Valfaris is an arcade developed by Steel Mantis, released 9 October 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Valfaris is
Valfaris is an arcade game developed by Steel Mantis and released in 2019. It was published by Big Sugar. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"After mysteriously vanishing from galactic charts, the fortress of Valfaris has suddenly reappeared in the orbit of a dying sun. Once a self-contained paradise, the grandiose citadel now plays host to an ever-growing darkness. Therion, a fearless and proud son of Valfaris, returns to his home to uncover the truth of its doomed fate and to challenge the arcane evil at its very heart."
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Valfaris holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.5 Ghz or faster and 1 GB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Valfaris launched on 9 October 2019, within three weeks of The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Valfaris yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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