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Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Ubisoft Montpellier · 2014

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

PlatformPuzzleAdventureIGDB 79Steam 96%

Session Respect Score

AI estimate · 0/5 votes
0.0/ 10

"Emotional WWI story with puzzle-solving and exploration."

Best session: 30-45 minutes

Minimum session

15 min

Pausability

At save points

Resume friendliness

Some reorientation

FOMO pressure

Zero FOMO

Focus required

Moderate

Session structure

Story chapters

Play chapters in order; save between sections for narrative continuity.

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About

Valiant Hearts: The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. In Valiant Hearts, the lives of all these characters are inextricably drawn together over the course of the game. Friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each one as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.

This is the story of crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. All of them will try to survive the horror of the trenches following their faithful canine companion. In Valiant Hearts: The Great War, the lives of all these characters are inextricably drawn together over the course of the game. Friendshi…

Single playerSide viewHistoricalEducationalWarfare

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Context Tags

No sound needed? One-handed? Good for commutes? Players vote.

🔇No sound OK
🤚One-handed
🎵Background game
🚇Commute friendly
✈️Plane friendly
💤Suspend & resume
Quick to boot
☁️Cloud save
👶Kid can watch
🛋️Couch co-op
🎤No voice chat needed
🌙Solo after bedtime
🎙️Podcast game
🧘Zen mode
🥱Brain off
🔁Satisfying grind
🧒Kid co-op

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Valiant Hearts: The Great War — Session FAQ

How long does a session of Valiant Hearts: The Great War take?
The minimum meaningful session for Valiant Hearts: The Great War is approximately 15 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
Can you pause Valiant Hearts: The Great War?
Valiant Hearts: The Great War uses save points or manual saves. You'll need to reach a checkpoint before exiting to avoid losing progress — factor this into your session planning.
Does Valiant Hearts: The Great War pressure you to keep playing?
Valiant Hearts: The Great War has no FOMO mechanics — no timed events, live content, or narrative cliffhangers. You can stop whenever you want without feeling like you're missing out.
What is Valiant Hearts: The Great War's Session Respect Score?
Valiant Hearts: The Great War has a Session Respect Score of 7.8/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.

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