The Valor Mortis open global playtest starts now!

The Empire needs more diligent and loyal soldiers to achieve our goals. Today, we are inviting everyone who has signed up on Steam to our ranks for the Valor Mortis playtest. The enemy has no chance.

The game is still in pre-alpha but we want to get it in your hands early enough to act on your feedback. At this stage of development, we haven’t really prioritized performance or optimization, but we hope you can still give it a shot to see what we’re aiming for.

Does the game feel fair? How does it compare to other soulslikes? What do you think of the first-person perspective? And most importantly, did you have fun?

You can also watch this video to hear our thoughts about common questions and comments about Valor Mortis. The playtest will run for 5 days so try the game while you still have the chance.

Win a copy of the game Community Contests

We are hosting community contests to find the strongest and most creative soldiers in La Grande Armée. You can win a Valor Mortis prize pack including a copy of the game when we release next year! Join our Discord to participate.

Speedrun Contest

The fastest recorded speedrun of the playtest level will be crowned as Napoleon’s strongest soldier. To enter, players will need to record and post their speedrun somewhere where we and community moderators can confirm your time. This can be YouTube, Twitch Vod or another publicly accessible video hosting platform.

• There will be categories for inbounds and out of bounds runs.

• Speedrun submissions must be also linked to the Discord for tracking.

Fanart and Screenshot Contests 📸

We will select winners who post fan art and screenshots. They can be posted to Steam, our Discord server, social media or Reddit to enter.

How to Submit:

• Discord - Must join the server and post to the contest channel

• Steam - Must follow the game on Steam and post to the steam fourms

• Social Media - must use #valormortis in a publicly visible post and follow the official Valor Mortis account. Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok are eligible.

• Reddit - must post to r/valormortis and join the subreddit

Playtest Build Changelog

• Improved enemy collision detection.

• Fixed a bug that caused the player, or the player's Catalysts, to respawn far away from the place of their death.

• Improved the Eternal Guard's attack selection pattern.

• Fixed a bug that would disable the player's input when restarting the game.

• Various stability improvements.

• Minor OOB fixes.

• Fixed missing captions for certain dialogue.

• Key binding and controller schemes fixes