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Sons of Valhalla
Developer Pixel Chest
Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England. From the Steam store page
184 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
62
Fresh
111 positive · 67 negative
95% range 55–69%
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| Steam reviews | 111 | 67 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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6 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
663 of 996 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 184 · most liked firstNew update is awful, although I applaud the devs for trying something new and allowing the old mode to still be played, they have stated the old mode is not going to be worked on anymore the new one is the focus and its terrible. All the building aspect is near enough gone and a junk time limit is forced. Time limits are just a poor devs arbitrary way of enforcing balancing when they dont have the skill to do so , and a player should never be paying money to be told how long they are allowed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the entire game in ten hours. If I could go back in time, I wouldn't spend money on it. I hoped it would be a more complex version of the Kingdom series of games, since I love strategy builders. But Sons of Valhalla is more of a 2D action arcade game. The building, command, and strategy aspects of the game are repetitious, and you can beat each level with the same strategy of catapults protected by you and a shield wall. On top of that, the campaign ending is a cliff hanger, setting up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended if you've got this game for less than 5€/5$. But hence the base price is 20€!! (as of writing this review) i do not recommend for that price. The base premise of the game has so much potential, but sadly devs couldn't tap this goldmine. It's literally just slightly advanced version of an old flash-game. And as it's priced at ridiculous 20€ i will review it as such: Current version is very lazy mutation of kingdom and bad north. Sounds great, and is almost great but nope. And…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate to base my opinion of one game on my experience with another, but the only reason I got this game is that it looks like it takes a lot of inspiration from the Kingdom series. The short way to describe this game to me would be - Kingdom, but a MOBA instead of a Tower Defence game. A one-dimentional MOBA is what Sons Of Valhalla feels like for the most part. You walk back and forth around in your camp, gather supplies, prepare your army and then attack and conquer the enemy bases one by…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I beat this game on the hardest difficulty possible, not having ever played it before. It took me a little over 11 hours. Quite frankly, I saw this game on Summer Games Fest, it looked exactly like what I wanted the Kingdom games to be. Especially after seeing how far Kingdom: Two Crowns went. A Kingdom style game where you get to fight yourself and not only that, but also over the course of a full campaign. That's what I was hoping for, like a lot of other people... And like all those other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game feels more like a 3-4 dollar game than a 20. Frankly, I've played flash games that had more to them than this. Anyone remember Stick War? https://www.crazygames.com/game/stick-war Might as well just play this instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gave it a good go, feels like a worse Kingdom: Two Crowns. Just get that instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you know when you sometimes wish you could make a neutral review on steam? Well, this game warrants that for me as well. It is nothing ground breaking and very repetitive, the game loop is just not *that* fun. But you *can* enjoy it. The price for the content is too steep for me, since I was finished in short under 6 hours and they want 20 bucks for it, yikes. Only to get mildly entertained... Thumbs down for me because of that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was hoping for Kingdom-style gameplay which it is not. Got bored super quick. Maybe just not for me...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steam Deck User This games is labelled as a strategy game, but its really more like an Action RPG; I was expecting much more in terms of strategy options compared to its previous tittles such as kingdom. Pros: *Beautiful pixel art scenery with unique character sprites. Ranking 3/3 *Background music is decent. Ranking 2/3 *It nails offensive military strategy. Ranking 3/3 *Storyline is decent with a clear goal set in mind. Rescue the damsel in distress while fighting odd characters along the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished this game already — the content is very little. Only 3 stages, and there’s nothing new after that. Compared to the price, it’s really not worth it. No New Game+ either. The game feels kind of like Kingdom, but with far less content. In comparison, I can’t recommend buying it unless it’s at least 50% off. Looks good on the outside, but inside there’s almost nothing. i rated around 3/5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is pretty fun. Like many others have said, it's very similar to Kingdoms, just with more player focused interactions in terms of being able to attack. However, the game is WAAAAAAAAY too small to be at its price and it won't be gaining anymore attention from the devs. Once you get at a certain point in endless, you plateau early on and can basically stop playing because your troops will win it for you (yes endless does actually end at a certain point). I finished the game pretty…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sometimes Devs listen to what the people want. Unfortunately, Sometimes the wrong kind of people turn up first to play a game and make stupid and reckless suggestions which corrupt the gameplay dynamic. Well done you "gamers" who wouldn't know gameplay if it bit them on the arse. Devs - Your only getting a thumbs up (and going by the ratings, you could use it)because you only half listening to those "gamers" and kept the original idea under the beta branch. Thank fook I went straight to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really bad no creativity Just buy Kingdom Two Crowns
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay is unbalanced and boring IMHO, all you need to do is just wait to gather enough resources and then send all your units. So most of time you will just wait to rectruit troops and that's all. The graphic and settings are quite nice, but that's not enough to give a positive review. Also the story is a bit weird. It portrays the Vikings as warriors without negative characteristics, while making the English into first-rate bad guys who just deserve to be plundered.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just like your father, this game is severely troubled, but ultimately okay. And since you don't choose your family, but you can choose your video games, I suggest getting it on discount. There is some fun there, but you have to be ready. Breakdown: This versus Kingdom Comparison with the obvious inspiration is inevitable. First off, Kingdom's design is elegant, minimalistic, and it knows what it wants to achieve. It has clear limitations. SoV tries to do more in some aspects, without having a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please consider following my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41005226/]Curation page. I cover a wide range of genres both paid and unpaid, providing unbiased opinions as well as regular giveaway events. Another low effort replica with no fun twists You have seen it before. The same re-textured and dumbed-down, slowed-down, "Kingdom Two Crowns" gameplay that adds nothing new to the table, making it more or less a chore to continue playing for hours while you wait for resources to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I definitely think a review rating of "mixed" is accurate. It's pretty, it's short and the combat can be quite clunky. Not to mention (spoiler): The story ends on a cliffhanger, and with how this game was received it doesn't fill me with confidence that we will get a proper ending. It left me feeling a bit empty. Also, besides the fact that you build bases and the 2d side-on with water in the front, it doesn't really feel like the Kingdom series.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice visuals, story is okay, nothing deep, nothing that keeps you playing. Gameplay is ok for the first hour, then it is quiet repetitive. There are five stages, each following the same scheme: a couple of enemy bases to conquer. No new strategies required, no new elements except some perks you can collect. You just repeat the same thing over and over again. It's just grinding.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those "I wish I could give it a neutral rating" games. I'm grudgingly giving it a thumbs up since I feel like I did get my money's worth out of it (I bought it on sale.) The graphics are really nice if you like pixel art. It's not even pretending not to steal Kingdom's presentation style, which is fine by me! The gameplay is different than Kingdom's in various ways, but also less interesting in various ways. Combat is the main activity, and upgrading buildings and training…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kingdom Two Crowns was an amazing game. It had a mesmerizing atmosphere which was just really nice to be immersed in. I expected the same vibe and experience from sons of valhalla, but it just wasn't. There was no magic or lure to it. They could have done so much with the norse mythology, but this was underwhelming. The story was lame, and the gameplay was too easy. This was also a super short game compared to the kingdom two crowns. I finished the whole game in less than 9 hours.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sons of Valhalla is a fun Metroidvania game is a fun one, and I definitely had some fun. The plot is fairly simple. The main character has to get his wife back, and pursues things, even after he died. The voice actors are great and did a good job bringing people to life. Combat is fun and easy, to master, and the system building bases, hiring mercenaries and kill the enemies. Side scrolling is quite nice and not necessarily bad. Just that it is short enough that it still is quite fun. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I truly want to like this game, but its a short game for one, and the players have been waiting almost a year for a content update that is alleged to rework the campaign and increase how much the game can be replayed. Sadly after announcing said rework the devs have gone radio silent for their steam community unless its to make empty promises that said update is coming, minimum is they could give status updates about what they are working on but they don't they just say give me your money the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Perfect ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ Very stylized ☐ They're what they should be for what the game is ☐ MS Paint could make something better ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Fantastic ☑ Excellent ☐ Perfect ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Meh ☐ Bad, but playable ☐ Just go watch paint dry ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Amazing ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not to bad ☐ Alright ☐ Bad ☐ My ears are bleeding ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Babies ☑ Young kids ☑ Young…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not the worst game in the world, but ridiculously overpriced. This is a fairly brief and grindy game. I played on hard difficulty, and completing it took me just over 12 hours. There are 6 levels in the main campaign, and a bonus stealth mission. This game is quite easy as long as you remember to upgrade your soldiers and your character. Enemies are rarely a serious threat to you, including the bosses. Every level follows the same pattern: you start at the left side of the map, and you have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"accidentally clicked "restart level" on the menu and it immediately undid my entire progress on a level. not sure why there's not a "are you sure?" for quitting the game or restarting the level. crazy oversight that just made me waste two hours of my life, of a time I was actually quite proud of grinding out. all just gone, poof. cause I misclicked" - original review and it still stands. but having beat the game and played a bit of the Horde mode, the gameplay loop is addictive. can be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most definitely not worth the 20 dollar price tag. Story is short. The game play monotonous. Most certainly not what i was hoping to play for the price. Much let down. I persisted through each level only to find out its lacking content. The campaign is short. The two other modes do not make up for the lack of campaign content. The Bosses are boring. hit, dodge, repeat, every one. literally just 2D Dark souls roll through their attacks.which are telegraphed minutes before ever being a threat.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall, the game is playable, the bugs aren't too bad (very few), and the game is what it says it is: a base building action roguelite. Buuuuut.... This game is shallow. There's 5 basic levels and you rinse/repeat the same strategem to defeat each level. Build order is roughly the same, unit types should be roughly the same, enemies, albeit with some slight variation in type, die roughly the same with the same amount of effort. If you beat the first level, just know that the next 4…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sons of Valhalla ”My Name is Thorald Olavson ” Side scrolling combat with base building and a narrative driven story. Its not overly complex but this is their first title and its pretty good. The artwork and sound is very nice and everything is voice acted as well. The game-play loop is satisfying and doesn't overstay its welcome and needlessly pad itself out. Had they dragged it out and padded it up it could have dragged a little. A great little indie title and I'll be interested to see…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost a perfect game. I loved the pixel art animation and the fact that the entire game is voice acted was not a detail I overlooked. Wow! A real masterpiece. Cant wait for the DLC or sequel. I want to see more units and building types in the future to further diversify gameplay. A jump mechanic would be nice as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →extremely repetitive and boring gameplay. doesn't have any good story. any money given more then single dollar is waste.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely boring and repetitive abandon ware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not much to do, just go from left to right and fight or destroy stuff. Wait for army/resources to generate meanwhile, very repetetive quite soon
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ riding on the coat-tails of Kingdom Two Crowns. There are better ways to waste your money. Like lighting it on fire.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →would i recommend this game?? hard to say. i like the premise. i like the character Thorald Olavson. his ideas of honour, bravery and chivalry. the voice acting is really good! runes are cool, and how they give you magic powers. the boss fights are cool. But honestly? most of the time i'm playing the campaign? I'm just sitting in my fortress waiting :/ waiting until i have enough resources to upgrade my troops to level 3. and then bulldozing the enemy with archers and catapults.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant recommend this unfortunately. it seems to hit all the marks on the surface but doesnt have any gameplay depth. the female rogue section made me quit.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This desperately needs balance. Almost fully upgraded sword doing next to no damage to literally anything, including barricades. An arrow tho? Absolutely obliterates everything with no upgrades. Your units will do more damage, take more damage, and have more stamina than you. Runes make no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sense in their tiers and I often find normal runes way more valuable than rare or epic runes. The game is constantly telling me to upgrade my units to be competitive but they're already almost…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sons of Valhalla? A Viking Saga of Conquest and Repetition! (ฅ'ω'ฅ) "Embark on a pixel-art journey of vengeance and discovery, but be wary of the monotony that may lay ahead." Intro : Sons of Valhalla positions itself ambitiously in the gaming landscape, merging side-scrolling combat with base-building mechanics against the rich backdrop of the Viking Age. Players step into the boots of Thorald Olavson, vowing revenge against a treacherous Jarl in a narrative that promises raids, conquest,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wishlisted it in hopes that it would be a better and more complex version of the Kingdom series. But Sons of Valhalla is more of a 2D action arcade game than a strategy game. Not for me. 3/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →too little content, I beat the main story in like 3-3.5 hours, second boss was the only real fight some of the mini bosses were harder to deal with than the bosses. BUGS one boss I assumed was bugged out because he kept calling in help and they would just stand there not doing anything, in the second game mode it bugged out and wouldn't let me move, upon restart it put me back at the beginning so never finished that. if you enjoy the game-play the survival mode might give you some extra…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A little bit simple but but a lot of fun. Similar style to Kingdom but more action based.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I installed this games because it reminds me of two crowns. Although the runes are a fun and creative idea (power-ups) the rest of the gameplay is boring, repetitive and the units on your ¨army" don't work properly, they don't follow commands for example.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sons of Valhalla is an ambitious indie title that tries to merge the immediacy of side-scrolling combat with the depth of base building and strategy, all wrapped in a striking Viking setting. The game follows Thorald Olavson, a warrior who sets out across the sea after his village is destroyed and his beloved taken. His pursuit of vengeance is fueled by Odin himself, who grants him resurrection at the cost of precious runes, giving each death a tangible weight. The narrative may not break new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings about the game; it has appealing aesthetics but limited gameplay depth, offering a repetitive experience similar to the strategy game Kingdom, but lacking dynamic elements. I would give a balanced review of 5/10 recommending it to genre fans despite its flaws, though I feel it's on the cusp of a negative review due to its repetitive nature
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact that this game is receiving mixed reviews is not very fair in my opinion. This is a good game. I may have not played that much, but playing the first part, I have a feel for how the game is. The pixel art is beautiful, you can tell the devs put a lot of effort into it. If you like games like Kingdom: Two Crowns, this is very similar, except that you can fight. The difficulty in my opinion is just right to be engaging but not too challenging when you play it on normal. The only…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun short indie game, definitely a recommend for anyone who wants to play a light side-scrolling version of an RTS with a simple story. It took me a little over 5 hours to beat, and I highly enjoyed the gameplay loop. I think if it were longer that the loop would get old, but the game is the perfect length and each area gives you a small change to how you should approach your strategy towards the end goal.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I see the appeal and if I had lots of time I needed to waste this would be a decent pick, if you like side scroll games, with lack of story depth, mediocre voice acting, and rinse and repeat fighting and building then this may be a game for you. Not for me but maybe for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Personally, my opinion would be a neutral vote. Its an "ok" game, it has some pros and cons. It seems like it could have some potential, and I did enjoy building up my skill set, upgrades, the units, and buildings. I didn't mind the 75 wave scenario (became a bit of a joke after doing the same thing over and over) and the escape scenario was ok. I tried to challenge myself for the heck of it and beat it on hard and hell modes. My biggest complaint would probably be that 2nd boss in the game,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →awsome game just i suck at the other sneaky campaign after the main campaign so i gave up lo but all in all if you like battles plus build camps and boss fights this be up ur alley 🤘
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Music and sound design is solid. Voice work is good enough. It's a very pretty world, but! Two major flaws that need addressed. The bosses are the most obnoxious and tedious messes imaginable. The "base building" element is just as deep as the effort put in to the bosses. A mud puddle. upgrading all your resource buildings is pointless, or building multiples of them. You can easily beat the first two villages in each stage alone. And save you troop buildings for the third village. It's like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished in a few playing hours, and can honestly say, the gameplay becomes repetitive and dull, with absolutely no challenge whatsoever. The story is laughable at best (I mean, c'mon it doesn't take a history buff to notice the ridiculousness literally in the opening sequence). The combat seemed promising at first, but your sword quickly becomes useless, as does shield and, well, strategy altogether. Save yourself some dough and move on, unless it is on heavy, heavy discount, and even then, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neat concept, but there really isn't much gameplay in this. Ran through the entire game in ~2 days, and there's nothing to really warrant a replay. Kingdom is still way better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a delightful game that is definitely worth your time! The overall experience is engaging, but I did find the section where you play as Raya to be a bit dull. Despite this, my desire to complete the game and add it to my collection of 100% cleared titles kept me going. One of the standout features is the horde rounds, which were quite challenging at first. However, once I developed a strategy, I found them to be much more manageable. This shift from difficulty to ease made the gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →trailers made the game look good enough to try, the "kingdom" dna is obvious in the design and visuals, and the combat seems to take inspiration from the souls series, but the actual gameplay was outright boring and within 30 minutes i felt i had played everything the game would offer. fights feel hollow and lack feedback, the runes that improve you and your units don't actually feel that useful, voice acting also took me out of it, making what story there is difficult to give a damn about; if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried it. Mmmmno. Theres something missing in this game. If you played two crowns before and played this? Incomparable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Personally really fun game it has big potential and really great work so far but i wish to see some more dialogue in the future and in my opinion the early bosses were at little bit to easy so maybe make bosses harder overall and please i got so disappointed when i saw the enemy having spear/sheild units and i couldnt have it please add so you can have spear/shield units and more units overall :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good example how to take simple and enjoyable formula from Kingdom series and turn it into clumsy, unnecessarily complicated and just ugly game. The art style is not even meh, it's pathetically weak. Story and voices are not worth mentioning. The optimization is arguably the most frustrating aspect of SoV. The gameplay is actually above mediocre, but the balance kills any form of joy and immersion: the Hel difficulty makes 1st and 2nd missions painfully hard to beat, but starting with 3rd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look at player's game time who have most helpful positive reviews. All 10 hours or less which is the extent of campaign. At time of this posting I'm at 7 hours on hard difficulty and found little interest in completing this game over the past week since release. It's pretty dull and boring once you get the mechanics down. Face value is as come as it comes to Kingdoms the appearance of it, underneath it's a boring grind where you one shot enemies to farm coin and quickly overtake villages.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has me feeling mixed but I will have to not recommend it at the $20 price point. The game has its charming artstyle and the viking theme which is always positive. Obviously ti is drawing heavily from the kingdom series in its gameplay. While the game is entertaining its hard to say its fun. its pretty repetitive and the combat isn't super interesting. The melee combat is basically a death sentence if you get anywhere near a mob of enemies, which makes sense as the game wants you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR: Do not buy the game! You are getting scammed! This is the worst game I have ever bought and during the first five minutes I knew I’m going to refund it. I don’t think I have ever refunded the game. From the first seconds you open the game you feel it’s unfinished. It looks OK but you get this eerie feeling that there’s something wrong with it. It does not look inherently bad but it looks simply.. cheap. Unpolished. More than it looks unfinished it feels unfinished. The tutorial…
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