Sons of Valhalla

Side-scrolling Viking strategy with base building and direct combat

Pixel Chest · Released Apr 5, 2024

Action RPG Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Mixed; 67% of 993
Recent reviews: Mostly Negative; 35% of 17 in 30 days
Playing now: 2; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 months ago; May 23, 2026

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)

What is Sons of Valhalla?

In this side-scrolling strategy game set in Viking Age England, Thorald Olavson pursues the jarl who burned his home and kidnapped his partner. You fight alongside recruited troops, issue orders, build structures and siege engines, and spend resources on upgrades while choosing routes between towns as a storm closes in.

For you if...

+you like commanding troops while fighting alongside them
+you enjoy managing limited resources across branching routes
+you prefer pixel art and Viking Age settings

Not for you if...

−you prefer combat without managing troops or resources
−you want to revisit towns without a closing storm

What players say

67% of 993 reviews are positive · 35% of 17 in the last 30 days

Players praise the pixel art and the mix of direct combat, troop commands, and base management. The most common complaint is repetitive combat; some players also report bugs, crashes, and troops ignoring orders. Some dislike a campaign update they say cut back base building and added a time limit, though the older mode remains accessible.

Screenshots and trailer

Sons of Valhalla system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 Ti (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6850 (1 GB)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 3 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 30
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.