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Sons of Valhalla

Pixel Chest · 2024-04-05

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 05, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.

Sons of Valhalla is an Action, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 989 reviews).

9
playing now
67%
positive of 989 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

When Thorald Olavson's village is burned down by Valgard, a Viking Jarl, he swears revenge. Not only that his father, a respected Viking, was killed in the devious attack, but also that his great love Raija fell victim to Valgard Varinsson. Therefore, he goes to England finding out what has become of Raija. Thorald soon realizes that Raija seems to play an important role for the English king and puts himself in ever greater danger ...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 92 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (457 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 989 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.06 · on sale 38 of 109 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29529520242026Week of 2024-04-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
794Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 79 · peak 472May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 34Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 47Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 36Sep 2024 — avg 24 · peak 159Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 73Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 54Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 24Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 32Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 24Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 50Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 32Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 34Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 25Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.06$4.992024-03-282026-10-142024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-05-03 — best price $17.992024-05-23 — best price $17.992024-06-26 — best price $15.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-08-20 — best price $14.992024-09-12 — best price $14.992024-10-11 — best price $10.002024-11-09 — best price $9.992024-11-30 — best price $10.002024-12-18 — best price $10.002025-01-05 — best price $17.792025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $10.002025-05-15 — best price $9.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $19.992025-08-30 — best price $19.992025-09-14 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-25 — best price $10.002025-11-17 — best price $17.992025-12-11 — best price $9.992026-01-11 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
90%
earned "Good Boy"
27.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6158%30

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

Player tags

RPGRTSWarActionWargameMedievalStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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