Valhalla Hills
You spent your whole life in service to the gods of Asgard. You died an honorable death. You earned your place in the halls of Valhalla. But when you knocked on its gates to receive your final reward, none…
Valhalla Hills is an indie developed by Funatics Software, released 2 December 2015 on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.08 at Fanatical.
What Valhalla Hills is
Valhalla Hills is an indie game developed by Funatics Software and released in 2015. It was published by Daedalic Entertainment. It is available on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You spent your whole life in service to the gods of Asgard. You died an honorable death. You earned your place in the halls of Valhalla. But when you knocked on its gates to receive your final reward, none answered. Odin has turned his back on your people. He underestimates the Viking spirit. He underestimates you. Force their hand as you lead your people past the dangers waiting on Valhalla Hills and fight to prove your honor, your strength, your worthiness. Look after your Vikings, gathering food, chopping wood, and mastering the complex economics of wilderness survival. Reach the portal at the top of each mountain, and shout your battle cry loud enough for the gods to hear. If they will…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 26 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Valhalla Hills holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or Radeon HD2900 series card or better (DirectX10 card or better). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.08 at Fanatical, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Valhalla Hills launched on 2 December 2015, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront, Just Cause 3, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Rainbow Six Siege. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront, Just Cause 3, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Rainbow Six Siege.
Official trailer
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