Ghostrunner team’s new soulslike
The studio behind Ghostrunner announced Valor Mortis, a soulslike title slated for Fall 2026, expanding their portfolio beyond fast‑paced cyberparkour (x.com). The announcement positions Valor Mortis as a new IP release windowing for later this year (x.com).
One More Level, the studio behind Ghostrunner, says its next game, Valor Mortis, will launch in fall 2026 as a first-person soulslike. (omlgames.com) The release window was announced on April 9 during the Triple-i Initiative showcase, alongside a new trailer from publisher Lyrical Games and developer One More Level. The game is listed for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series consoles, and personal computer through Steam. (gematsu.com) One More Level describes Valor Mortis as a single-player action game set in a supernatural version of the Napoleonic Wars, with the player controlling a dead soldier raised back to fight monsters and uncover a conspiracy. The studio says the game uses a first-person camera and a demanding combat system rather than the one-hit-kill structure that defined Ghostrunner. (omlgames.com) A soulslike usually means close-quarters combat built around timing, stamina, punishing enemy patterns, and repeated deaths that teach players how to survive the next attempt. In Valor Mortis, One More Level says that formula is being combined with first-person movement and “Metroidvania-inspired” interconnected levels. (valormortis.game) That marks a clear shift for a Kraków studio best known for cyberpunk speed and parkour. Ghostrunner, published in 2020, sold more than 2.5 million copies across the Ghostrunner series by 2024, giving One More Level a recognizable action brand before this new property. (505games.com) The new trailer also leans on continuity with that earlier work. Official materials highlight parkour mechanics, a rapier, firearms, new bosses, and vertical movement that several outlets said recalls Ghostrunner even as the combat pacing slows down. (ign.com) Valor Mortis has been public for months, but this week’s announcement narrowed the timing. Steam had previously listed the game only for 2026, and the fall 2026 window is the first more specific launch target attached to the project. (store.steampowered.com) The game also gives One More Level a new setting to work with after two Ghostrunner entries. Instead of a futuristic tower city, Valor Mortis is built around a dark alternate Europe shaped by Napoleon’s army, plague, and supernatural horror. (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com)) For now, the concrete date is still just a season, not a day. But after years of being tied to Ghostrunner, One More Level has now put a release window on the game meant to show what its first-person action design looks like in a different genre. (rpgsite.net)
