Valheim

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Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally-generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft powerful weapons, construct longhouses, and slay mighty foes to prove yourself to Odin!

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Developer:
Iron Gate Studios
Publisher:
Coffee Stain Publishing
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
02 February 2021
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (2367)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (256802)

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Description

Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally-generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft powerful weapons, construct longhouses, and slay mighty foes to prove yourself to Odin!


EXPLORE THE TENTH WORLD
Explore a world shrouded in mystery. Discover distinct environments with unique enemies to battle, resources to gather and secrets to uncover! Be a viking, sail the open seas in search of lands unknown, and fight bloodthirsty monsters.


BUILD MIGHTY HALLS
Raise viking longhouses and build bases that offer reprieve from the dangers ahead. Customise buildings, both inside and out, with a detailed building system. Progress through building tiers to upgrade, expand and defend your base.


GATHER, CRAFT AND SURVIVE
Struggle to survive as you gather materials and craft weapons, armor, tools, ships, and defenses. Decorate your hearths and sharpen your blades, grow crops and vegetables, prepare food, brew meads and potions, and progress as you defeat more difficult bosses and discover new recipes and blueprints.

KEY FEATURES:
  • Massive procedurally-generated world where every biome is immersive and distinct, with unique enemies, resources and crafting recipes to discover.
  • Play alone or with up to 10 players on player-hosted dedicated servers and experience unlimited world creation and enemies that scale in difficulty.
  • Staminabased combat that rewards preparation and skill. Utilize weapon types with unique attacks, different blocking styles, ranged combat, dodges and parries to fight your enemies.
  • Rewarding food system where you cannot starve and are not punished for not eating, instead you gain health, stamina and regeneration buffs depending on what foods you consume.
  • Intuitive crafting where recipes are discovered as you explore the world, and pick up new resources and ingredients.
  • Flexible building system that takes structural integrity and ventilation into account. Build a small shelter or an entire village, make outposts or claim abandoned buildings as your own. Then customize to your liking.
  • Sail boats and ships to reach distant lands and explore the sea that offers riches to claim and monsters to fight.
  • Epic boss fights that will test even the best prepared vikings and offer rewards that help you on your journey.

    Community-translated languages:
    In addition to the officially supported languages, Valheim has several community-translated languages. As the name would suggest these are all translated by fans and members of the community, and is an ongoing process. We can't guarantee the quality nor completeness of any specific translation effort.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 or later
Processor:
2.6 GHz Quad Core or similar
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
1 GB available space
Additional Notes:
The following languages have been partially translated by the community: Svenska, Italiano, Romanian, български, македонски, Suomi, Dansk, íslenska, Lietuvių kalba, čeština, Magyar nyelv, Português europeu, 한국어 (불완전한), Norsk, ภาษาไทย, ქართული ენა, Abenaki, Slovenčina

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 or later
Processor:
i5 3GHz or Ryzen 5 3GHz
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 580
DirectX:
Version 11
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
1 GB available space

User reviews

Wardinul
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
43.2h played

Beautiful game, but hardcore. I don't recommend playing it fair until the end if you want to keep your hair on your head. And don't play it solo. Not only will it be even more difficult than it already is, but it will

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Smash
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
144h played

Been following this game for a long time, and I keep coming back to it (mainly the building mechanics). Nothing beats the mood in this game when it comes to building a cozy home, rain and thunder roars outside and you

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fjeff22
Recommended | 20 Jul 2026
45.1h played

I love how the game builds! its a little slow at first if you don't know what your doing, The Raven is Your Friend! Then once you get into it and start getting stronger with better weapons... oh its so fun, I am

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CaptainJDF
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
12.4h played

The building takes some getting used to but it's genuinely well done once it clicks. The adventures are a blast and sailing is absolute chaos in the best way, pretty much guaranteed to get my group laughing every

Helpful: 0
AaahAmaraKitty13
Recommended | 20 Jul 2026
924h played

Yes I absolutely recommend Valheim. This has been hands down one of the best indie game experiences I have ever had. Play solo or with friends and go live those wild Viking dreams!

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KRushX
Recommended | 19 Jul 2026
22.7h played

ITs a very great game to explore in and I like the freedom it gives you. what could be better is the time it takes to get to certain places as the map is very large. The boat stearing could be better and if there was a

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