Valheim

About Valheim

Valheim is an open-world survival and exploration game set in a procedurally generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Playing alone or with up to nine other players, you explore dangerous biomes, gather resources, craft weapons and armour, build Viking settlements and longships, and battle powerful creatures and bosses in order to prove yourself worthy of Odin.

Iron Gate Studios's Valheim is a role-playing game, published by Coffee Stain Publishing. It arrived in September 2026 and is playable on Xbox Series X|S, Linux, and Nintendo Switch 2. It is played in third person.

The game is filed under single player, action, multiplayer, and co-operative.

Across Shelv it is held in 3 member libraries. It is most often saved alongside Stardew Valley, Fallout 4, and The Elder Scrolls Online. Its Metacritic score is 90 and it carries a T rating.