In today's generation, breaking even on a video game takes a long time due to massive marketing and development costs. The soulslike genre targets a specific player base, and competing in this subgenre can be difficult, but the new Napoleonic soulslike Valor Mortis is already making waves in the industry.
Despite straying from the traditional, third-person soulslike experience, Valor Mortis has officially reached the break-even point, resulting in profits a week after its release. The team also created the critically acclaimed first-person action game Ghostrunner, and their experimental gamble with a soulslike has finally paid off; One More Level appears to have found a way to give its new project a promising financial run.
Valor Mortis Has Reached Its First Major Milestone
According to One More Level’s announcement on X, Valor Mortis has reached the break-even point in just seven days. It’s a massive achievement for the developers, as the soulslike sub-genre has hardly been short on competition ever since the release of Elden Ring. This sub-genre is gradually becoming saturated, and it is hard to keep a player interested, as the games need a proper hook, but One More Level proved that their excellence goes beyond...
