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Bad North: Jotunn Edition cover art

Bad North: Jotunn Edition

Plausible Concept · Raw Fury · 2018-11-16

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ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 28, 2018 (Xbox One), Aug 28, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Nov 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2018 (Mac), Aug 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Bad North: Jotunn Edition is an Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 14,288 reviews).

219
playing now
93%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (77 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (2,744 ratings)
9h
to beat · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

219 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Bad North is a real-time strategy video game developed by Plausible Concept and published by Raw Fury. The game was released on August 20, 2018, for the Nintendo Switch, then for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 28. A Microsoft Windows version was released on October 16, 2018. Versions for Android and iOS followed on October 16, 2019.

Trailer

Bad North: Jotunn Edition trailer thumbnail

Bad North: Jotunn Edition PC Launch Trailer

≈45,872 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 219 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,095 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~137/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 358k–859k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,324 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.07 at GameBillet (2025-01-02) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 66 of 92 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42742720182026Week of 2018-11-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

249362026-09-14 20:00 — 66 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 57 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 101 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 75 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 82 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 79 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 61 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 56 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 80 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 79 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 53 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 56 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 90 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 50 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 135 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 163 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 78 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 121 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 151 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 112 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 177 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 198 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 136 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 219 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
39629Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 396 · peak 1,136Feb 2019 — avg 53 · peak 168May 2019 — avg 42 · peak 129Aug 2019 — avg 66 · peak 153Nov 2019 — avg 82 · peak 314Feb 2020 — avg 114 · peak 276May 2020 — avg 63 · peak 110Aug 2020 — avg 82 · peak 224Nov 2020 — avg 62 · peak 150Feb 2021 — avg 52 · peak 129May 2021 — avg 46 · peak 125Aug 2021 — avg 59 · peak 126Nov 2021 — avg 63 · peak 173Feb 2022 — avg 83 · peak 201May 2022 — avg 111 · peak 422Aug 2022 — avg 106 · peak 271Nov 2022 — avg 72 · peak 211Feb 2023 — avg 67 · peak 111May 2023 — avg 63 · peak 184Aug 2023 — avg 59 · peak 107Nov 2023 — avg 84 · peak 199Feb 2024 — avg 84 · peak 234May 2024 — avg 100 · peak 316Aug 2024 — avg 98 · peak 301Nov 2024 — avg 70 · peak 218Feb 2025 — avg 109 · peak 340May 2025 — avg 79 · peak 181Aug 2025 — avg 83 · peak 200Nov 2025 — avg 97 · peak 293Feb 2026 — avg 99 · peak 219May 2026 — avg 78 · peak 310Aug 2026 — avg 121 · peak 335
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.02$0.002018-10-222026-08-252018-10-22 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $13.492019-07-15 — best price $10.692019-09-28 — best price $13.262019-11-29 — best price $14.992020-01-25 — best price $14.872020-03-18 — best price $8.242020-05-27 — best price $8.192020-08-03 — best price $13.492020-09-13 — best price $7.492020-10-23 — best price $8.242020-11-26 — best price $7.492021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $6.502021-03-23 — best price $14.992021-05-08 — best price $12.632021-07-15 — best price $6.002021-11-03 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $5.992022-04-11 — best price $5.992022-07-28 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-04-07 — best price $5.992023-09-03 — best price $2.992023-12-02 — best price $14.992024-03-11 — best price $3.632024-06-19 — best price $4.492024-08-21 — best price $3.652024-10-01 — best price $4.292024-11-05 — best price $2.992024-12-12 — best price $2.992025-03-10 — best price $2.982025-05-23 — best price $3.002025-09-08 — best price $2.432025-12-11 — best price $2.992026-03-13 — best price $3.002026-05-23 — best price $3.002026-08-20 — best price $2.422026-08-25 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

62212026-06-04 — 31 pageviews2026-06-08 — 49 pageviews2026-06-12 — 37 pageviews2026-06-16 — 30 pageviews2026-06-20 — 36 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-28 — 54 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 36 pageviews2026-07-10 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 38 pageviews2026-07-18 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 29 pageviews2026-07-26 — 37 pageviews2026-07-30 — 40 pageviews2026-08-03 — 33 pageviews2026-08-07 — 41 pageviews2026-08-11 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 34 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 35 pageviews2026-08-31 — 32 pageviews2026-09-04 — 36 pageviews2026-09-08 — 29 pageviews2026-09-12 — 21 pageviews2026-09-16 — 28 pageviews2026-09-20 — 44 pageviews2026-09-24 — 27 pageviews2026-09-28 — 41 pageviews2026-10-02 — 26 pageviews2026-10-06 — 26 pageviews2026-10-10 — 28 pageviews2026-10-13 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
94.2%
earned "Ready for Battle"
37%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-11-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,9066%11

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarCombatVikingsWargameStrategyStylizedSurvivalMinimalistRogue-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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