Are you worthy of entering Valhalla? You have been sent to Valheim, the 10th Norse world. Only by defeating the mighty beasts of these lands will you win the favor of the gods. This quest will take you to the far reaches of this world, from the deepest forest to the highest mountain peak.

Valheim is an open-world exploration survival game set in a vast procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by norse mythology and viking culture. Players are tasked with taking back the realm from the ancient enemies of Odin, building mead halls and castles, crafting weapons and armour, and sailing the seas in search of new horizons and win the favor of the gods.

Valheim is a game about exploring a huge fantasy world inspired by norse mythology and viking culture. You start your adventure at the relatively peaceful center of Valheim. The further from the center you travel, the more challenging the world becomes. But you will also find more valuable materials that you can use to craft deadlier weapons and sturdier armor. You will also build your own viking strongholds and outposts all over the world. Eventually you will build a mighty longship and sail the great oceans in search of exotic lands … but be wary of sailing too far...

Valheim is a huge procedurally-generated world, inviting players to explore lush forests, snow-topped mountain ranges and mystical meadows, all presented in striking Lo-Fi graphics. Valheim offers a dodge & block based combat system with a wide range of weapons for deathless vikings to battle primordial bosses of myth and legend. The viking adventure is playable solo, or with up to nine friends as no one wants to repeatedly face death alone. Between deaths, Valheim offers a flexible house and base building system, intuitive item crafting and ship building, and dedicated servers.

Coffee Stain Publishing and Iron Gate Studio announced that the Hearth & Home Early Access update will launch on September 16th with a feast of new features, by the will of the Allfather.

Revealed with an animated trailer that aired during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the open-world co-op survival game will be getting its first major update to bring a hoard of new content to the Norse afterlife.

The new trailer follows the solitary journey of a bold viking who has single-handedly slain the mighty Moder and now journeys back home. Upon his arrival, a lush feast awaits in the grand hall, giving fans a cinematic taste of one of the themes in the new Hearth & Home update: food! While players will have to wait until September 16th to find and experience all the new content first-hand, Valheim’s first major update focuses on enhancing the core base building and survival mechanics. Hearth & Home aims to give vikings even more tools to create the longhouse of their dreams and cook up a feast fit for an Aesir.

Several features introduced in Hearth & Home have already been revealed by the development team, including brand-new cooking extensions to introduce spice racks, butcher tables and pots and pans. The new tools complement the reworked food system that has not only introduced new recipes, but now gives players more interesting choices with an improved health and stamina system. 

The improved food system will have a significant impact on the core combat experience for players, allowing them to finely balance their Viking diet to suit their playstyle, while further changes to shields and blocking mechanics will give players even more epic battles for Bragi’s skalds to sing about. 

A treasure trove of new build pieces will also be added, including a literal treasure chest for Vikings to store their hard-earned gold - treasure inside a chest made out of treasure, by the Gods! Brand new window hatches and darkwood materials have also been previously revealed.

“One of the most exciting things we saw when we first opened the gates of Valheim was the incredible creativity of the community and we immediately wanted to give players even more power to express themselves and create the homestead of their dreams” said Henrik Törnqvist, co-founder of Iron Gate Studio. “Though it’s coming a little later than expected, the player base has been fantastic - understanding that we wanted to get Hearth & Home spot on - and in turn we’ve listened to our amazing community to keep building Valheim with them.”

Albert Säfström, CEO of Coffee Stain Publishing added: “As the first major update it was always important that Hearth & Home enhances the core gameplay that made fans fall in love with Valheim in the first place, all while adding new content and mechanics that give the game even more depth.

“While there’s plenty more to come from Valheim, it’s the first step into realising the full potential of this game through Early Access, and we’re so excited to see players experience it all when the update launches.”

Valheim is now available through Steam Early Access for $19.99.

Key features:

• Huge procedural world - explore and inhabit mystical lands, from imposing forests to vast snow topped mountain ranges and stunning meadows, complete with their own creatures of legend and wildlife to hunt and battle
• Flexible house and base building system - raise mead halls, farms, settlements outposts, castles and more.
• Intuitive item crafting - forge weapons and armour and craft food and mead worthy of skaldic verse
• Dodge & block based combat system with a wide range of weapons
• Build & sail ships - from Knarrs to imposing warships, build legendary vessels to traverse the seas and discover new lands
• Multiplayer (with focus on cooperation) - Valheim supports independent, player-hosted servers and unlimited world creation.
• Defeat bosses & collect trophies to progress and craft new powerful items

Valheim is in development for PC (Steam).