Sons of Valhalla

Item: Sons of Valhalla
Rating: 56
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-26

Summary

Excellent graphics and immersive audio design.
Addictive core gameplay loop.
Engaging story and campaign.
Repetitive, shallow, and boring gameplay.
Lacks strategic depth and innovation.
Unbalanced and repetitive boss fights.

Categories

Base BuildingStrategyReal-time CombatResource ManagementUnit ManagementSingle-player StoryHorde CombatRoguelike

Reviews (sample size): 279
Helpful reviews: 83%
Unhelpful reviews: 17%
Protest reviews: 0%

56%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
44%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 381
Negative points: 513
Gameplay points: 149
Perf. points: 17
Rec. points: 200
Misc points: 29

Point	Description	Importance
Excellent graphics and audio Description The game features excellent graphics, especially the beautiful pixel art style, well-done animations, and detailed environments. The voice acting and music are also praised for enhancing the overall experience. Importance 91%	The game features excellent graphics, especially the beautiful pixel art style, well-done animations, and detailed environments. The voice acting and music are also praised for enhancing the overall experience.	91%
Fun and addictive gameplay Description Many reviewers found the game to be fun, enjoyable, and addictive. The gameplay loop is satisfying and keeps players engaged, making it a great choice for both short and extended play sessions. Importance 73%	Many reviewers found the game to be fun, enjoyable, and addictive. The gameplay loop is satisfying and keeps players engaged, making it a great choice for both short and extended play sessions.	73%
Engaging story and campaign Description The game features a good story and campaign that is engaging and well-paced. The story is simple but effective, providing a clear sense of direction and motivation for the player. Importance 69%	The game features a good story and campaign that is engaging and well-paced. The story is simple but effective, providing a clear sense of direction and motivation for the player.	69%
Strategic and engaging combat Description The game offers interesting and engaging combat with strategic troop management and boss fights. Players can utilize varied combat approaches, construct buildings, and upgrade units, blending tower defense with RPG elements. Importance 29%	The game offers interesting and engaging combat with strategic troop management and boss fights. Players can utilize varied combat approaches, construct buildings, and upgrade units, blending tower defense with RPG elements.	29%
Improved 'Kingdom' style gameplay Description The game is often compared to the Kingdom series, with reviewers noting similarities in gameplay and presentation. However, this game introduces more complex mechanics and character development, offering an improved experience. Importance 24%	The game is often compared to the Kingdom series, with reviewers noting similarities in gameplay and presentation. However, this game introduces more complex mechanics and character development, offering an improved experience.	24%
Immersive Viking theme Description The game effectively captures the atmosphere of the Viking age/mythology with its immersive design and interesting plot. The diverse environments and Nordic aesthetic enhance the overall experience. Importance 10%	The game effectively captures the atmosphere of the Viking age/mythology with its immersive design and interesting plot. The diverse environments and Nordic aesthetic enhance the overall experience.	10%
Interesting rune system Description The rune system adds an interesting and positive element to the gameplay. Runes provide benefits like increased food production or unit health, and can be used to revive in-game, adding variety and depth. Importance 7%	The rune system adds an interesting and positive element to the gameplay. Runes provide benefits like increased food production or unit health, and can be used to revive in-game, adding variety and depth.	7%
Balanced difficulty and variety Description The game offers a balanced difficulty level that requires strategic planning. The game introduces new enemy types and in-game situations as the campaign progresses, adding variety to the gameplay. Importance 6%	The game offers a balanced difficulty level that requires strategic planning. The game introduces new enemy types and in-game situations as the campaign progresses, adding variety to the gameplay.	6%
Satisfying Horde mode Description The Horde mode offers a challenging and satisfying experience, compensating for the short length of the main campaign. It includes features not available in the main story. Importance 4%	The Horde mode offers a challenging and satisfying experience, compensating for the short length of the main campaign. It includes features not available in the main story.	4%
Clear tutorial and playability Description The game provides a clear sense of direction and perfect playability. The tutorial is quick and comprehensive, making it easy for players to understand the game's basic progression and controls. Importance 4%	The game provides a clear sense of direction and perfect playability. The tutorial is quick and comprehensive, making it easy for players to understand the game's basic progression and controls.	4%
Relaxing and unique gameplay Description The game is a relaxing pixel-art action strategy game with appealing graphics and its own features and quirks. It iterates on the Kingdom core concept. Importance 3%	The game is a relaxing pixel-art action strategy game with appealing graphics and its own features and quirks. It iterates on the Kingdom core concept.	3%
Good language support Description The game features good translations in multiple languages, including Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Japanese. This ensures a better experience for players from different regions. Importance 3%	The game features good translations in multiple languages, including Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Japanese. This ensures a better experience for players from different regions.	3%
Pleasant background music Description The background music is decent and pleasant, though not a masterpiece. It complements the gameplay without being annoying. Importance 3%	The background music is decent and pleasant, though not a masterpiece. It complements the gameplay without being annoying.	3%