I ultimately can't recommend this game, despite thinking it's not essentially a bad game. It could hit right for certain people, but I don't see most playing for a long time for a roguelite. The main problem with the game is that it doesn't feel tactical enough, contrary to what the previews suggest. Most of the gameplay boils down to moving your mechs close to the enemy and watching as they attack. The mechs move too slowly and don't fire when moving, so there's no real reason to move them while in active combat. You'd only lose hp by doing so. The whole game just feels like you need to hope for the best, as there's not much you can do to increase your chances of winning. The mechs do have 1 active ability each, but they barely make a difference in the way you'd play. The most useful is with the first mech, allowing you to jump to a farther tile. The mobility can be helpful, but ultimately doesn't make a difference if you're only taking out one enemy, then it immediately goes back t...
Grit and Valor - 1949
- Release Date:
- Mar 26, 2025
- Developer:
- Milky Tea Studios
- Publisher:
- Megabit Publishing
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac
Game Tags
About This Game
IT'S 1949; WORLD WAR II RAGES ON
Europe is on its knees. Deadly Axis Mechs patrol the landscape, intimidating the populace and flushing out rebels. Survivors are few, but have regrouped under the new flag of The Resistance.
You are the free world’s last hope. Your deadly mission; deliver a devastating EMP weapon into heart of enemy territory to turn the tide of the war.
Grit and Valor - 1949 is coming to PC VR next month! Get ready to command the battlefield in the most immersive way yet.
KEY FEATURES

Deploy your Mech Squad and command them in real time to fend off waves of enemies. Each new battlefield presents a new challenge with unique combinations of adversaries and terrain. Think fast to use higher ground and cover, exploit enemy weaknesses, and utilise tactical advantages to withstand the assault, while defending your Command Vehicle.

Your tactics may be sound, but if you reach the end of your run, you’ll need to make one last stand against a menacing Axis General. These end of Region boss battles will have you facing overwhelming odds, wave upon wave of elite enemies, new hazards, and Kaiju-sized Boss Mechs.

If your Command Vehicle is destroyed, your Mission is over. Regroup at the Resistance Base, rebuild and upgrade your squad, and redeploy!
The Scrap and Valor you earn in the field can be used to upgrade Mechs and level up Pilot abilities. But prepare for the unexpected; the battlefields, enemies you face, and any rewards you receive, will never be the same twice.
Take a stand, liberate Europe and free the world. Make this your finest hour!
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User Reviews
Company of Heroes meet Into the Breach...what a great little game this is...Pretty graphics and amazing gameplay...Get it, you will not regret it!!! 10/10
Grit and Valor is a great attempt at RTS rogue-like which is suspiciously missing from existence. Like Bad North it is mostly a positioning game and feels a little thin in mechanics but at least they tried to do something original. The progression is nice and has some meat to it. If you like RTS you could enjoy this.
i suck at RTS games, too many units for me to manage i suck but this? this small scale RTS game is much easier for me to manage and a lot more fun. straight to the action, lots of movement and thinking on my feet, reminds me a bit of the squad based action from dawn of war 2. its good, fun, and its gotten a LOT of love since release and its in a much more fun state then at release. give it a go i bet its nothing like youve played before and itll surprise you.
Grit and Valor – 1949 is a compact, fast-paced roguelite tactics game that reimagines post–World War II Europe through a dieselpunk lens. Rather than retelling history, the game constructs a fictional alternate 1949 where the war never truly ended. In this world, the remnants of fascist powers have entrenched themselves behind walls of steel and fire, and you command a small squad of resistance-controlled mechs in a last-ditch effort to liberate occupied zones. The game wastes no time getting you into the action, but behind its punchy presentation is a layered, strategic core that balances real-time combat, resource management, and risk-versus-reward decision-making in satisfying rhythm. At its heart, the gameplay is structured around brief tactical missions that combine the strategic positioning of classic turn-based titles with the time pressure of real-time decision-making. Each map drops your squad into a confined battlefield where you must hold out against increasingly overwh...
great game, I love how this game keeps evolving even after EA...
Seems to be all about dumping more lootboxes than you can keep a track of. The upgrades and unlocks are so frequent as to be annoying. Repetitive gameplay. Buggy. Far to noisy and flashy for a strategy game.
Good game.
System Requirements
Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 / Radeon R9 280
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: 2.5+ GHz Quad Core
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
FAQ
How much does Grit and Valor - 1949 cost?
Grit and Valor - 1949 costs $13.99. Currently 30% off!
What are the system requirements for Grit and Valor - 1949?
Minimum: Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 / Radeon R9 280 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit Processor: 2.5+ GHz Quad Core Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space
What platforms is Grit and Valor - 1949 available on?
Grit and Valor - 1949 is available on Windows PC, macOS.
Is Grit and Valor - 1949 worth buying?
Grit and Valor - 1949 has 75% positive reviews from 8 players.
When was Grit and Valor - 1949 released?
Grit and Valor - 1949 was released on Mar 26, 2025.
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