Return of the Obra Dinn vs Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre
Return of the Obra Dinn is a horror puzzle game from Lucas Pope (2018) while Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre is a platformer puzzle game from Ubisoft Montpellier (2014).
Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre
$14.99
What each one is
Steam files Return of the Obra Dinn under Horror and Puzzle. In contrast, it files Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre under Platformer and Puzzle.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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.
At a glance
| Return of the Obra Dinn | Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.4/10 | 8.2/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 35,093) | Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 27,515) |
| Critic aggregate | 89/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | $19.99 | $14.99 |
| Install size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Steam Deck | verified | playable |
| Released | 2018 | 2014 |
| Developer | Lucas Pope | Ubisoft Montpellier |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Return of the Obra Dinn 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.
Genre and premise
Return of the Obra DinnHorror puzzle gameValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerrePlatformer puzzle gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Return of the Obra DinnDetective, Mystery, PuzzleValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerreAtmospheric, Historical, World War IThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Return of the Obra Dinn ✓Score 8.4 · 97% on Steam · 89 criticValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerreScore 8.2 · 96% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Return of the Obra Dinn35,093 reviews · 1 add-on · 2 GBValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre27,515 reviews · 2 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Return of the Obra Dinn$19.99Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre ✓$14.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Return of the Obra Dinn ✓VerifiedValiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande GuerrePlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Return of the Obra Dinn takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueReturn of the Obra Dinn and Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Return of the Obra Dinn (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: Return of the Obra Dinn (verified)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
PuzzleStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerIndieGreat SoundtrackHistoricalAdventure
Where they differ
DetectiveMysteryFirst-PersonNavalDifficultRetro
World War IWarDrama2DEmotionalDog
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Return of the Obra Dinn 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
| Return of the Obra Dinn | Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Discrete GPU | — |
| Minimum CPU | 2 GHz Intel i5 | — |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | — |
| Install size | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Return of the Obra Dinn · Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Return of the Obra Dinn 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 Return of the Obra Dinn and Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre in scope?
Return of the Obra Dinn has drawn 35,093 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 2 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 Return of the Obra Dinn or Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Return of the Obra Dinn 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, Return of the Obra Dinn 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.
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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.