Northgard

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About the Game After years of tireless exploration, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: Northgard. The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods.

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Developer:
Shiro Games
Publisher:
Playdigious
Engine:
Heaps.io
Release date:
Not specified
Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (148)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (23152)

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About the Game

After years of tireless exploration, brave Vikings have discovered a new land filled with mystery, danger and riches: Northgard. The boldest Northmen have set sail to explore and conquer these new shores, bring fame to their Clan and write history through conquest, trading, or devotion to the Gods.

Build your settlement on the newly discovered continent of Northgard! Assign your Vikings to various jobs and manage your resources carefully to survive harsh winters and ferocious foes. Expand your clan strategically by chasing conquest, fame, lore or trade victory.

Survive and conquer the unforgiving wilderness of Northgard by mastering the unique attributes of the many different clans that inhabit the continent! Each clan has its own unique specificities, bonuses and features, introducing new ways of playing and methods to achieve victory.

Conquest mode.

Choose your clan and fight through a number of unique scenarios and situations! Northgard Conquest is a standalone game mode that can be played solo or co-op, with a succession of various challenges offering a gaming expansion of +100 hours.

Multiplayer mode.

Play in multiplayer with or against your friends in various game modes! Pick the lobby you want and face off against other players to experience a unique level of challenges. If you’re a veteran at the game, test your might in ranked lobbies to prove you’re the real king of Northgard!

Story mode.

The Viking High King is murdered and his Regal Horn is stolen by a man named Hagen. This event kickstarts a saga that will take Rig, his son and heir accompanied by his right-hand man Brand through the new continent of Northgard to discover the reasons behind his father’s assassination.

Part II. Cross of Vidar

Separated and left with no choice after Ragnarök but to abandon their land, Rig, Liv and Svarn arrive in Neustria, land of the Southern Kingdoms, where they meet new leaders and become embroiled in a series of conflicts and alliances. 

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows Vista or better: 64 bits required
Processor:
Intel 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo or equivalent
Memory:
1 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
1 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Minimum display resolution: 1366x768

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7 or better: 64 bits required
Processor:
Intel i5 3.1 Ghz Quad core
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7800 or better
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
1 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Recommended display resolution: 1440x900

User reviews

Sneaky Bush
Not recommended | 08 Jul 2026
563h played

The Bifrost game mode doesn't give rewards. This is a known bug that has been present and prominent for more than a year, and the devs have not fixed it yet. Superb game, but it feels abandoned.

Helpful: 4
HugosDaseWallah
Not recommended | 07 Jul 2026
760h played

Often very laggy, appears to be so without any a particular reason. Extreme range of AI, with the jump from normal to hard being astronomical. That said, when it does not lag and when the AI is not predictable it is an

Helpful: 2
Drjeebus
Recommended | 03 Jul 2026
23.0h played

Very different sort of RTS than most, heavy emphasis on the S. You colonize zones and each of these zones can have a number of buildings (typically 3 sometimes +/-1) and you can upgrade that zone once to increase

Helpful: 3
FrameArt
Recommended | 04 Jul 2026
795h played

when you realise you should have recommended a game ages ago ... then you look at how many hours have you had fun with at this point ... and you wish you could do it all over again :P (that reminds me ... i see a new

Helpful: 0
UnholyAltF4
Recommended | 01 Jul 2026
129h played

Definitely my favorite RTS I have ever played. Perfect balance of city building / management, combat and interesting victory conditions. If you like RTS games and enjoy norse themes / mythology I would definitely

Helpful: 2
rozmcgarry
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
828h played

Fun game, nice n addictive. Takes a while to get the hang of the game and I have only ever tried the one clan - and got no further than moving from easy to normal, as to try other clans or to advance to higher

Helpful: 0