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Hnefatafl

Philippe Schober · 2020-04-30

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 02, 2016 (Android), Apr 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 16, 2020 (Linux), Mar 29, 2020 (iOS)

The ancient boardgame of the Vikings. Thousands of variants, offline and online cross-platform play with leaderboards and tournaments. Are you ready for the challenge? Prepared to earn your way to Valhalla?

100%
positive of 53 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 32,968 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120202026Week of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller Support

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian

Player tags

2DPvEPvPChessVikingsModdableStrategyBoard GameHistoricalTurn-Based

Census log

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

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