Huge, epic army battles
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Extremely impressive for its time massive scale battles that are simply badass.”
Steam review · 19.5 h played ↗
Viking: Battle for Asgard
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Mixed · 59%Mixed · 59%Creative Assembly, PC Port - Hardlight2012Hack and Slash · Action · Adventure
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A repetitive but fun 2008 console hack-and-slash with huge army battles and gory finishers, held back by a rough PC port. Skip it if you want polish, 60 fps or mouse and keyboard play.
Great for
Fans of Xbox 360-era hack-and-slash, Norse settings and big army battles, played on a controller and bought on sale
Main risk
Rough PC port (30 fps lock, crashes, launch failures on modern Windows) plus very repetitive gameplay
What players love
Nostalgic fun that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“this game has held a special place in my heart ever since I first played it on the xbox 360 all the way back in 2008 and it always will.”
Steam review · 39.1 h played ↗
Satisfying gory combat and finishers
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I can hack and slash for hours and each swing feels rewarding.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Fun with a controller and on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“old game but pretty enjoyable on the deck”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Shallow, clunky combat and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The combat is extremely simplistic, repetitive, and boring.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
30 fps lock and poor performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game is locked at 30 fps, but loading into the game it drops to 22 fps and this is on a 4090 with a 7950x3d.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Bad controls and console-port feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's not meant for keyboard and mouse. You cannot remap the keyboard bindings.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Repetitive gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game could have and should have ended after the first island. You just do the same damn thing three times over.”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗
Crashes and game-breaking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the game has uncrecoverable crashing, of which you cannot fix. I tried for 10 hours to fix the crashes after the Darkwater chapter”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
Won't launch on modern Windows
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Doesn't work on Win10. You should buy a PC of the vikings' time, I guess.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800 or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 8600 GS, Radeon 3400 or better
Storage6 GB HD space
Recommended
OSWindows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9400 GT, Radeon 4350 or better
Storage6 GB HD space
OSWindows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800 or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 8600 GS, Radeon 3400 or better
Storage6 GB HD space
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