Valheim Download PC

Valheim is an upcoming survival and sandbox video game by the Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio. Published by Coffee Stain Studios, it was released in early access on 2 February 2021 for Windows and Linux on Steam. The game was developed by a five-person team, building on development work which Richard Svensson had undertaken as a side project in his spare time.

Gameplay

The premise of the game is that players are Vikings in an afterlife where they have to craft tools, build shelters and fight enemies to survive. The game uses stylized 3D graphics with a third-person perspective and a combat system inspired by action games. Co-operative gameplay with up to nine people and optional PvP gameplay are also supported.

There are multiple biomes available for the player as they progress throughout the game, ranging from meadows, black forest, swamp, mountains, plains, ocean, mistlands, deep north and ashlands. Each biome is unique and has its own difficulty level with different enemies, bosses and items. 

Combat ranges between close combat with both one and two-handed weapons, shields, and long range bows. Players can travel through the different biomes by either foot or boat, where the boats ranges from rafts to full Viking longships.

Valheim’sValheim’s early access release opens with a scrawl of red runes that slowly bleed into text. The Norse epic unfolds before you, as you are whisked away into another realm in the claws of a crow. Thunder and lightning sound around you before you are dropped into a familiar, yet somehow foreign, landscape. There is a sense of mystery and awe as the melodic score begins to play. You are here. You are in Valheim.

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