Sons of Valhalla
Last updated: 2025-05-26
- 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.
- 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | The background music is decent and pleasant, though not a masterpiece. It complements the gameplay without being annoying. | 3% |