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Valheim

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

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

17,925
playing now
94%
positive of 541k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,399
twitch viewers (latest)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (293 ratings)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 83% recommend
25h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 45h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

17,925 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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

Healthy
  • · 17,925 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19,744 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,468/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (108,970 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 11M–24M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 540,999 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 38 of 39 observed days (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: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29k7.3k2026-08-06 16:00 — 17,934 players2026-08-07 01:00 — 14,636 players2026-08-07 10:00 — 9,813 players2026-08-07 19:00 — 18,923 players2026-08-08 04:00 — 14,396 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 18,000 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 21,998 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 12,244 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 25,540 players2026-08-10 01:00 — 17,330 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 9,965 players2026-08-10 19:00 — 22,806 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 11,227 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 14,037 players2026-08-11 22:00 — 16,150 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 15,913 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 8,165 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 18,300 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 15,130 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 9,292 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 21,724 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 10,454 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 13,776 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 15,323 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 7,326 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 17,165 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 13,769 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 12,823 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 24,775 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 18,027 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 8,468 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 21,170 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 13,191 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 12,169 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 18,381 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 7,889 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 16,277 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 14,322 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 17,925 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#90#1002026-08-062026-08-272026-08-06 — #902026-08-07 — #902026-08-08 — #902026-08-09 — #902026-08-10 — #902026-08-11 — #902026-08-12 — #902026-08-17 — #972026-08-18 — #972026-08-19 — #982026-08-20 — #1002026-08-21 — #1002026-08-23 — #1002026-08-24 — #972026-08-25 — #972026-08-26 — #982026-08-27 — #98
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
82822026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 59 new positive2026-08-07: 1 new negative2026-08-08: 59 new positive2026-08-08: 13 new negative2026-08-09: 53 new positive2026-08-09: 6 new negative2026-08-10: 65 new positive2026-08-10: 12 new negative2026-08-11: 52 new positive2026-08-11: 8 new negative2026-08-14: 41 new positive2026-08-14: 4 new negative2026-08-15: 57 new positive2026-08-15: 3 new negative2026-08-16: 60 new positive2026-08-16: 8 new negative2026-08-17: 81 new positive2026-08-17: 6 new negative2026-08-18: 53 new positive2026-08-18: 2 new negative2026-08-19: 69 new positive2026-08-19: 5 new negative2026-08-20: 65 new positive2026-08-20: 8 new negative2026-08-21: 64 new positive2026-08-21: 11 new negative2026-08-22: 59 new positive2026-08-22: 5 new negative2026-08-23: 59 new positive2026-08-23: 4 new negative2026-08-24: 46 new positive2026-08-24: 5 new negative2026-08-25: 70 new positive2026-08-25: 7 new negative2026-08-26: 47 new positive2026-08-26: 3 new negative2026-08-27: 51 new positive2026-08-27: 1 new negative2026-08-28: 63 new positive2026-08-28: 1 new negative2026-08-29: 64 new positive2026-08-29: 5 new negative2026-08-30: 82 new positive2026-08-30: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$9.992021-02-022026-08-262021-02-02 — 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 $19.992026-08-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k2852026-05-13 — 339 pageviews2026-05-16 — 335 pageviews2026-05-19 — 337 pageviews2026-05-22 — 336 pageviews2026-05-25 — 377 pageviews2026-05-28 — 285 pageviews2026-05-31 — 348 pageviews2026-06-03 — 336 pageviews2026-06-06 — 350 pageviews2026-06-09 — 893 pageviews2026-06-12 — 445 pageviews2026-06-15 — 441 pageviews2026-06-18 — 330 pageviews2026-06-21 — 410 pageviews2026-06-24 — 372 pageviews2026-06-27 — 481 pageviews2026-06-30 — 397 pageviews2026-07-03 — 483 pageviews2026-07-06 — 421 pageviews2026-07-09 — 443 pageviews2026-07-12 — 404 pageviews2026-07-15 — 401 pageviews2026-07-18 — 615 pageviews2026-07-21 — 420 pageviews2026-07-24 — 440 pageviews2026-07-27 — 453 pageviews2026-07-30 — 314 pageviews2026-08-02 — 401 pageviews2026-08-05 — 421 pageviews2026-08-08 — 396 pageviews2026-08-11 — 408 pageviews2026-08-14 — 390 pageviews2026-08-17 — 463 pageviews2026-08-20 — 453 pageviews2026-08-23 — 605 pageviews2026-08-24 — 532 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.8k2552026-08-17 05:12 — 2,394 viewers2026-08-17 11:12 — 2,908 viewers2026-08-18 06:12 — 1,868 viewers2026-08-19 16:12 — 4,226 viewers2026-08-20 17:12 — 3,852 viewers2026-08-22 06:12 — 2,598 viewers2026-08-22 12:12 — 3,657 viewers2026-08-22 19:12 — 4,876 viewers2026-08-24 10:12 — 3,754 viewers2026-08-24 16:12 — 5,371 viewers2026-08-25 12:12 — 2,681 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2,475 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 456 viewers2026-08-27 10:12 — 2,189 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 4,323 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 1,172 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 581 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 255 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 2,131 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1,220 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 2,475 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 601 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 539 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 2,447 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 2,539 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 540 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 751 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,399 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…

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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