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Valor Mortis

October 13, 2026•One More Level•PC

SoulslikeAction RPGFirst-PersonPlayStation 5Xbox Series X|S

Valor Mortis is a single-player first-person Soulslike action RPG from One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner. Set in an alternate 19th-century Europe gripped by Napoleon Bonaparte's endless wars, a supernatural plague has corrupted the land. Players take the role of William, a fallen soldier raised from the dead with plague-fueled powers, fighting through a Metroidvania-inspired world. Combat is demanding and skill-based, built around parries, dashes, finishers, and a range of weapons, woven together with horror and supernatural abilities.

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Valor Mortis

October 13, 2026•One More Level•PC

SoulslikeAction RPGFirst-PersonPlayStation 5Xbox Series X|S

Valor Mortis is a single-player first-person Soulslike action RPG from One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner. Set in an alternate 19th-century Europe gripped by Napoleon Bonaparte's endless wars, a supernatural plague has corrupted the land. Players take the role of William, a fallen soldier raised from the dead with plague-fueled powers, fighting through a Metroidvania-inspired world. Combat is demanding and skill-based, built around parries, dashes, finishers, and a range of weapons, woven together with horror and supernatural abilities.

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Valor Mortis is a single-player first-person Soulslike action RPG from One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner. Set in an alternate 19th-century Europe gripped by Napoleon Bonaparte's endless wars, a supernatural plague has corrupted the land. Players take the role of William, a fallen soldier raised from the dead with plague-fueled powers, fighting through a Metroidvania-inspired world. Combat is demanding and skill-based, built around parries, dashes, finishers, and a range of weapons, woven together with horror and supernatural abilities.

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October 13, 2026

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One More Level

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PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

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General Lothaire

General Lothaire, the Eagle-Bearer, is the corrupted Grande Armee officer who closed every public build of Valor Mortis and who the studio has confirmed is the boss at the end of Chapter II.

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General Lothaire

General Lothaire, the Eagle-Bearer, is the corrupted Grande Armee officer who closed every public build of Valor Mortis and who the studio has confirmed is the boss at the end of Chapter II.

Sergeant Gaspard "Cannonhand" Dubois

Sergeant Gaspard "Cannonhand" Dubois is a named boss of Valor Mortis, a Grande Armee soldier remade by the plague with a cannon in place of his right hand.

William Dowsett is the protagonist of Valor Mortis, a young British volunteer in Napoleon’s Grande Armee who is killed on the eastern front and resurrected carrying the plague’s power.

Gameplay6 articles

Getting Started

How to approach Valor Mortis for the first time: the core loop, lanterns, Catalysts, loadout, reading enemies, and what to expect from a game that ships with a single difficulty.

Lanterns are the checkpoint and upgrade points of Valor Mortis, where William respawns, refills his healing flask and spends Catalysts.

Difficulty and Accessibility

What is confirmed about difficulty options and accessibility features in Valor Mortis, including the developer-declared accessibility panel on the PC store listing.

Combat4 articles

The confirmed weapons of Valor Mortis: the sabre, the rapier, the flintlock pistol, the musket, a blunderbuss shown in concept art, and the off-hand Transmutations that share the left-hand slot.

Transmutations are the off-hand Nephtoglobin powers of Valor Mortis, covering the Fire stream, a Shield, and the grapple, wall run and swing that make up the traversal kit.

How combat works in Valor Mortis: first-person melee built on parries, blocks and a stamina-gated dash, with weak-point pressure, finishers and an off-hand slot holding either a firearm or a Transmutation.

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Editions and Availability

What has been confirmed about buying and playing Valor Mortis: its October 13, 2026 launch date, platforms, Xbox Game Pass availability, the boxed edition and its retail prices, the funded post-launch DLC, storefront features and age ratings.

System Requirements

The PC system requirements listed for Valor Mortis ahead of its October 13, 2026 release, plus controller support, console feature flags, upscaling technologies and why the circulating install-size figures are not real.

Valor Mortis is a single-player first-person Soulslike action RPG from One More Level, launching October 13, 2026, in which a soldier of Napoleon’s Grande Armee is resurrected carrying the plague that corrupted his comrades.

Development3 articles

The development history of Valor Mortis, from its Cyber Slash code name and the 2025 publishing agreement through the pre-alpha playtest, the public demo, gone gold, and the funded post-launch plan.

Pre-Alpha Playtest

The Valor Mortis global pre-alpha playtest ran from October 6 to October 13, 2025. This page records what it contained, how it was distributed, its known issues and what the studio changed afterwards.

The seven announced English voice credits and their character roles in Valor Mortis.

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Setting and Story

The alternate-history Napoleonic setting of Valor Mortis, the plague and Nephtoglobin, the corrupted Eternal Guard, the commonfolk resistance under The Shrike, and the questions the studio says the story answers.

Nephtoglobin is the substance behind the plague sweeping the continent in Valor Mortis, the source of the corruption in Napoleon’s soldiers and of the powers William carries after his resurrection.

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