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Valor & Victory
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Valor & Victory is a fast-playing, easy to learn World War II squad-level game system. Based on the original Valor & Victory board game, the digital edition provides you with an accessible and deep challenge, developed for classic tabletop game lovers. From the Steam store page
135 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Jul 19, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
96 positive · 39 negative
95% range 63–78%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
137 of 193 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 135 · most liked firstI was a beta tester, and from the start it gave me that original Squad Leader board game feel, more than any other computer game I've played, and I've played a lot, really since the beginning, since Pong. It is not overly complex, but the basics of fire and maneuver apply to the game, just like SL. The scenarios are small compared to many games, and they are short. You can play from either side and the AI does a good job. Depending on how fast you play, 30-60 minutes for a scenario would be my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turns are incredibly too short. Basically the only strategy for offence is to rush but just about every element is working against the offensive. You cannot coordinate fire on a hex, only what you have in your stack - excluding vehicles - , which forces you to try and create DOOM stacks. Tanks cannot overrun. Defensive units are basically untouchable given how attrition works... you have to shoot the same hex more times than you have stacks/units and you'd better hope each roll is a 1,1…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Who gave negative reviews don't deserve this little gem, they don't understand this game and where the inspiration for it comes from. As well as others here I'm a old grognard who has played many board wargames (you name them) at this tactical scale. While I can appreciate the high complexity of the cited Squad Leader (with most optional rules) and Advanced Squad Leader and several others, I value also playable games. You can't compare apples with oranges and here it is the same. Clearly the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good looking and good sounding game based on a rare case of a free print & play boardgame that plays amazingly. However this version plays horribly. The UI is terrible, unresponsive, forcing you into missclicks that require restarting the scenario. The rules aren´t implemented correctly (or fully for that case) and the scenario editor is lacking. The many scenarios are all the same basic premise of static defender and moving attacker. Always playing the attacker by default since the AI is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What can I say, long time (since the beginning) Squad Leader fanatic. Mrswargamer (me), says this game is oodles of fun. Just played the Tractor Factory, bitter fight each turn, gained a Decisive Victory which the turn previous was a total loss. Played the Russians. My troops were lousy performance (only when it mattered of course :) ), but my tanks trashed their armour for no losses. About 15 minutes of total fun (which means I didn't spend 3 hours reading rules clauses in the manual hehe).…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll start off by saying that although I don't recommend this for now, from what I've heard and read from the devs, they are committed to improving this game. I'm confident the problems will get ironed out over time, hence I haven't requested a refund. That said, this game has a lot of issues. First off, the lack of audio-visual settings. The most basic stuff is missing, but I'd personally like more options for the window mode, specifically bordered window that I can scale manually. The lack…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ive been watching the scenarios and something is wrong with the dice mechanism. Over the past 3 days I'e tried to play about 10 games total, I have won 1 of these 10 games against the AI. Here is my issue after 9 very frustrating games I decided to actually measure what I had been observing in the last 6 or so games. The AI averaged a 5.1 in its dice rolls and I averaged a 9.2. This was set to a dice advantage in favor of myself the player. My suspicion is that it was same or similar in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →play board game. good game. easy to play. didn't watch tutorials. played first 2 scenarios. got my share of dice rolls. screen is great. doesn't need a zoom. music and sound were fine. i'm happy with purchase. haven't checked the scenario editor yet. no regrets. If the AI 'crushes' you...then you probably do need an UNDO button.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played over 3,000 different board games and countless computer games. I also spent at least a decade on Matrix Games forums complaining about nearly every game. What few games met some of my expectations would fail completely if nothing else on the horrible User Interface. While some decent games existed for other scales nothing made in more than a decade seemed to do the tactical scale correctly. For these reasons and more I didn't even bother with this game at first. And yet this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Normandy is good campaign. Stalingrad has poorly thought out scenarios. In Normandy, campaign you have the ability to maneuver and fight on both sides. In Stalingrad, it appears the designers set every scenario to be an ambush. Russian ATRs are too powerful. Forget using armored car. As you move your troops up they get shot to pieces. The die rolls seem also to help the Russians or your opponent. There are no levels and the designer has opted for impossible. The turns set for many scenarios…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, I can't recommend this game in its current state. Amongst others, there is a bug which causes the game to freeze during fire phases which renders the game essentially unplayable. Occasionally the game also freezes when selecting units within a stack particularly after firing one unit in the stack. And as others have noted, it is very easy to make a "click" error and there is no undo button - sort of understandable for attacks, not so understandable for movement, particularly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is great reminds me of Advanced Squad Leader days. Only have played about 3 hours and it is fun very easy to understand rules etc. That being said there are some quirks and I dont want this to be too negative but the game is very limited. (I am sure there will be add on DLC units in the future) However as of now units are very limited, This is no Yanks, Beyond Valor, or British Commonwealth worth of units. Very limited right now. Would like to know what or if any DLC, unit…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ABANDONED - Or at least it was. Now they added dlc to this still terribly buggy game. A mess to say the least. I like the game, but JFC there are some serious drawbacks. Crashes often. Freezes constantly, glitches, bugs. I suffered through 5 hours of this crap while reading the manual from start to finish and then dealing with abhorrently unbalanced dice rolls in favor of the AI, constant UI issues, and tons of other problems. I doubt I'll be able to get a refund, but if I can save YOU money…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AI bias makes this an unplayable game. I was looking forward to this as I have enjoyed the squad leader type tabletop games. I played the 1st scenario about a dozen times and never came close to winning. Even my final scores were terrible. This scenario is very small and features an urban fight where the defensive bonuses are basically the same no matter the unit. Even if I was a bad player, I should've been able to eek out a win at least once just based on luck. I played 2 more games, one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While there is a lot to like about this game it is utterly ridiculous that I can have three stacks of units next to an enemy stack and all three miss two turns in a row. There needs to be adjustment in hit attempts for distance and some improvement in hit chances for consecutive attacks on the same target. The current set up makes tactics meaningless.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No UNDO button, no zoom, not intuitive. I tried and tried again, got over 10 defeats in a row. The AI will crush you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the idea of this game but the product doesn't seem finished. The A.I. seems to get rather large bonuses since it kills units so easily yet survives so much being thrown at a unit.No easy way to deselect units. A tutorial that seems to ignore half the game. The list goes on. Maybe if the work on the core game instead of more DLC, it will be better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You're just not going to beat the AI dice rolls. Several games in AI average dice roll of 5 mine is 9. Superior tactics are not going to save you from that situation. Probably going to get a refund on this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not for me ! I am going get a lot of slack , Most of you know having a head trauma in 2004 , my grammar sucks . I use play a lot these style games to keep the brain working . I just do not like the game. for 20 bucks is not worth it. The manual seems be written by a 7 th grader with so much repetitive phrases on same topic you struggle to stay focused . remember "Beetle juice" reads like stereo that is manual . what took some 100 pages could been said in 50. plays like a tablet game but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's kinda ASL. But really not. It's basically you attack and die against a system that gives the enemy unlimited opportunity attacks. Silly actually and not fun
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very limited in scenarios. AI is a powerhouse and gets very good dice. The game itself is too simplistic for a tactical level game. It rewards stacking as many units as you can to get a massive attack.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game. The AI is tough but not impossible to beat. I'm an ASL player and my first game is a draw. V&V is very playable: it's easy to learn and hard to master. Use wisely the terrain, learn when to stay and to dash forward, spread your forces and form a killer stack only when you need its firepower. It's a 1.0 version: i'm sure there will be improvements soon (i.e. the Zoom).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok. Some first impressions: No UNDO button. For a turn-based game? No Zoom. Game starts up with an ordinary scenario, not the tutorial. Defensive fire is automatic?! Why can't I choose it? Should I ask Steam for a refund, or try a bit more... Second impressions: What's this? Yes, honestly, what is this hex and that hex? There's is no in game hover over of what kind of terrain I'm moving into, no TEM info. I have to look it up in the manual, which incidentally doesn't have a TEM…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The execution is fine but the game is too dependent on luck. The first scenarios are close to impossible for the axis and a piece of cake for the allies. When the range of results for a single fire attack goes from nothing to 5 hits (which will eliminate a unit an flip another) much of the battle is hoping you get debilitating fire attacks to win the scenario.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garbage game. Two problems. One, constantly crashing. Two, terrible random seed. Something is very, very, very wrong with the AI in this game in terms of die rolling. AI consistently gets much better rolls. Sucks the fun out of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yes seems free time, has made me understand how many games i own and have not reviewed, which leads me to another,.... another one which steam says i've played a lot less than i have on the site version, it has Arnhem in it, so i had to have it, play it, re play it, then re play it again, again and again, as that's my fav battle in all time, so far i've owned and played every version on well every format it's ever been on, bought consoles and machines just to play the game on different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game could be really good, but it needs a lot of refinement. The scenario editor needs a lot of work, it crashes a lot, don't save and is generally hard to work with. As much as I want V&V to be great, it falls short. I'd wait to buy it until a complete edition with all dlcs, bug fixes, etc comes out and get it then.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely love this game. It has a feel like squad leader yet slightly different. Most scenarios are pretty quick so it's not a huge investment in time to play a quick game. Multiplayer works fine. And the occasional tournament is a blast. The art work on the boards and counters is excellent, and there are quite a few boards to use with the editor. I have all the DLC's, but would love to see North Africa and the Italians. My only gripe is they haven't added the Japanese to the quick mission…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If there was a Close Combat board game I think this would be it, that's why I like it. This is a squad tactics game without much complexity but well thought out. You can have small scenarios played out in only a couple of hours. Be aware that you will be at the mercy of the RNG gods, some bad dice rolls can turn a game. I would like an option to enable fog of war. I understand its board game origins but we don't have those limitations here and I believe it would add some challenge for those…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, light as a feather, and dicey, dicey, dicey. Worth picking up on sale if you want some entertainment. Just set your expectations properly. This game is a blast if you want a tactical, turned-based, board game-style that is easy to learn and play, doesn't bother with details, and if don't mind absurd random number generation. It's neither ASL nor Combat Mission, and that's fine. It's not meant to be those things. You can pick it up and play quickly with little rules overhead. The UI…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turns just take wayyyyyyy too long to cycle through, enemy shooting, next enemy shooting, next enemy shooting etc etc. spend more time waiting for the animations to cycle than planning your moves.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a beautiful game this is. It's known for being a simplified take on the ASL rules but honestly I'd say it reminds me of the classic SL far more than full blown ASL, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. I used to play ASL via Vassal and was completely obsessed with it at one point but I've since come to the conclusion that games like SL or indeed this Valor & Victory game are at least as much fun and far, far easier to pick up and play. Another thing in it's favour is the ease…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The rules the game is based on are essentially a simplified version of Avalon Hill's venerable Basic Squad Leader-- the big difference being it has replaced SL's morale system with a casualty point system, which change the dynamics of the game significantly. The game looks good, and is much easier to pick up than other offerings in the genre (such as Lock and Load). Though the interface is generally easy to navigate, there are a few design choices that leave me scratching my head: 1) For…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tldr: Great WW2 game. One of the best games I bought in 2022. Best boardgame conversion, ever! Highly recommended. Complexity: 4/10 Easy to Medium Gameplay vs. AI: 7/10 Gameplay vs. human opponent: 9/10 WW2 simulation realism: 8/10 80s hex-and-counter boardgame nostalgia: 10/10 Easy to learn: 9/10 Efficient interface: 8/10 Scenario balance: 4/10* Overall rating: 9/10 *(Scenario balance is not great. Usually one side has a substantial advantage. In pbem, I recommend host pairs of mirrored…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How the turns are allocated does not play out smoothly. Difficult to tell who's turn it is, what phase of what turn. Don't feel there is much replayability. I would not buy it again if I had a choice.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I LOVE this game (with exceptions)Let me preface this review with this:This game combines easy to learn strategy with tactical, almost true to field manual, fire and maneuvre infantry tactics into a well rounded, no nonsense type of game, that has a slight learning curve mechanics-wise, and just stays enjoyable for long play sessions on end. Now to the meat and potatoes:PROS:- Simple, yet enjoyable gameplay, with a lot of room for complex tactics and military strategy- Nice artstyle, that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is not often that the word "bargain" is used in the same sentence as Matrix/Slitherine, but this one is unique in terms of the price point. It is well worth it for introductory and intermediate wargamers. Been playing *computer* wargames for almost 40 years, and this game satisfies. It is not Advanced Squad Leader on the PC, but it is so much more approachable. For those familiar with Matrix older "Heroes of Stalingrad" title, and the much newer (and excellent) Lock n Load Tactical Digital…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a major improvement over Lock & Load. The turn structure is much more practical, the controls are intuitive, and the rules of the game are correctly built into the fabric of the game so there is no hunting through the manual to figure out how to pop smoke or use a flamethrower. It does what a computer wargame is supposed to do: handle the rules, while the player focuses on tactical choices, such as trying to get men across a street without being decimated. One improvement that is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Valor and Victory (VAV) is an excellent game in the Squad Leader/ Table Top genres. There are other games within the same lineage but VAV stands out with it's streamlined game rules and principles. The game moves faster than other similar games without sacrificing strategy and difficulty. The DLC's as of this review (Stalingrad, Arnhem and Shield of Cholm) are a great representation of some of the pivotal battles during WW2. You can tell that the historical element of the scenarios are well…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 44 hours of learning the nuance of squad level combined arms, my appreciation for this game continues. The game is interesting and detailed without getting mired in the minutiae of rules tracking. While some of the systems may feel a little simple for the SL/ASL crowd, the net effect is very rewarding. Also on the plus side, it is easy to play a game in a half hour or so - which is great for those of us who only have a limited amount of time daily to spend gaming. Valor & Victory…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, fun and engaging tactical gameplay! Plays like the tabletop game. Even the random scenario generator works great and the generated scenarios are very playable just like the premade ones. There have been various expansions already and it looks like there is more to come. If you prefer tactics and some thinking to eye candy and fast clicking this game is absolutely great. If you like tactics but don't want overcomplicated gameplay it is great as well. Once you learn to use the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The AI still rolls low a lot. New Pacific DLC is not worth the money as don't seem to be able to use the scenario editor for the new forces/theatre. Japanese light mortars extremely overpowered. Avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have any interest in Squad Leader type board games you will not be dissapointed. This is a labor of love by a small team and I think they have delivered on a simple game style that flows quickly yet leaves the player many decisions during game play. I will play any and all squad level games and they each have their own strengths and weaknesses but I keep coming back to V&V for one more play. The scenarios are quickly played and the AI actually uses some fairly good judgement most of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solid boardgame to digital rendition. Do kinda wish they had a continuous campaign of sorts, with a set force you carry mission to mission. Perhaps next release? Looking forward to new content!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this game has tremendous possibilities. As an SL, ASL and ATS player, I believe this game can be a template for bringing these types of war boardgames in the digital world. I am all for it and am looking forward to many DLCs and updates. Count me in.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing (and losing) a couple of games I guess this is closest to the ASL-light I have been waiting for. The other competitors are TotH (closest to ASL but hindered by cumbersome UI) and LnL (haven't played LnL:Tactical, but as I disliked the spotting mechanism already in its earlier incarnation LnL:HoS I guess LnL just is not for me). V&V is simple to play, fast moving and sticks to basics. The only thing that I have felt uncomfortable so far is losing the support weapons of eliminated…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game needs a redisgn of movement an combat phases, use the order of battle ways to play and it will be a success. Until then don't buy this game it's a nightmare!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a beginner at tactical squad level games and Valor & Victory delivers on its promise, that is an accessible, fun and fast game to play. Highly recommended. I don't often write review but I felt compelled to write one in this case because in my view V&V deserves better than the 'mixed' rating.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey Devs! Your AI cheats...All the time! Never seen an AI cheat so much! I rolled 11 & 12s all the time and AI rolls 2,3s all the time... ??
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game with a small, but dedicated and responsive, development team. I've run through all the base scenarios and completed them all within the time limits given, as both sides, so I can confirm that you do have to have a clue as to what you're doing to be able to win. If you come to this game without ever having played something like Squad Leader then I strongly recommend you just replay a scenario a few times as both sides to get the hang of it. If you find you are constantly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent port of ASL. Except ASL isn't itself a good game. Thirty five years of improvements have been added to the wargame genre since ASL came out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a good implementation of the boardgame, similar to Squad Leader, a little lighter. There are leaders, support weapons including DF mortars, snipers, trucks, APCs, tanks. You can create your own scenarios, although there is no map editor. You get US, UK, USSR (DLC) and GE. You can edit the data files if you really want a King Tiger or an IS-3. There is Artillery and Close air support, which add random death. The UI is a little clunky, there seem to be pointless pauses to slow everything…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It reminds me of playing Squad Leader, which was a great old game, which we played on the table.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Scratches the ASL/Squad Leader itch. Clean presentation, intuitive interface, and nostalgia invoking hex-board battlefields. My only complaints are that I'd like to see a larger map/more troops. I hope we get some DLC and expansion of the concept and mechanics!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you feel like you might be interested in this game, keep in mind that you'll get a full board-game experience with it, and will have to read at least some of the manual to figure it out. The in-game tutorial is superficial and skips a lot of things you need to know in virtually every scenario. The good news is that the manual is very readable and great-looking, and the 15–20 minutes you spend with it will be well-worth it, because the game's system is absolutely compelling and extremely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disregard my Steam hours, I use the Matrix version. First, I was excited when I read about this release & purchased it as soon as it was available. To be honest, was, slightly, disappointed per the initial release based on the lack of editing tools. The game play was fine & I played it a little bit. I have to say, this game is starting to grow on me. I like the challenge of trying to improve my scores playing both sides in each scenario. With all the new improvements/options to include the 3…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't have any problems with the game as others seem to have. So nothing bad with the software itself. What about the rules though? Well, it's a pretty bog standard tactical wargame. It's OK and fun, but I haven't really noticed anything that makes it stand out from the crowd. Personally I think combat is a bit too deadly and the map scale seems to be off at times. Maybe it's the size of the counters that makes it seem like things are closer than they actually are. As with all board games…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty disappointing and boring. Hardly any opportunity to (or point in) manoeuvre. Mostly comes down to having big stacks sit in one place, in the best terrain they can find within range, and firing repeatedly to degrade the enemy, preferably with a good leader since they make a huge difference. Sure, there is the occasional possibility to charge a pinned enemy with assault troops but it all feels unsatisfying. Having played most of the scenarios, I suppose i have got my money's worth from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This scratches the ASL itch!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots like Squad Leader Board Game . I like the replay value with the Scenario Creation tool ,which is easy to use,and the large number of default Maps. The Random Battle Generator is a quick alternative which also works. Have not played much o the default scenarios ,prefer to generate my own or randomly do so. The game is open to Modding since most assets are .pngs which can be substituted. I have had a little go myself at this. An excellent Mod ,Global WW2 adds at present 7 armies to the game…
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