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Viking: Battle for Asgard cover art

Viking: Battle for Asgard

Creative Assembly, PC Port - Hardlight · SEGA · 2012-10-17

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 25, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Mar 25, 2008 (Xbox 360), Oct 17, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fierce struggle is taking place within Asgard, the realm of the Norse Gods.

Viking: Battle for Asgard is a $14.99 Action and Adventure game released in 2012, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and Mixed (51% of 2402 reviews).

2
playing now
51%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 22h
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Viking: Battle for Asgard is a 2008 action adventure game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. Centered around Norse mythology, the game sees the player controlling Skarin, A Vikings and Freya's chosen champion, against the forces of the Goddess of Death Hel.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 96k–193k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,408 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.23 at Nuuvem (2015-03-17) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 55 of 82 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
752Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 59 · peak 170Mar 2013 — avg 18 · peak 86Aug 2013 — avg 19 · peak 63Jan 2014 — avg 13 · peak 35Jun 2014 — avg 12 · peak 48Nov 2014 — avg 9 · peak 39Apr 2015 — avg 14 · peak 53Sep 2015 — avg 23 · peak 82Feb 2016 — avg 48 · peak 389Jul 2016 — avg 17 · peak 46Dec 2016 — avg 12 · peak 31May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2018 — avg 12 · peak 40Aug 2018 — avg 8 · peak 18Jan 2019 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 52Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 20Apr 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.82$1.232015-01-012026-09-182015-01-01 — best price $3.212015-03-17 — best price $1.232015-06-18 — best price $15.822015-12-10 — best price $3.752016-02-27 — best price $10.042016-06-23 — best price $3.742016-12-19 — best price $14.992017-05-15 — best price $2.992017-09-13 — best price $14.992017-12-25 — best price $12.012018-05-07 — best price $3.742018-11-19 — best price $3.742019-06-26 — best price $3.742020-01-03 — best price $11.812020-03-17 — best price $13.392020-06-12 — best price $14.992020-07-20 — best price $13.392020-10-01 — best price $13.392020-11-07 — best price $13.392020-12-13 — best price $13.392021-01-20 — best price $14.992021-03-02 — best price $13.392021-04-10 — best price $14.992021-05-17 — best price $13.392021-12-03 — best price $13.392022-12-22 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $8.992024-10-07 — best price $3.442025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-07-11 — best price $13.302025-11-27 — best price $3.742026-03-04 — best price $12.592026-06-06 — best price $8.992026-09-18 — best price $3.33
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86242026-06-01 — 39 pageviews2026-06-05 — 86 pageviews2026-06-09 — 35 pageviews2026-06-13 — 59 pageviews2026-06-17 — 53 pageviews2026-06-21 — 50 pageviews2026-06-25 — 45 pageviews2026-06-29 — 33 pageviews2026-07-03 — 38 pageviews2026-07-07 — 64 pageviews2026-07-11 — 56 pageviews2026-07-15 — 53 pageviews2026-07-19 — 72 pageviews2026-07-23 — 63 pageviews2026-07-27 — 57 pageviews2026-07-31 — 36 pageviews2026-08-04 — 49 pageviews2026-08-08 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 53 pageviews2026-08-16 — 47 pageviews2026-08-20 — 44 pageviews2026-08-24 — 67 pageviews2026-08-28 — 49 pageviews2026-09-01 — 60 pageviews2026-09-05 — 60 pageviews2026-09-09 — 42 pageviews2026-09-13 — 60 pageviews2026-09-17 — 41 pageviews2026-09-21 — 26 pageviews2026-09-25 — 32 pageviews2026-09-29 — 38 pageviews2026-10-03 — 48 pageviews2026-10-07 — 24 pageviews2026-10-11 — 48 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
38.8%
earned "Viking Butcher"
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)22,93015%50
Steam (Steam)5,5139%50

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

RPGGoreActionFantasyVikingsStrategyAdventureMythologyAction RPGController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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