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Valheim

Iron Gate AB · Coffee Stain Publishing · 2021-02-02

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 02, 2021 (Linux), Jun 10, 2024 (Mac), Feb 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 14, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 09, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Valheim is an Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 539,842 reviews).

105,750
playing now
94%
positive of 560k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13,622
twitch viewers (latest)
47.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (293 ratings)
3,154
Nexus mods (29M downloads)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 83% recommend · from 19 critics
25h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 45h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

105,750 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Valheim is an upcoming survival video game by the Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio and published by Coffee Stain Publishing. It was released in early access for Linux and Microsoft Windows via Steam on 2 February 2021, and for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 14 March 2023. The full version will be released on 9 September 2026 alongside versions for the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2.

Trailer

Valheim trailer thumbnail

Valheim - Official Early Access Launch Trailer

≈798,068 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 105,750 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 28,703 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,588/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (108,970 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,530 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-16

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 15), healthy→thriving (Sep 6), thriving→healthy (Sep 5), healthy→thriving (Aug 31), thriving→healthy (Aug 27)

Estimated sales: 11M–25M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 559,991 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2024-03-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 33 of 41 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
106k106k20212026Week of 2021-02-01: 105,507 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,463 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 68,063 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,349 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20,069 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 931 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9,793 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 656 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6,135 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 566 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5,623 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 553 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4,734 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7,934 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 898 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,889 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 410 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26,370 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 525 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,314 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7,797 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 575 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5,333 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 436 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,907 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3,248 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,687 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,204 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 341 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,278 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 447 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,580 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,381 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,351 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6,075 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7,972 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 867 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6,404 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 700 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,931 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 398 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4,199 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 398 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,371 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,447 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,294 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,381 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,444 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,508 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,462 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5,743 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4,047 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 409 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,148 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 464 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,630 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,176 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,592 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 235 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4,401 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 658 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,132 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 599 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,250 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 480 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,177 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,911 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,408 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5,741 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 302 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,352 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3,192 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 393 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,914 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,474 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,686 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,139 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,823 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,899 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,902 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,487 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,439 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4,702 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,178 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,634 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,222 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,605 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,914 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,696 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,704 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,270 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,720 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 10,099 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,338 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 2,318 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 666 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

275k42k2026-09-14 18:00 — 230,734 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 222,159 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 74,881 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 75,678 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 113,649 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 122,188 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 76,870 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 73,108 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 71,209 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 67,402 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 74,629 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 103,775 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 116,615 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 67,458 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 62,665 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 59,863 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 62,124 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 63,026 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 90,274 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 99,701 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 61,919 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 55,794 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 53,885 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 48,839 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 51,304 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 71,104 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 82,999 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 51,080 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 43,982 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 41,780 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 105,750 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
210k13kFeb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 210,302 · peak 498,478Apr 2021 — avg 69,367 · peak 159,037Jun 2021 — avg 20,198 · peak 37,931Aug 2021 — avg 17,326 · peak 29,764Oct 2021 — avg 25,589 · peak 61,020Dec 2021 — avg 21,251 · peak 43,305Feb 2022 — avg 25,509 · peak 55,169Apr 2022 — avg 18,427 · peak 36,169Jun 2022 — avg 14,848 · peak 28,351Aug 2022 — avg 13,284 · peak 24,376Oct 2022 — avg 12,696 · peak 24,562Dec 2022 — avg 56,375 · peak 127,172Feb 2023 — avg 34,050 · peak 76,747Apr 2023 — avg 25,521 · peak 52,694Jun 2023 — avg 14,946 · peak 29,488Aug 2023 — avg 15,452 · peak 32,946Oct 2023 — avg 18,009 · peak 34,956Dec 2023 — avg 23,876 · peak 47,942Feb 2024 — avg 18,553 · peak 41,346Apr 2024 — avg 16,112 · peak 43,414Jun 2024 — avg 30,108 · peak 70,403Aug 2024 — avg 17,451 · peak 35,580Oct 2024 — avg 17,421 · peak 36,860Dec 2024 — avg 22,284 · peak 45,865Feb 2025 — avg 24,536 · peak 53,334Apr 2025 — avg 21,901 · peak 47,730Jun 2025 — avg 15,012 · peak 32,099Aug 2025 — avg 15,723 · peak 36,723Oct 2025 — avg 21,922 · peak 48,368Dec 2025 — avg 17,999 · peak 39,064Feb 2026 — avg 22,466 · peak 46,486Apr 2026 — avg 18,277 · peak 36,273Jun 2026 — avg 15,533 · peak 31,485Aug 2026 — avg 15,759 · peak 30,973
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#7#142026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #72026-09-15 — #72026-09-16 — #72026-09-17 — #72026-09-18 — #72026-09-19 — #72026-09-20 — #72026-09-21 — #72026-09-22 — #72026-09-23 — #72026-09-24 — #72026-09-25 — #72026-09-26 — #72026-09-27 — #72026-09-28 — #72026-09-29 — #72026-09-30 — #72026-10-01 — #82026-10-02 — #92026-10-03 — #92026-10-04 — #82026-10-05 — #82026-10-06 — #82026-10-07 — #92026-10-08 — #92026-10-09 — #102026-10-10 — #122026-10-11 — #132026-10-12 — #112026-10-13 — #112026-10-14 — #14
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
6256252026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 456 new positive2026-09-15: 106 new negative2026-09-16: 391 new positive2026-09-16: 85 new negative2026-09-17: 351 new positive2026-09-17: 133 new negative2026-09-18: 492 new positive2026-09-18: 113 new negative2026-09-19: 418 new positive2026-09-19: 119 new negative2026-09-20: 383 new positive2026-09-20: 159 new negative2026-09-21: 452 new positive2026-09-21: 128 new negative2026-09-22: 625 new positive2026-09-22: 209 new negative2026-09-23: 253 new positive2026-09-23: 93 new negative2026-09-24: 255 new positive2026-09-24: 67 new negative2026-09-25: 343 new positive2026-09-25: 79 new negative2026-09-26: 363 new positive2026-09-26: 92 new negative2026-09-27: 327 new positive2026-09-27: 108 new negative2026-09-28: 329 new positive2026-09-28: 93 new negative2026-09-29: 256 new positive2026-09-29: 79 new negative2026-09-30: 269 new positive2026-09-30: 55 new negative2026-10-01: 278 new positive2026-10-01: 75 new negative2026-10-02: 231 new positive2026-10-02: 64 new negative2026-10-03: 238 new positive2026-10-03: 84 new negative2026-10-04: 294 new positive2026-10-04: 67 new negative2026-10-05: 289 new positive2026-10-05: 79 new negative2026-10-06: 483 new positive2026-10-06: 120 new negative2026-10-07: 205 new positive2026-10-07: 67 new negative2026-10-08: 189 new positive2026-10-08: 53 new negative2026-10-09: 206 new positive2026-10-09: 74 new negative2026-10-10: 230 new positive2026-10-10: 47 new negative2026-10-11: 222 new positive2026-10-11: 67 new negative2026-10-12: 226 new positive2026-10-12: 79 new negative2026-10-13: 198 new positive2026-10-13: 67 new negative2026-10-14: 159 new positive2026-10-14: 50 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$9.992021-02-022026-10-142021-02-02 — best price $19.992021-07-16 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $17.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-08-19 — best price $13.992022-11-18 — best price $13.992022-12-06 — best price $13.992023-01-20 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-01-22 — best price $11.992024-03-05 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-10-22 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $9.992026-04-18 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-26 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6.5k2982026-05-13 — 339 pageviews2026-05-17 — 324 pageviews2026-05-21 — 324 pageviews2026-05-25 — 377 pageviews2026-05-29 — 317 pageviews2026-06-02 — 298 pageviews2026-06-06 — 350 pageviews2026-06-10 — 702 pageviews2026-06-14 — 492 pageviews2026-06-18 — 330 pageviews2026-06-22 — 407 pageviews2026-06-26 — 370 pageviews2026-06-30 — 397 pageviews2026-07-04 — 469 pageviews2026-07-08 — 400 pageviews2026-07-12 — 404 pageviews2026-07-16 — 449 pageviews2026-07-20 — 419 pageviews2026-07-24 — 440 pageviews2026-07-28 — 413 pageviews2026-08-01 — 433 pageviews2026-08-05 — 421 pageviews2026-08-09 — 452 pageviews2026-08-13 — 420 pageviews2026-08-17 — 463 pageviews2026-08-21 — 458 pageviews2026-08-25 — 494 pageviews2026-08-29 — 577 pageviews2026-09-02 — 786 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,062 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6,538 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3,175 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,890 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,602 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,589 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1,371 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,326 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1,019 pageviews2026-10-12 — 951 pageviews2026-10-13 — 977 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

25k1.7k2026-09-30 18:12 — 10,846 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 9,344 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 8,200 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 14,640 viewers2026-10-02 03:12 — 14,088 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 8,455 viewers2026-10-02 21:12 — 7,368 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 7,131 viewers2026-10-03 16:12 — 6,756 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 8,142 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 17,572 viewers2026-10-04 21:12 — 9,871 viewers2026-10-05 08:12 — 2,104 viewers2026-10-05 16:12 — 9,418 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 10,261 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 6,094 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 23,579 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 6,438 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 7,207 viewers2026-10-07 22:12 — 16,767 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 5,224 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 18,917 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 3,860 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 13,629 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 9,028 viewers2026-10-10 12:12 — 3,139 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 14,122 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 4,670 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 11,696 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 4,242 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 11,905 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 4,015 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 5,856 viewers2026-10-13 23:12 — 3,803 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 5,662 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 13,622 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeStereo Sound1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Ukrainian, Italian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvECo-opSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureDifficultMythologyOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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