Land of the Vikings

So I really tend to enjoy city builders, however this one is stilted with multiple bottlenecks. First off, the fame system makes it difficult to advance technology with the only sure-fire way to get more is to keep building your settlement larger and larger (constrained by map size). That wouldn't be an issue except for the fact that your food is throttled quite severely and trying to keep up with it and only having limited usable land and to have to manually generate meat by selecting slaughter makes it tedious. Additionally the thrall mechanic doesn't work, so instead you now have this extra populace that is useless, prone to rebellion and just consumes food. All in all, this game was a wate of my money and honestly I had higher hopes. Better off just getting a whole different city builder game.

This game is buggy hell. I played a few times and now I tried to do 100%. I was close. So close. Around 660 and day 11 game just broke. Villagers were just spawning at main building, idle and die of starvation. What is funny, villagers were bugging at healing hut and dying of starvation. Population dropped to around 400 and I've managed to regrow it again to around 660/670, and then game broke again. Villagers are constantly idling, bugging, and wandering without any purpose. Now the village is buggy mess. When before everythin was working smoothly, now I suddenly ran out of food, beer and raw resources, because villagers are just doing nothing.

It is a little bare-boned, and lacks some depth in places, but I think on the balance this game is fine. As other reviews have stated, the atmosphere and attention to villiagers is nice. There are definately issues which are aluded to in other reviews, I don't think it outmatches the positives. All in all, lacks a little depth, but overall is fine. Not great, or even good, but its fine.

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.

Pacing isn't great and the game still has a lot of bugs.

Bought the game in october 2023 and the game is basically in the same state as it was at it was released. 10000 Bugs, no real content and the last update was in june 2025. Now they announced a new game called valorborn or something like that. Dont buy either Land of the Vikings or Valorborn guys

Nice game to make your own viking settlement. Don't expect too much thought.

Land of the Vikings honestly became one of those city builders where I constantly told myself I was “just improving the village layout a little,” and then suddenly spent two hours redesigning roads because my bakery apparently deserved better surroundings. What I really enjoy about the game is how alive and personal the settlement feels. Your villagers have skills, needs, moods, relationships, and jobs that actually matter, so the village slowly starts feeling like a real community instead of just a collection of buildings generating resources. The atmosphere is also fantastic. The seasonal changes, weather, music, and overall Viking setting create this really cozy survival feeling where the village looks peaceful most of the time… right until winter arrives and everyone starts depending on your planning skills to not freeze or starve. I also really like how progression works. You slowly expand from a tiny struggling settlement into a proper Viking town with farms, docks, workshops, trade routes, and advanced production chains. Every new building and unlock feels useful, and watching the village evolve over time is incredibly satisfying. One of my favorite mechanics though is actually how the storage upgrades work through decorations and village planning. Instead of simply upgrading storage through menus, you improve certain buildings by placing decorations and creating nicer surroundings around them. That means village design isn’t just cosmetic — layout and aesthetics actually matter mechanically too. I genuinely love this system because it encourages you to think ahead when planning your settlement. You don’t just throw buildings wherever they fit. You start leaving room around important structures for decorations, paths, greenery, and upgrades later on. It makes the village feel much more natural and organized compared to many city builders where efficiency usually turns settlements into industrial spaghetti disasters. And honestly, it creates this funny cycle where you start out focused on survival, but eventually become obsessed with making your village both efficient and beautiful at the same time. The management side is also really satisfying overall. Balancing resources, worker assignments, food production, storage, and winter preparation constantly kept me engaged without feeling overwhelmingly complicated. I also appreciated that the game stays fairly relaxing most of the time while still punishing bad planning decisions. A poorly prepared winter can absolutely humble you very quickly. That said, the game still has some rough edges and balancing issues here and there, especially with larger settlements. But the core gameplay loop is genuinely addictive enough that I kept wanting to improve and expand my village anyway. For me, Land of the Vikings is a really charming and immersive Viking settlement builder that mixes cozy village planning with meaningful survival mechanics — while somehow turning decorative planning and storage optimization into something I became weirdly emotionally invested in.

I like the format but dislike the lack of help in the beginning. I've had to go on YouTube and forward through lengthy videos. I'm still a beginner and almost stopped playing due to this.

I'm a real big fan of base building games. I've played so many that fit this particular style of builder and seeing a skill tree really made it seem like something I could get into. I saw thralls and didn't think too much about it. But then it outright gives you the quest called "Enslave!" like you're supposed to be real excited about slavery. No thanks. Didn't like it in Wartales. Didn't like it Fallout 3. Didn't like it in human history. Could have gone some magic route and said something like "these clay dolls were gifted to us by the gods" or something like that. They're already telling the story that gods are cursing or blessing your people based on your decisions so you can't say that wouldn't have been viable. I get it, they were Vikings and that happened. Not something that needs to be glorified.