Viking Frontiers

First-person Viking survival game about building and managing a settlement

BLUM Entertainment · Published by GameHunters, PlayWay S.A. · Released Apr 23, 2025

Action Adventure Indie RPG Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Mixed; 52% of 551
Recent reviews: Very Negative; 9% of 11 in 30 days
Playing now: 2; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Jul 17, 2025

What is Viking Frontiers?

This first-person, open-world survival game begins when you reach an unfamiliar northern shore and try to reunite your clan. You gather resources, craft, hunt, and build a settlement while managing residents' needs and work. You can explore, follow the main story, or take on side quests.

For you if...

+you enjoy survival crafting and building a settlement
+you like exploring between quests at your own pace
+you want to manage villagers alongside hands-on gathering

Not for you if...

−you prefer combat-focused action over settlement management
−you dislike gathering resources and crafting items yourself

What players say

52% of 551 reviews are positive · 9% of 11 in the last 30 days

Players praise the building and exploration, as well as the Viking survival setting. Their most common complaint is bugs, including quests that stop progressing and workers that fail to do their jobs. Recent reviewers also describe the gathering and crafting as slow and repetitive.

Screenshots and trailer

Viking Frontiers system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows(64-bit) 10 or Newer
Processor: 3 GHz Quad Core Processor
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1070 / Radeon RX 580
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 15 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 31
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian.