

To be blunt, console gamers looking to play Valheim on their preferred platform probably shouldn’t hold their breath. We’ve seen similar games fall off the cultural radar fairly quickly in the past, but there’s a sense that Valheim has a future that may be even bright than its already impressive debut. With its growing community, extensive building and crafting options, enjoyable combat system, subtly impressive visuals, and Viking setting (which also recently elevated interest in the latest Assassin’s Creed game), Valheim takes the best of many survival games that came before and directly address some of the most notable flaws that sometimes held those titles back from appealing to those who weren’t already invested in the genre.
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Elements of the survival title will instantly be familiar to fans of games like Rust and 7 Days to Die, but merely comparing Valheim to other popular PC survival titles doesn’t exactly capture what has helped Valheim sell over 2 million copies before it’s even left Early Access.

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Steam best-seller charts or video game social media over the last few weeks, then you’ve almost certainly heard the name “ Valheim.”ĭescribed by developer Iron Gate AB as “A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by Viking culture,” Valheim has quickly become one of the talked about (and played) PC games in the world.
