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Game
Game2023
Land of the Vikings
Developer Laps Games
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál! From the Steam store page
187 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon, Bluesky) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
47
Mixed
87 positive · 97 negative
95% range 40–54%
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| Steam reviews | 87 | 97 | 0 |
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| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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3 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,670 of 2,272 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 187 · most liked firstLand of the Vikings STILL has the same game breaking bugs like warehouse workers becoming permanently idle when warehouse is full and not transferring resources to production buildings like blacksmith > therefor weapons, tools and shields aren't being produced and the game progression halts right there. It's absolutely frustrating, when you put plenty of hours to build the end game town and bugs like this occur without ANY fix or workaround. Every game like this has the same game breaking bugs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT: I am reducing this to a 2/5 because this is clearly abandoned in a very unfinished and incomplete state. this is somewhat thrown together roughly and it's clear they don't really take fanservice and feedback into consideration. what do i mean? -limited, repetitive events with dead ends -lazy political and raid system - can't even be bothered to seperate explorations and raids with a unique screen. -setting up trade is a boring chore -gold is useless, and you can't grow vegetables - and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad, buggy, boring And on top of that want to make you pay for a DLC on a base game that is not finished by a longshot But rest assured they've recently added a button allowing to come back to the center of your village....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is still in a beta state and the devs have basically abandoned this game. No new updates have been uploaded since last year and they recently released a new game, so basically no work force has been put into this game anymore. Do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not finished and very buggy. The devs do not seem to respond and the discord is completely dead. Do not buy this even at the discount. I should have paid more attention to the reviews. My bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun yet unfinished game. Game is also abandoned for their nEw gReAT gAmE. Don't buy, it's abandoned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are so many bugs that will ruin your cities. There's no fixes for anything and you just have to be lucky enough not to hit them. Not worth it for the price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game quite a bit ago and have some time in it. I uninstalled it because so many bugs and no updates for over a year. Honestly, it seems like the developers abandoned this game...if they start fixing things and offering updates, I may reinstall. It's frustrating to see a game I was really excited for be treated like this..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is okay, but there are just so many other games like this that are so much better. Biggest disappointments include: * When you go raiding, you are not actually going on a visual battle that you see. It just tells you that you have arrived and gives you some prompts on what your actions are going to be. You don't ever see any real fighting. * No planning needed for defenses. Personally, it doesn't matter where you place your battlements. If you place a tower, it gives you the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been waiting on this game to be finished. To be playable, because of all the bugs it has, not to mention the lack of features that would make it worth playing. And NOW they are begging us to buy their new game. Nope, I don't trust companies that do that. Space Engineers pulled that crap on us with Medieval Engineers. We learned our lesson. Never trust a company that has shady practices.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately the devs didn’t address a number of bugs brought up during Early Access and it appears to now be a dead game. Meaning no apparent updates and Devs have vanished from Discord, as have most of the people on there. I would only recommend this game if it is on DEEP, 90% or higher, discount. It isn’t worth the non sale price with all of the bugs and just clunky game play. Edit: Wanted to add a few bugs ive run into since Early Access that have not been addessed 1: If you click on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks like abandonware. Another average concept meets vastly below average execution. The "dilemma/scenario" events have like the same 3 choices for every event, and there's like 4 events total. No balancing at all. The game is a cake walk. No scratch that, cake walks have value and purpose. This does not.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been around since early access — 49 hours in at launch. Took a break to let the dev cook. Updates were steady for a while, but fast forward to early 2025… it's been quiet. Last DLC felt off, and the dev’s been MIA. I don’t mind supporting early access, but only if I know it’s still alive. Right now, it’s a gamble. If things change, I might be back — but for now, take this review with a grain of salt.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned game. Don't buy anything from Laps Games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My expectation was a bit higher but sadly it's just another cheap, run of the mill city builder
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grabbed the game for a few bucks on a Steam sale & would probably be upset if that wasn't the case. There's a few decent things about the city builder part which are okay, but the list of bad things is endless. So many little QoL things completely ignored on this game, bad UI interactions, lots of little 'glitches.' With 100 city builders to choose from, this one shouldn't be high on the priority list to play. Overall, 4/10 rating & can't recommend
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned by the devs Who have moved on to other projects while pretending to care about this game. Not calling it a cash grab but it's not far away tbh.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to enjoy this. It looks nice, starts off well but it's a big basic. Chickens don't produce eggs... wheat fields seem to make 30 wheat whereas barely makes 250 and fills up the granary. Farmers keep planting more barely against my instructions.... I was persevering until I got a bug where the camera would permanently scroll no matter what i pressed. Even a restart and re-load didn't fix it. Gave up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More Abandonware. Devs moved on to another game to grab your cash.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It used to be good, but now its just gotten laggy, for some reason theres only one resolution option, and changing building menus in the game causes it to freeze up
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So Nah, here's a lil Rating and then i'll explain: Graphics: 7/10 Gameplay: 5/10 Difficulty: 2/10 Replay value: 4/10 Price: 1/10 Game Length: 2/10 Fun: 2/10 All: 3,2/10 The Game is fun, at the start. You have to figure out how to do this or that. The gameplay principle is actually pretty cool, but really poorly implemented. After a while the game just gets too boring because it drags on a lot, for example: hey, you want the shipyard? Well then just wait about 50 minutes until you have the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game felt slow and uneventful—it didn’t really pull me in for hours, so to speak. It’s fun to try, but I couldn’t see myself getting fully into it. The mechanics are simple to understand, and the graphics are pleasant, but overall it lacked the engagement I was hoping for. Try the demo first!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not sure what people are upset about. The game is clearly an indie game that is its a bit rough around the edges in many places that said it does work, I had no crash issues or similar in my play-through so far. Its pretty, the mechanics are interesting enough that I will be back but ya its well worth the price, its no City Skylines or Anno but its also not trying to be I don't think. Its just a very solid colony sim with a Nordic theme and a few interesting but not ground breaking little…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely unfinished and seemingly abandoned game, yet the developers see no problem in releasing a paid DLC.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like Manor Lords but easier to understand. Plus, it has a complete tutorial on how everything works. The aesthetics are good. Unfortunately, it doesn't really have actual combat mechanics. It has more of an RNG table top combat system where you weigh your forces against theirs and pick some tactical actions you want to make. Otherwise, it is a solid economy/town building simulator, and it really reminds me a lot of Dawn of Man.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game very broken. Wasted 10 bucks cause it was on sale read the reviews first folks don't be dumb like me!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfinished............but give them more money for the New game they haven't Finished...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not really interesting. It is Banished, but with a Viking theme and more bugs and less content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent 2010s viking age village survival sim, if your idea of vikings is a society living on a terrace-shaped coastline in stone houses in the middle of an earthquake region. Oh, and it's actually from 2023, in spite of its graphics. Essentially, it's a less well functional version of "life is feudal - forest village". Many functions are missing (like terraforming, clay, first person view...), raids and warrior training were added, as well as god's statues (which don't seem to do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →keep you're money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got bored quickly. Doesn't seem to have much depth. The "choices" seem to just have random consequences that dont really matter.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the basic idea of the game but i have some issues that im not sure they can resolve them: - The gameplay is mostly linar. There is not a high amount of variation. - There are no real difficulty settings so after a short time there is no challange any more - The fighting system is yery intransparent so you have a lot of options but there is often no recognizable difference between them
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoyed Banished, then you might enjoy this game for a few hours. But it is VERY slow. You will likely play on the fasted speed until you can raid, which isn't very exciting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible game Buggy, boring and short on everything 100% stolen data and clap some vikingy stuff on visuals Battle mechanics are a coin toss where you see the odds but basicly changes nothing but filling up bar so its an succes or not. Easy and Lame. World events repeat over and over. Lost my Dagger BUUHUU. Win a cointoss defence battle perfectly? welp have some building far of inland burn down cause we dont know how to make a game. you travel nowhere....you pick a spot and stay there forever.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do enjoy this game and have played it for a while on and off. Once you get all the achievments there is nothing much to do though. Once you can go to war the game gets a bit more personality with the war system, but it's very repetative. Same earthquake that ruins 1/4 of your town every time and I still haven't figured out what the size of the animal pens does, just taking up space? The thrall system doesn't do much and at some point it just feels like I'm gathering materials just to have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended: Like mead in winter and therapy in summer—absolutely This game is like building IKEA furniture during a blizzard—with real Norse consequences. You came here for calm city-building. You stayed because wolves ate your lumberjack, your healer froze to death, and your chief blacksmith fell in love with a fisherman and refused to work until the stars aligned. Let me tell you about Astrid the Bone-Harp Maker. She wasn’t part of any tutorial. She just… showed up. One of those random…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, even through the bugs it has. However, the bigger my town got the more I found. Save and reload works on a few of them, but not the worst ones. The final straw was I spent many hours designing a mining operation zone, just to see my blacksmiths collect what they need for weapons and shields, stand there and do nothing, then the materials disappear, then they go collecting again, depleting all resources without ever making a single thing. Sending out trade…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game a lot. But... so many bugs, I have houses with smoke coming out of the chimney but when I click on the house it says no one lives there. This isn't just one house but ALL the Good Houses I built once I reached the tech. I can't tell how many houses are occupied and how many are actually empty. I load into my current save and I have tons of people complaining about housing. I reload and all of the people complaining disappear. I can't progress through the game at this point…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was having fun with this game until I ran across a serious bug. The tailor would consume resources but wouldn't actually produce anything. Can't make coats, armour, or anything. I temporarily managed a way around it by destroying my tailor building, and rebuilding it from scratch. This seemed to work, but after making about three winter coats, it started happening again; resources to make items (tried different ones) would be consumed, but nothing actually created, which was corroborated…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to like this game, and maybe it's for someone - but it's not me. The controllers are odd - such as hold Z and move your mouse to rotate. The objectives are unclear. "Increase Security" I made so many warriors and a few archers, and i still keep failing. "Build houses" I have built several, but it still fails. There is no indicator to tell me what my current objectives are, not that I can find, and no clue to how many things I need to do to finish the objective. I want to like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One can not send any reasonable sized army to loot NPC's. When sending the three ships allowed (30 crew) perhaps 10 get off the ship to attack severely limiting what one is to accomplish without annihilating your army. Gameplay seems slow despite building many buildings to acquire goods needed. Selling goods is highly limited. There are much better games that do what this game can attempt.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would not recommend this for the full price. Was able to 100% the achievements in 1 single free play game with 15.4hrs play time. About 1,5hr afk breaks. The game was playable and I did not run into real game breaking bugs. However the game does have many UI/control issues. It's an interesting game but there is no difficulty option, I've not played the other game mode, but with still so many UI bugs, I think I would only replay this game when those get fixed. When buying the game on -70% sale…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buy Manor Lord instead, unfinished while selling a DLC is outrageous
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't write reviews but have to in this case. The game is unfinished. Bug after bug after bug. I agree with others that the fact that they released paid DLC on top of a game that should be in beta at best is insulting and not at all worth any additional money. If the developer can't manage to resolve significant bugs in their main game before doing a money grab, they deserve to be put out of business. Was it fun despite bugs? Yeah, for a few hours, but that's it. This might as well be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shallow, boring, buggy, unfinished, abandoned, half-baked and just not worth my time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game starts off good, tapers off very quickly. money pit. Avoid this 'abandonware'
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I do not know what happened. I started this game a couple of weeks ago, and it was enjoyable. However, I started it again today, and it looks completely different. Something is broken, assignments do not work, and no buildings can be finished. Workers stand still most of time.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Constant black flickering on screen, whatever done to resolve is unsuccesfull.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a another good city-building strategy game. I love this style games. Pros: Beautiful Art Style and Atmosphere Customization and Freedom Historical and Mythological Themes Replayability Cons: Learning Curve Limited Combat Depth Bugs
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not great. pacing is actually one of the worst I ever saw in a settlement game. feels unfinished, unpolished, models dont look great, tech tree is dull and unnecessary, military buildings and functionality feels like an afterthought and some stuff are still bugged and seems like it wont get fixed. stay away, there are much, much better settlement builders on steam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More positive than neutral, but just barely. Pretty basic and similar to many other games of the same genre just with a Viking aesthetic. It's more of a chill and casual game. It can be entertaining for a few hours simply going for achievements to unlock, but there does not seem to be much depth. It is best enjoyed at full speed otherwise it is a lot of waiting and hoping workers do what you want them to or seasons pass by to accomplish certain objectives. Some of the more interesting unlocks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware. Avoid.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a buggy mess, don't bother with it. The bugs are so annoying, you need to learn how to tweak it only to make it functionnal. You're always worrying if your townsfolk are bugged.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is all potential and no delivery. It feels unfinished, the same 5 events happen repeatedly with exactly the same 2-3 choices, ending in exactly the same way. For example, one of the events is some villager being accused of stealing from another, and your options are to exile the guy, punish him, or investigate, and these choices rarely have consequences. The gods get pissed and send thunderstorms for no apparent reason; the events seem tied to nothing. Furthermore, every thunderstorm…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played 16 hours of this game to get almost everything done so I can truly say that I tried every part of it and not be lacking in my experience for this review. I also paid only 7-10ish USD on this while on sale. 1.5/10. good ideas that never materialized. lots of cool concepts that are paper thin and fall apart like 1 ply in a hurricane. Odin vowed to never harm Loki while he was in his court, and that's why Loki got a way with so much ♥♥♥♥. Odin would 100% smite this game under the same…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had to refund this game, due to camera being stuck on Birds Eye view after looking around the map, I use an Apple mouse so can scroll using the middle wheel and can’t press down. However… no option using the keyboard and no reference to a simple tilt option. What’s even more disappointing after using a.i and google searches this has been an issue for many players for a few years now. Why spend time and money building what looked like a great game to ignore a simple update.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got the issue, that at the i've opened the Tech-tree in the exact time as an info-window popped up. The game now showed me only the Tec-tree but without any chance to to anything - neither to go back or to select smth. Only way to 'go back' was to end the game via Task Manager and hours of progress were lost. Very sad, because the game itself is very satisfying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun, but there's not enough content to justify it unless you buy it while it's on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not optimized, unfinished game. do not recommend
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game feels unfinished and full of bugs What is really annoying is that the developers seem to have abandoned the game and moved on to a new one. It's in early access, which means that I won't even consider buying it. There is no way that I will pay nearly the price of the released game to participate in their beta testing (or anybody else's for that matter).
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