What if WW2 had badass dieselpunk mechs? This upcoming PC and console game answers the call.
Grit and Valor — 1949 is a dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelike gunning for your wallet in the near future.
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Dieselpunk is something of an under-served genre in general, I feel, and it seems Milky Tea Studios agrees. Milky Tea is also the best tea, for the record.
In any case, say hi to Grit and Valor — 1949, an upcoming roguelite real-time tactics game heading to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, PC, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch in 2025. Although it has a Steam demo you can check out right nowover here.
Set in an alternative vision of World War 2, the Allies and the Axis Powers have access to hulking sci-fi dieselpunk mechas and other machines, giving the game a unique sci-fi slant.
Grit and Valor is a grid-based tactics game at its core, similar to titles like Into the Breach or Final Fantasy Tactics. It isn’t turn-based, though, with moves playing out in real time in mini-RTS fervor.
The game’s key features include:
The game is gunning for a 2025 launch window with the Steam demo now out, complete with Steam Deck verification in tow. Grit and Valor — 1949 looks like it will be an excellent pick forXbox Cloud Gamingas well as handheld devices like theASUS ROG AllyandSteam Deck.
Grit and Valor — 1949
Grit and Valor is an upcoming roguelite realtime tactics game set in an alternative sci-fi “dieselpunk” vision of WW2. Pilot and upgrade huge mechs and save Europe from the Axis Powers, coming in 2025.
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