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Northgard: Definitive Edition

Shiro Games · 2018-03-07

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AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 26, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 23, 2021 (Android), Mar 07, 2018 (Linux), Oct 03, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Northgard: Definitive Edition is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 68602 reviews) sentiment.

880
playing now
85%
positive of 69k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
3.98★
PlayStation Store rating (699 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

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

Northgard is a 2018 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Shiro Games for Windows, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and MacOS. Northgard received generally positive reviews upon release. Its continued success inspired a 4X board game called Northgard: Uncharted Lands (2022).

Trailer

Northgard: Definitive Edition trailer thumbnail

Northgard: Definitive Edition | Trailer [GOG]

≈52,757 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 880 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~145/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-07

Estimated sales: 1.7M–4.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 68,842 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 14 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,513 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,330 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 654 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 954 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.0k6432026-09-14 20:00 — 1,671 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 689 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,138 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,701 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 918 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 935 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,632 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 654 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 896 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,698 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 834 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 680 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,319 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 750 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 848 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,879 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,050 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 643 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,244 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,606 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 890 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,060 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,673 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 880 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.7k0Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 220 · peak 710Sep 2017 — avg 559 · peak 1,195Jan 2018 — avg 2,034 · peak 7,668May 2018 — avg 1,214 · peak 3,624Sep 2018 — avg 549 · peak 1,170Jan 2019 — avg 1,275 · peak 3,836May 2019 — avg 1,059 · peak 2,825Sep 2019 — avg 696 · peak 2,268Jan 2020 — avg 1,838 · peak 4,190May 2020 — avg 2,160 · peak 5,398Sep 2020 — avg 2,267 · peak 6,944Jan 2021 — avg 2,126 · peak 5,041May 2021 — avg 2,300 · peak 6,324Sep 2021 — avg 1,545 · peak 2,778Jan 2022 — avg 2,581 · peak 7,281May 2022 — avg 3,596 · peak 8,533Sep 2022 — avg 2,708 · peak 6,537Jan 2023 — avg 3,214 · peak 6,213May 2023 — avg 3,102 · peak 6,988Sep 2023 — avg 1,959 · peak 4,544Jan 2024 — avg 2,078 · peak 4,420May 2024 — avg 1,689 · peak 3,774Sep 2024 — avg 1,693 · peak 3,887Jan 2025 — avg 2,684 · peak 5,120May 2025 — avg 1,550 · peak 3,045Sep 2025 — avg 1,655 · peak 3,965Jan 2026 — avg 1,507 · peak 2,841May 2026 — avg 1,160 · peak 2,125Aug 2026 — avg 1,187 · peak 2,069
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
772026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 2 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$32.82$4.792017-02-172026-08-102017-02-17 — best price $17.992017-06-08 — best price $14.792017-08-24 — best price $17.992018-01-08 — best price $19.992018-05-22 — best price $19.992018-09-17 — best price $26.992018-12-07 — best price $29.992019-02-11 — best price $29.992019-07-06 — best price $25.102019-11-01 — best price $29.992020-02-17 — best price $29.992020-05-20 — best price $14.992020-08-01 — best price $13.922020-10-19 — best price $24.192020-12-14 — best price $26.992021-02-09 — best price $10.992021-04-09 — best price $10.792021-06-07 — best price $11.992021-08-23 — best price $26.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-02-06 — best price $29.992022-05-01 — best price $6.852022-08-05 — best price $11.462022-12-12 — best price $8.992023-05-01 — best price $8.512023-07-30 — best price $8.562023-12-14 — best price $29.992024-04-01 — best price $25.492024-08-26 — best price $7.492024-11-13 — best price $7.492025-03-06 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $4.792026-03-06 — best price $13.992026-08-10 — best price $26.55
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

173252026-05-29 — 173 pageviews2026-06-02 — 62 pageviews2026-06-06 — 37 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 45 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 129 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 33 pageviews2026-07-08 — 55 pageviews2026-07-12 — 48 pageviews2026-07-16 — 42 pageviews2026-07-20 — 29 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 26 pageviews2026-08-13 — 48 pageviews2026-08-17 — 48 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-25 — 48 pageviews2026-08-29 — 33 pageviews2026-09-02 — 43 pageviews2026-09-06 — 52 pageviews2026-09-10 — 50 pageviews2026-09-14 — 51 pageviews2026-09-18 — 41 pageviews2026-09-22 — 43 pageviews2026-09-26 — 48 pageviews2026-09-30 — 36 pageviews2026-10-04 — 32 pageviews2026-10-07 — 63 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13702026-09-30 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.1%
earned "Explorer"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Workshop12 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Italian

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2019-07-25, latest 2025-06-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)44,0610%289

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

4XPvPRTSWarCo-opEconomyBuildingStrategyTacticalColony Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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