What is Raiders of the North Sea?
This digital adaptation of a Viking worker-placement board game puts you in charge of a crew seeking your chieftain's favor. Each turn, you place one worker and retrieve another to gather resources, hire crew, prepare your longboat, and raid settlements for plunder. Play a ten-game campaign, face AI opponents, or compete online.
For you if...
- +you enjoy turn-based resource planning and Viking raids
- +you like digital adaptations of tabletop strategy games
- +you want a campaign or games against AI opponents
Not for you if...
- −you prefer real-time action to turn-based board games
- −you dislike gathering supplies before you can raid
What players say
86% of 266 reviews are positive
Players praise how closely the digital game follows the tabletop original and the flow of its worker-placement strategy. They complain about online crashes and disconnects that can prevent rejoining matches, and some find the interface hard to use.
Screenshots and trailer
Raiders of the North Sea system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- Processor
- Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64bit version only)
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ or better
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Dire Wolf Digital account required for online play.
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 29
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- Strategy
- Indie
- Board Game
- Medieval
- Tabletop
- Turn-Based
- Card Game
- Casual
- Simulation
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Wargame
- 2D
- Hand-drawn
- Fantasy
- Historical
Recent updates
- Jul 1, 2021 · Patch 1.4.6
- Oct 23, 2019 · Raiders of the North Sea Patch 1.4
- Sep 13, 2019 · Raiders of the North Sea Patch 1.3
- Aug 16, 2019 · Raiders of the North Sea Patch 1.2
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