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Northern Tale

Viking time management game about lifting a witch's curse

Qumaron · Released Feb 9, 2016

AdventureCasualSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
90% of 62
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
2
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

What is Northern Tale?

Northern Tale is a single-player time management game set in a cursed Viking kingdom. Across three season-themed episodes, you help King Ragnar and his companions confront beasts and undead and restore color to the land as he searches for his kidnapped daughters.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy time management games with a fantasy setting
  • +you like adventures divided into season-themed episodes

Not for you if...

  • you prefer games without timed objectives
  • you want open-ended play rather than structured episodes

What players say

90% of 62 reviews are positive

Players say the story is thin and mainly serves to set up the gameplay.

Screenshots and trailer

Northern Tale

Northern Tale system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
Processor
Pentium III 800MHz
Graphics
Graphics card with 32MB Video RAM
Storage
180 MB available space
Notes
Game can function not properly on Windows 10

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

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

Steam Deck: Playable

  • 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
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish.

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