Valheim
What Valheim is
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture.
The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
What people say
Complaints about gameplay and design in Valheim centre on clunky combat, dull boss fights and tedious systems that reviewers say waste their time.
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Recent reviews run 17 points below the lifetime score.
Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Difficulty9%
“I played for 15 hours beat the first 2 bosses, went to the swamp biome as that was the next place I was supposed to go then died because the enemies do WAYYYYY too much damage then got spawncamped...”
- Grind9%
- Bugs and crashes3%
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing with friends422 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain36%Praise94%
- Collecting and completing68 reviewers; most raised: grindComplain67%Praise66%
- Playing solo57 reviewers; most raised: grindComplain67%Praise85%
Steam reviews over its whole life
564,061 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What Valheim reviewers say
One public report on Valheim reads 2,576 Steam reviews from Jul 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. The report “Valheim 1.0 after five years in Early Access: what players still want” was last updated Oct 14, 2026. Of its 2,576 judged reviewers, 37% complain, 80% praise something, 5% make a request and 2% say they're quitting. The top complaint is gameplay and design at 15% of complaints, then difficulty (21%) and grind (20%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 40% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (64%) and more content (13%). Two audience differences stand out. Long-time user: say they're quitting 3.0x as often as everyone (7% vs 2%). Collecting and completing: say they're quitting 5.1x as often as everyone (11% vs 2%).
One public report on Valheim. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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