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Viking: Battle for Asgard
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 39% of owners
Steam reviews 51% positive of 2,413
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (77%); after 10h it's 1 in 4 (27%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 98% of games we track.
- Only 39% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 2,413 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 287 reviews: 13.4h for positive, 2.4h 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 (38.9% 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 (50)
- Viking Butcher Master the first new move at the Battle Arena 100%
- Thirst For Blood Kill 50 Legion soldiers 96%
- Demon Hacker Finish off 25 Legion with fatality moves 86%
- Champion of Champions Find and defeat a Legion Champion 82%
- Blinded To Fear Kill 50 Legion without using a health potion 80%
- Lust For Blood Kill 100 Legion soldiers 77%
- Assassin of Assassins Locate and kill a Legion Assassin 72%
- Niflberg Supplies Freed Liberate the farm and the quarry in Niflberg 64%
- Berzerker Kill 200 Legion soldiers 63%
- Viking Slaughterer Learn a total of 4 new moves 62%
- Secretive Rogue Complete the quest to sneak into Darkwater 54%
- Dragon Summoner Find and charge the dragon gem Hugin and dragon amulet, and summon a dragon 53%
- Hero Of Darkwater Lead your army to victory at the battle for Darkwater 52%
- Savior of Niflberg Normal Liberate Niflberg completely on the normal difficulty level 52%
- Demon Eviscerator Finish off 100 Legion with fatality moves 52%
- Death King Finish off 150 Legion with fatality moves 41%
- Slaughter Master Kill 500 Legion soldiers 40%
- Viking Slayer Master a total of 8 new moves 38%
- Hero Of Holdenfort Lead your army to victory at the battle for Holdenfort 33%
- Deadly Axe Juggler Kill 5 Legion just using Throwing axes 32%
- Killer of Champions Kill 10 Champions 30%
- The Perfect Killer Kill a Legion Champion without being hit 30%
- Euthanasia Euphoria Use your defensive bash to knock your Legion foes to their doom! 28%
- Galcliff Supplies Freed Liberate the farm, still, lumber mill, and the quarry in Galcliff 28%
- Dragon Master Complete the second dragon gem, and summon a dragon 26%
- Friend Of The People Power-up over 500 Vikings in your armies with runic magic 26%
- Giant Killer Find and slaughter a Legion Giant 26%
- Demon's Nemesis Kill Hel's Harbinger Drakan 26%
- Hero Of Caldberg Lead your army to victory at the battle for Caldberg 26%
- Redeemer Of Galcliff Normal Liberate Galcliff completely on the normal difficulty level 26%
- They Never Saw Me Coming Execute 100 sneaky kills 25%
- Viking Warrior Master a total of 12 new moves 23%
- Hero Of Thornvik Lead your army to victory at the battle for Thornvik 22%
- Killer of Giants Kill 5 Giants 21%
- Isaholm Supplies Freed Liberate the farm, still, lumber mill, and the quarry in Isaholm 21%
- Dragon Overlord Recover the final dragon gem, and summon a dragon 20%
- No Need For Immortality Lead your army to victory at Hel's Fortress without need for immortality 19%
- Hero Of Midgard Lead your army to victory at the final battle for all Midgard 19%
- Viking Conqueror Normal Reach the end of the game on normal difficulty 19%
- Heimdall's Enforcer Glacially wipe out a Legion using the ultimate ice attack 19%
- Odin's Doomsinger Use the ultimate fire attack to kill a Legion 17%
- Thor's Mortal Lightning Rod Send a Legion back to the underworld in the most lightning-tastic way imaginable 17%
- Viking Blademaster Learn all the moves in the game 17%
- Savior of Niflberg Hard Liberate Niflberg completely on the hard difficulty level 14%
- Skullbagger 3 Collect all the 4 skulls in Thornvik 12%
- The Flames of Freya Buy flamepots and incinerate 10 Legion soldiers with them 12%
- Redeemer of Galcliff Hard Liberate Galcliff completely on the hard difficulty level 11%
- Viking Conqueror Hard Reach the end of the game on hard difficulty 10%
- Skullbagger 1 Collect the 6 skulls in Darkwater 10%
- Skullbagger 2 Collect the 6 skulls in Holdenfort and the 6 skulls in Caldberg 9.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.