The Valiant
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| Developers | |
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| Kite Games | |
| Publishers | |
| THQ Nordic | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 2021[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 19, 2022 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | Cosmetic |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select, Multiple select |
| Genres | RTS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Medieval, Europe, Middle East |
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The Valiant is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game.
Since release various features have been added to the game including the ability to issue commands while the game is paused, a skirmish mode as well as improved gamepad controls as part of releasing the games on consoles.
General information
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Released only in DACH countries. Includes a booklet and soundtrack CD. | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| GamersGate | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Steam | |
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Demo
- A demo is available from Steam (Direct installation link for Steam demo).
- Demo players can connect with owners of the full version.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
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| Cosmetic | The only extra in-game content is a cosmetics pack. |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Coat of Arms Collection | |
Game data
Gameplay settings
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kite Games\The Valiant\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/959860/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Kite Games\The Valiant\SaveGames\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/959860/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Letterboxed cutscenes. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay and cutscenes. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | On/Off | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 2.0, FSR 2.0 |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Controls settings
Controls layout
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | No acceleration. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | Uses system cursor settings. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | ||
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired, |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
Language settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Effect, voice and music. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Subtitles are displayed on a light background without speaker names in FMV cutscenes. During gameplay text boxes with names and portraits are shown. |
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| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Setting available to pause gameplay if focus is lost, effectively muting it. Does not apply to menus however. |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Co-op, Versus |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz |
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2021.3.14f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/959860/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (959860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Waschbär on 2023-10-29