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Games like The Valiant

If The Valiant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, ZeroSpace and Crossfire: Legion — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and cinematic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About The Valiant: Embark on a journey of brotherhood and redemption in The Valiant, a squad-based RTS set in 13th Century Europe and the Middle East. Command and level-up your medieval knights as you fight through an epic SP campaign, then take your skills online in both cooperative and competitive MP modes.

2022StrategyRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 73Windowsby KITE Games
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Steam players who put hours into The Valiant also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Valiant.

    Top pick for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.

    2021Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ZeroSpace

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    ZeroSpace is a sci-fi hybrid RTS game with a story-rich, party-based RPG campaign. As commander of the Protectorate forces, you must upgrade your mothership, build strong relationships with your crew and recruit a formidable army. Navigate the hard choices that will shape humanity's future.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Crossfire: Legion

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Valiant.

    Third-strongest match for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Crossfire: Legion is a real time strategy game featuring tactical action in furious battles across a shattered version of the near future. Raise and customize your army to engage in intense online combat and carve your own path as you rise through the ranks. It’s a new generation of warfare.

    2022ActionStrategyDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Rebellion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    The Rebellion is a brand new take on real-time strategy enabling you to seamlessly transition into 3rd person to join your warriors in battle. Build your village, equip each unit with powerful weapons and armor, and secure absolute victory for your faction!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Company of Heroes 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Valiant.

    Ranked #5 for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?

    2023ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Warena

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Warena is a real-time card battler with tactical depth. Deploy troops, cast spells, and push toward the enemy castle as your opponent pushes back. 1v1 PvP and single-player campaign.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. B1700

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    B1700 is a medieval fantasy game with PVP and PVE game modes. Boasting a vast selection of medieval weapons and armor in which players can loot to grow your character. Fight in the arena where each kill and death counts towards your battle rating, climb the leader boards and be number one!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Cossacks 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Valiant.

    Ranked #8 for The Valiant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

    2016ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to The Valiant

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Total Annihilation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Valiant.

    Reviewers of The Valiant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

    2015Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Company of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Valiant.

    Reviewers of The Valiant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.

    2006ActionStrategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SpellForce 3 Reforced

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Valiant.

    Reviewers of The Valiant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Valiant.

    SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!

    2017StrategyRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Total War: WARHAMMER II

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with The Valiant.

    Reviewers of The Valiant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Ancestors Legacy

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Valiant.

    Reviewers of The Valiant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

    2018Strategy34.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Toe-tal War

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of The Valiant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with The Valiant.

    Toe-tal War is a platformer where you kill people with your foot smell. Run and jump to make your feet smelly, change your shoes and socks to control the smell — then get close to enemies and stink them to death.

    IndieAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Valiant at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Valiant.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Valiant.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Valiant.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Valiant.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Balatro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Valiant on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Valiant.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. Counter-Strike 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from KITE Games

Other recommendable Steam games by KITE Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Sudden Strike 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Valiant.

    Another title from KITE Games, the studio behind The Valiant. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!

    2017Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with The Valiant.

    Another title from KITE Games, the studio behind The Valiant. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster is the new edition of the challenging classic strategy game S.W.I.N.E! The filthiest of all wars between the Rabbit and the Pig armies is a sophisticated real-time strategy with completely revised textures, detailed unit models, a 16:9 adapted interface.

    2019Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sudden Strike 5

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Valiant.

    Another title from KITE Games, the studio behind The Valiant. Shares Strategy with The Valiant.

    Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.

    2026ActionStrategy49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Valiant

Does The Valiant run on Steam Deck?
The Valiant is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Valiant cost?
The Valiant is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Valiant have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Valiant supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Valiant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Valiant are Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, ZeroSpace, Crossfire: Legion.
Who developed The Valiant?
The Valiant was developed by KITE Games and published by THQ Nordic.

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