Hello friends. This is a Let’s Play video of “Valor Mortis” demo version. Valor Mortis is a first-person action soulslike from the creators of Ghostrunner. Rise from death as a former soldier of Napoleon’s army. Wield supernatural powers, battle horrifying monsters, and unravel a conspiracy that threatens all of humanity.
Anyone who has spent time cyber-slicing their way through Ghostrunner or Ghostrunner 2 knows that Polish studio One More Level has quietly become one of the sharpest first-person combat teams in the business, and Valor Mortis is where they pivot that discipline into a genuinely fresh corner of the soulslike shelf. Announced for October 13, 2026 with Lyrical Games co-publishing, it drops you into the boots of William, a fallen soldier of Napoleon’s Grande Armée pulled from a battlefield grave into an alternate 19th-century Europe where a corrupting plague has rewritten the map. The framework is first-person soulslike, parries, dashes, deliberate weapon choice, visceral finishers, layered with supernatural abilities pulled straight from the corruption in your veins, and a movement kit that clearly benefits from the One More Level pedigree. The aesthetic sits somewhere between Bloodborne’s plague-ridden Yharnam, Lies of P’s Belle Époque decay, and Steelrising’s Napoleonic clockwork nightmare, staged against Eternal Guard abominations and a conspiracy the Emperor himself might not be innocent of. Free demo already on the page, 50 GB install, RTX 4070 aspirational spec sheet, and a first-person soulslike remains such a rare thing in 2026 that I would clear an autumn weekend for this on the pedigree alone. Wishlist immediately, hands down.
Developer: One More Level
Publisher: Lyrical Games, One More Level
Genre: Action, Souls-like, First Person, Difficult, Story Rich, Indie
Release Date: 13 Oct, 2026
Reviewed on: PC/Windows
Available on: PC/Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Link: Steam
Review copy was demo.
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