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Lead a Viking settlement through seasonal hardship, assigning villagers, gathering resources, building freely, and unlocking new paths.
Released 09 Oct 2023
Build Gridless Villages
Match Vikings to Jobs
Stock Up for Winter
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!
Developed by Laps Games · Published by Iceberg Interactive
As the Jarl of a small Viking settlement, you guide its growth into a village. New settlers arrive over time, form families, and bring individual traits and skills that affect how they perform assigned work.
Gather wood, food, and ore; grow crops, hunt, fish, and build homes and workplaces. Balance supplies and labor as the seasons change, preparing food and firewood for winter and responding to storms, disasters, and other events.
Place buildings without a grid and shape the settlement to suit your plans. Spend Fame points in the Yggdrasil tech tree to unlock buildings and bonuses, then send ships on trade missions or lead raids using tactical choices.
Players who enjoy the game often like shaping a Viking village, assigning villagers with distinct traits, and managing its resources at a relaxed pace. Some also praise the setting and the freedom to place buildings. In this sample, other recurring comments describe slow or repetitive play, bugs, and a sense that the game feels unfinished.
Chop down trees, plant and grow crops, hunt wildlife, mine for ore, and fish from the surrounding seas and fjords. Manage your resources carefully to ensure you can outlast the harsh winters, and expand your settlement from season to season.
Each of your villagers is a unique character in their own right. With 20+ characteristics, your villagers might be powerfully built strong men and women or silver-tongued thespians. Pay attention to skills and abilities when assigning tasks to your people. Not all Vikings are alike, nor are they equally good at all jobs!
As your settlement grows, more Vikings will seek to join. You can choose to welcome them or turn them away. Over time, your Vikings will begin new families and give birth to new generations, extending their lineage and strengthening your settlement.
The land will bring many challenges to your settlement, from earthquakes to fire-starting lightning from Asgard. Unite your Vikings to withstand these disasters as best you can.
The seasons bring their own challenges, as do events and disasters. Be ready for storms, blizzards, or the long, deadly cold of the winter season. Prepare firewood and food stores to keep your Vikings warm and well-fed!
Your neighbors are an excellent resource for goods and gold. Once you build a Trade Dock, ships will visit you with various cargos. You can also send out your own trade missions, as long as you have enough villagers to crew the vessel - and enough beer to fuel the crew!
Any good Jarl will tell you that brute force is the best path to glory. Gather your Vikings and raid foreign villages to plunder their gold and silver, and gain Fame points. Train and strengthen your Vikings, and command them through the all-new battle system to ensure your victory, while defending your settlement from other villages!
As your settlement flourishes, Viking heroes will want to pledge their valor to your cause. These heroes will lead your troops into battle, inspiring confidence and providing other bonuses along the way.
No grids allowed! You can build wherever you want, designing your settlement as you see fit, and to increase your Vikings’ happiness. Construct monuments to Odin or Freya and customize the look of your Viking ships. You can even modify the look of houses with the Building Editor. This powerful in-game editor will allow you to build and personalize an unlimited number of buildings and decorations!
Unlock new buildings and bonuses by spending Fame points in the Tree of Life. Discover beer brewing and build a Tavern for your villagers to relax in. Invest in goat farming to gather wool and weave fabric for better clothes. As you create better quality living and resources, your Vikings will become healthier and happier, and your settlement will flourish!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 42 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 76/100 View on Metacritic |
