ActionRPGSimulationStrategy
Sons of Valhalla
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 67% positive of 1,003
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 7h it's almost 1 in 4 (23%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 90% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,019 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 8.9h for positive, 4.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (90% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (30)
- Good Boy Man's best friend 100%
- Scarecrow Scarecrow defeated 94%
- The Journey Begins Tutorial finished 89%
- Fire Devil Fire devil defeated 76%
- Death Of A Viking Valgard defeated 71%
- Furry Fur trader defeated 60%
- Wololo Priest master defeated 54%
- RIP Graveyard keeper defeated 50%
- Unholy Bishop defeated 43%
- Skulls And Bones Tribal leader defeated 39%
- Human Goods Slave trader defeated 37%
- Everything Is Fresh Butcher defeated 36%
- Beast Bloodhound defeated 35%
- Outpost Little man defeated 34%
- Perfection Trainer defeated 32%
- Shiny Quarry giant defeated 30%
- Are You Not Entertained? Sir William defeated 29%
- For the king! Knight defeated 28%
- Snap! Crocodile hunter defeated 28%
- ARRRRR Sailor defeated 26%
- Not My King Loki defeated 26%
- Reborn Escaped Niflheim 26%
- Love finds a way Thorald and Raya reunited 26%
- The Great Escape Raya escaped 7.7%
- Born Leader Defeated wave 25 in Horde mode 5.4%
- No Fear Defeated wave 35 in Horde mode 5.0%
- Hold The Line Defeated wave 45 in Horde mode 4.7%
- Not A Step Back Defeated wave 55 in Horde mode 4.1%
- A True Viking Defeated wave 65 in Horde mode 3.8%
- Valhalla Must Wait Defeated wave 75 in Horde mode 3.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.