after killing certain enemies

• Added more accurate GPU auto detection

• Continued performance improvements across both levels

We have also started a Speedrunning section in our Discord server[discord.gg]. The speedrunning community was great to our previous Ghostrunner games. Now that we've introduced platforming segments and movement mechanics, runners have already been achieving impressive results in the Demo. Leoninrus has already completed Chapter VII of the Demo in under 5 minutes.

Continue giving us your feedback! It has been extremely useful for resolving issues with the Demo, but it has also been helping us improve the full game. We want to make Valor Mortis a great, original experience in the soulslike genre and you have already been a big part of achieving that lofty goal.

September has become absolutely stacked with incredible looking games. We knew this was a possibility, but when you're in a Partner Showcase as we were, dates get locked weeks in advance.

We want to give Valor Mortis (and your wallet) some room to breathe.

In the meantime, you've already helped us fine-tune our new Demo. We've released two patches to address the most pertinent issues and we are still working to make it even better. This new release date also gives us more time to implement your feedback before launch.

Check out the Demo, let us know what you think, and we’ll see you in October!

Greetings Soldiers!

Your feedback continues to be super helpful in identifying issues and letting us fix bugs and crashes that you have experienced in the last few days. There's still more to do, but with your input, we've tackled some more of the most pertinent issues that you have brought up!

• DLSS 4.5 and XeSS 3 and their accompanying technologies are now available for supported GPUs

• Implemented a check for AMD FSR4 Frame Generation and AntiLag2 technologies to prevent potential issues by ensuring it's only usable on supported cards

• Fixed crashes caused by excessive player events

• Fixed crashes triggered by blocking enemy attacks in specific situations

• Fixed player's character getting stuck after respawn

• Fixed issue with skyboxes

• Fixed blood VFX constantly playing on backstabbed enemies

• Fixed player progression cap for demo

• Fixed Mice dialogue being unavailable in certain scenarios

• Fixed loading and shader compilation screens "jumping" at certain thresholds

NOTE: Because of the UE limitations, please restart the game after enabling Frame Generation

We've seen a number of reports of poor performance from players whose hardware should be able to run the game quite well. In the past, we've experienced poor perf on older Nvidia drivers. To this end, we we want to remind you to make sure you update your GPU drivers!

Hopefully, all of this will allow more of you to experience our game! We will continue to make improvements to the Demo and still have issues that we are tracking down. For the full list, please review the Known Issues thread. If you experience any crashes or bugs while playing, please submit the crash reports and leave feedback here on the forums.

First of all, thank you so much for jumping into the Valor Mortis Demo. You’ve given us loads of helpful feedback that we have been working all day to address!

This first Hotfix targets a number of issues with the Demo’s stability and performance. These include crashes related to memory management, tutorial screens, and performance improvements at specific points in Chapter 1: Revival. 

• Fixed multiple crashes triggered by clearing old items from memory as players progress through each level

• Fixed multiple crashes related to tutorial screens

• Fixed some spots where players could get stuck in geometry or the environment on level one (Chapter 1: Revival)

• Improved performance on environmental detail when moving through level one (Chapter 1: Revival)

• Improved performance to the General Lothaire boss fight on level one (Chapter 1: Revival)

• Adjusted Lantern interactions to be more consistent and stable across both levels

There are more issues that we are still working on. The most pertinent one is a crash that seems to occur for players using FSR with specific Nvidia GPUs. If you are using this setup and encounter a crash, please submit the logs through the crash reporter so we can continue to hunt it down. In the meantime, you can try using a different graphical setup. 

Additionally, we have turned off ray tracing but are working on a fix to get it working again. We’ve listed a number of other Known Issues on this page in the Steam forums. 

Overall, this is exactly why we wanted to release an early version of the game. With thousands of new players over the past day, we’ve seen several things that we need to work on as we head towards launch. 

This game has been a big step forward for our studio and we hope that it also marks an innovative new direction for the soulslike genre. In some ways, it’s a big experiment and because of that, we can’t thank you enough for helping us along the way!

After months of preparation, now is the time to serve your Emperor. The Valor Mortis Demo is available right now. Watch our brand new trailer to see what we’ve been cooking.

This is our first time going completely open and public with access to the game. We believe we have created a unique soulslike game, with a dash of FPS and even platforming action from our past Ghostrunner titles. At the core, Valor Mortis is a challenging experience, so this Demo is also our way of fine tuning that difficulty. 

The Demo contains two modified levels. The first is a ravaged battlefield that will be familiar to anyone who participated in the Playtest last year. It serves as a tutorial for the first-person soulslike combat system. Even if you have played it before, we have refined and polished every aspect of the game, so I hope you’ll try it again and let us know how it feels.

The second part of the Demo is a brand new level that expands the game’s scope dramatically. The bridge to the Lighthouse has been destroyed and you’ll need to use your transmutation powers to traverse the broken cobblestones. Pulling from our previous Ghostrunner games, the protagonist’s connection to the nephtoglobin plague allows him to grapple, wall run and swing across wide expanses. There’s also a new blade weapon - the Rapier, a new firearm - the Musket, and a new Shield Transmutation. More enemies, more challenges, and more gameplay variety are what we wanted to show in this second level of the Demo. 

At the end of the Demo, there’s also a survey. We had over 10,000 responses at the Playtest which amounted to extremely useful feedback for the rest of our development. We’d love to hear what you think of our game so far!

Please check out the threads for Known Issues and Feedback and Bug Reporting in the Steam forums. You can also go to our Discord[discord.com] to discuss the Demo with more players!

We are also extremely excited to announce that legendary French actor, Vincent Cassel, is starring as the voice of Napoleon in Valor Mortis. From early on, he has been our dream casting for the voice of Napoleon. You may recognize him for his roles in Black Swan, Ocean’s Twelve, La Haine and even Victor Chevalier in Tekken 8.

While recording with him, we learned that he was an avid gamer in his youth, citing games like SSX Tricky and Kelly Slater Pro Surfer. We felt that he would be a great fit as our Napoleon and we were delighted to find out that he is also from the Corsica region on his mother’s side. He told us that his auntie would describe Napoleon as “a cousin of the family”. We hope you are as excited as we are to hear Vincent Cassel in the Demo and the rest of Valor Mortis.

Finally, we will be launching Valor Mortis on September 24th. In the meantime, we hope you can enjoy the Demo and let us know what you think. We’ve been working across all fronts because we want to make the game the best it can be. Try the Demo, give us your feedback and we will get ready to launch this epic and unique adventure in the Fall. 

Join our community on Discord[discord.com] where players are speedrunning, theorycrafting and theorizing about all the new tidbits from the Demo.