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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition vs Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an open-world platformer game from Moon Studios GmbH (2016) while Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre is a platformer puzzle game from Ubisoft Montpellier (2014).

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

2016 · Moon Studios GmbH

8.4GamingPickz Score

$19.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre

2014 · Ubisoft Montpellier

8.2GamingPickz Score

$14.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition under Open-World and Platformer. In contrast, it files Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre under Platformer and Puzzle.

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Description from its Steam store page

Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre

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. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre
GamingPickz Score8.4/108.2/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (95%, 71,430)Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 27,515)
Critic aggregate88/100No aggregate
Price$19.99$14.99
Install size11 GB2 GB
Steam Deckverifiedplayable
Released20162014
DeveloperMoon Studios GmbHUbisoft Montpellier

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition vs Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionOpen-world platformer game
    Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerrePlatformer puzzle game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionAtmospheric, Metroidvania, Platformer
    Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerreAtmospheric, Historical, World War I

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionScore 8.4 · 95% on Steam · 88 critic
    Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerreScore 8.2 · 96% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition71,430 reviews · 2 add-ons · 11 GB
    Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre27,515 reviews · 2 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$19.99
    Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre$14.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionVerified
    Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerrePlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (GamingPickz Score 8.4)
  • The cheaper right now: Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre ($14.99)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (verified)
  • Lighter on storage: Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre (2 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (71,430 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

AtmosphericGreat SoundtrackPlatformerAdventureStory RichSingleplayerAction2D

Where they differ

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is also

MetroidvaniaCuteDifficultFantasyControllerOpen World

Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre is also

HistoricalWorld War IWarDramaEmotionalDog

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is demanding, for players who want a challenge. Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive EditionValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre
Minimum GPUGeForce 240 GT
Minimum CPUIntel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.2GHz
Minimum RAM4 GB
Install size11 GB2 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition · Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition and 0 for Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition and Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre in scope?

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition has drawn 71,430 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 11 GB. Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre has drawn 27,515 Steam reviews and installs in 2 GB.

Is Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition or Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition rates higher (8.4 to 8.2). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition or Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre?

Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre is cheaper right now at $14.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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