Is Valor Mortis an Open World Game? Official World Structure Details

Valor Mortis uses Metroidvania-inspired levels. See the technical director's qualified description of its world structure.

Valor Mortis is described by its technical director as not completely an open-world game in the official Unreal Engine interview video. The same discussion covers the use of World Partition during development.

The official game website describes Metroidvania-inspired levels. The developer announcements describe exploration, secrets, shortcuts and sidequests.

These statements explain the announced world structure: Metroidvania-inspired levels with exploration opportunities. They do not establish the total map size, region count, a complete route map or every sidequest outcome.