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The Viking Way

Ice Lava Games · 2020-10-10

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the Viking way of life. Sail, explore, trade, build a fleet, and lead your fearless army to raid and conquest. Write your own story of the golden Viking age. You have many choices, and a leader can always find his own.

The Viking Way is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (43% of 378 reviews).

0
playing now
43%
positive of 378 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (99 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.6k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 378 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720202026Week of 2020-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.792020-10-112025-07-102020-10-11 — best price $11.992020-10-17 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $9.742020-12-01 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $10.492021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $8.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $11.242021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $8.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-03-28 — best price $8.992023-04-03 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $4.792023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $6.292024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992025-07-02 — best price $5.242025-07-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Player tags

RPGLootActionCombatArcherySailingTradingMedievalAction RPGHistorical

Census log

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

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