Valor Mortis Price and Editions: Is the Deluxe Upgrade Worth It?

Price

Valor Mortis is listed at $39.99 on Steam. At the time of this check the store showed no discount — the price shown was the full price, not a launch reduction. A day after release that is worth stating plainly, because a lot of guides describe a "launch discount" that this store page does not currently show.

The upgrade is a separate purchase rather than a second edition of the game, which matters for how you buy it: you buy Valor Mortis first, then the upgrade, and the upgrade's store data lists Valor Mortis as its base game. Bought together the two come to $59.99, which is the figure press coverage refers to when it names a Deluxe Edition price.

The Deluxe Edition Upgrade

The store lists the upgrade's contents explicitly, with a date attached to each. This is the developer's own itemisation and is reproduced here rather than summarised.

Read the dates carefully, because they answer the obvious objection. Buying the upgrade today gets you one thing immediately — the La Grande Armée Weapon Skin Pack — and four things later. The remaining four are dated out to fall 2027, so the upgrade is a purchase that pays out over more than a year, not a bundle you receive in full.

Bundles and discounts

In its launch announcement the developer states that it has "bundles with outstanding games so you'll get a 10% discount when buying both together", and adds that if you already own any of the bundled games you can "complete the bundle with the same 10% discount". That is the only discount mechanism it describes, and it is conditional on buying a second game.

The same announcement names the bundle partners, which matters because the list looks arbitrary until you know it is official:

• Dishonored
• No Rest for the Wicked
• Mouse: P.I. for Hire
• Ghostrunner and Ghostrunner 2 — the studio's own earlier titles

So if you see Valor Mortis listed beside a game from that set, it is a bundle rather than a recommendation. Anything outside that list is a comparison someone else made, not a discount the developer is offering.

What the story DLC is

The single most useful sentence about the upgrade comes from the developer's launch announcement, and it answers the question a $20 add-on raises immediately: does this extend the campaign you are about to play?

"The Major Story DLC will tell a complete side story, separate from the main campaign, but still exploring the world and characters of Valor Mortis in even more depth."

So it is not the second half of the campaign, and not a continuation that leaves the main story unfinished. It is described as a self-contained story inside the same world — which is why it can arrive in 2027 without affecting whether the base game feels complete in 2026.

Is it worth it?

This page does not score the game, so it will not score the upgrade either. What it can do is lay out the decision as it actually is.

The one thing that cannot be judged yet is quality. There is no released story DLC to evaluate and no reviews of it, so anyone telling you the upgrade is worth $20 is describing the item list, not the content.

Buying safely

• Buy through the official storefronts. Steam and the Xbox store are the routes the developer's own materials point to. Third-party key resellers are not mentioned anywhere official.
• Check the region price. $39.99 is the US listing read on this date; regional pricing differs, and so does the discount schedule.
• Do not expect a crack, key generator or "free" route to exist. This site does not provide or link them, and the status pages are about the released game only.