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Sons of Valhalla

Side-scrolling Viking strategy with base building and direct combat

Pixel Chest · Released Apr 5, 2024

ActionRPGSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mixed
67% of 993
Recent reviews
Very Positive
90% of 11 in 30 days
Players
1
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
5 months ago
May 23, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 550 Ti
4 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

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 · 90% of 11 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.

How many players finish Sons of Valhalla?

23% of Steam players have unlocked «Love finds a way», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Sons of Valhalla system requirements

Minimum: GTX 550 Ti, 4 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

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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

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-4670 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 3200G (quad-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6970 (2 GB)
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Sons of Valhalla have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Sons of Valhalla run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

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

Does Sons of Valhalla use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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