Now through October 10th, embark on epic Viking adventures in Sons of Valhalla at 50% off. Build fortresses, lead your warriors into battle, and conquer enemy strongholds across England.

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The discounts on Sons of Valhalla and all other Hooded Horse games are available through October 10th — a great opportunity to enhance your Fall gaming experience. We’re excited to see the worlds you create and the adventures you undertake.
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Hello everyone!

Back in June, we announced that we would be making some major changes to Sons of Valhalla to solve some of the feedback we’ve been getting, especially in terms of “big picture” items like game structure.

We wanted to give a small glimpse of the things are changing and how we envision the game evolving going forward.


A major point of criticism has always been how levels feel a bit too long and lack variety. To combat this, we’ve made a radical decision to break the levels up and make them smaller, as well as introduce a new overview map that will display all of the control points available.

Raiding a point should take no longer than 20 minutes now, after which you return to the overview map and pick your next target. You need to make sure you have sufficient troops, though – the battles will now be more intense, and sometimes you can lose all your units and be forced to retreat.

If you start the raid on one of the points and are successful in the battle, you can loot hacksilver and gold to buy more units and upgrades. If your units are defeated, you can try to reach the rescue ship and carry out another attack with fresh units.

There is also a time element to this - a storm is coming, and it will steadily push you south. When it arrives at your location, any points on the same vertical axis will be locked off, forcing you to go south instead. This type of level management is not new, but it has proven itself. This also gives us the opportunity to design levels much more freely, without having to pay attention to the old, narrow level management.

A quick note on the story - despite the new campaign structure, the story will remain largely as-is, although we may remove one or two cutscenes. There are boss levels on the map that have been placed in a strategic way so the player has to master this level if he wants to continue. The player then fights the boss and - if you win - you will be able to continue your journey.

Death will continue to be your constant companion in Sons of Valhalla – not every raid will be successful, and this time, death is permanent. The old rune system is being abolished, but the rune stones themselves will remain. Odin will still give you the opportunity to exchange rune stones you find for advantages for the next trip. So you can fail, but you make more progress with each attempt to save Raya.

The system will now compensate the player for dying and will not punish the player anymore, like in the old system.

Before you start a raid, you have to decide which units you want to take with you. To do this, you have to buy units before each raid. It is an advantage to take a closer look at the next target. An indication of the fortification's strength can be seen at every point on the world map. If you have a triple shield, you should definitely pack siege weapons if you have them.

You can give units and yourself a special ability. However, these abilities have a different effect than the old rune system. If you assign an ability to the unit, all other units of this type have the same ability. This means that abilities will have more impact on the game than the old rune system did.

But how do you get skills now that there are no more runes? Fear not, because Capitalism(™) has come to Viking-age England! Skills, provisions, arrows, and mercenary units can all be purchased via the new “shops.” There are 4 different types of shops, and the shops are randomly distributed on the map after the game starts:

General
This shop sells provisions and consumables such as projectiles (arrows)

Armory
Items that have skills are sold here. One of the most important shops by far.

Mercenary agent
This gentleman specializes in arranging mercenaries. A contract signed here allows you to hire this unit in the future.

Shipyard
A larger ship to accommodate more crew? No problem; your ship is in good hands here.

I hope you enjoyed this glimpse as to what the upcoming update will look like.

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Immerse yourself in the epic saga of Sons of Valhalla, where you lead your Viking clan on a quest for glory and survival. Available now at a special discount, this is the perfect time to experience the thrill of Viking conquest and settlement building.

Embark on a journey to conquer new lands, gather resources, and build a prosperous settlement. Lead your warriors in epic battles, expand your territory, and create a legacy that will be remembered for generations.

• Epic Viking Battles: Lead your warriors in large-scale battles and raids.
  
• Settlement Building: Construct and upgrade buildings to strengthen your clan's hold on the land.
  
• Resource Management: Gather resources and manage supplies to sustain your people.
  
• Heroic Adventures: Undertake quests and explore new territories for rewards and glory.
  
• Stunning Visuals: Experience beautifully crafted environments inspired by Norse mythology.

Until July 11th, embark on epic Viking adventures in Sons of Valhalla at a 25% discount. Also, check out the fantastic discounts on all Hooded Horse titles during the Steam Summer Sale.

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Sons of Valhalla is an action-packed strategy game where you lead your Viking clan to glory, build settlements, and wage battles.

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The discounts on Sons of Valhalla and all other Hooded Horse games are available through July 11th — perfect for enhancing your summer gaming experience. We're excited to see the worlds you build and the adventures you undertake.
Happy gaming!

Hello everyone!
As some of you may have noticed, things have become a bit quiet about Sons of Valhalla. That doesn't mean that we aren't working on the game - the opposite is the case.
As you can imagine we are not satisfied with the current state of the reviews. There are several points that were mentionend quite often in the reviews, which made us think about some design decisions and we're now at the point to take a radical step to solve them.
After a long back and forth, we realized that unfortunately there are no "simple" solutions.

What does this mean for Sons of Valhalla?

We have already started to remove and renew some systems. We focus on replay value, creating a more fun battle experience and a new progression system.

This whole restructuring will take time. Time we actually don't have, because we had planned to already work on additional content by now. But if a game isn't good enough, you have to change something or you'll go down, which would be a shame for you, the players, because many of you expected a better game, and for us as developers, because our future as game developers depends on it.

We kindly ask you to give us the time to give the game a way better foundation for further content - and most important: a future! We appreciate the support we got and the valuable feedback we received!

Thank you!

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Embark on a vengeful quest across the North Sea in Sons of Valhalla, where strategy meets intense side-scrolling combat in a vibrant pixel-art Viking world. As Thorald Olavson, hunt down the treacherous Jarl who destroyed your home and seized your beloved, building your power from a stronghold in distant England.

• Build and Conquer: Establish and upgrade strongholds, craft siege engines, and fortify defenses to support your expanding war efforts.

• Dynamic Combat: Lead from the front in tactical battles, wielding swords or strategizing troop formations to break enemy lines.

• Resource Management: Raid and manage resources carefully to grow your warband and strengthen your economic power.

Harness Odin's support, gain strength and use powerful runes to enhance your warriors and strategies. Shape your saga with every battle and strategic decision in a world that transitions beautifully from day to night, sun to storm.

Don't miss out and begin your Viking quest today!

Hello everyone! We have another update for you. Thank you for all your reviews and feedback.

Patch 1.0.24 contains the following changes:

Improvements

• Game startup time improved
  
• Enemies now focus more on destroying the player's fortresses

Bug Fixes

• On the cadaver wagon in Bishop's level, the hit collider is still active even after it is destroyed
  
• Localization fixes in Russian language
  
• To prevent a softlock, unlocking the fire pot in the Shaman's hut costs zero gold

Hi folks, we've got another patch for you!
In Patch 1.0.23 we have implemented new content and the following changes:

New Content

• Reworked Bishop's map part 1

Bug Fixes

• Enemy ships were spawning even after every building in King's base has been destroyed
  
• Some enemies standing in front of the king's castle were still there after loading the game, even if they had already been killed
  
• Sometimes javelins went through Hel's body

We really appreciate your reviews and feedback! Thank you so much!

Hi folks, it's patch day!
We have implemented a first rework of the King's map. We also gave the English the possibility to perform bigger attacks.
More changes can be found here:

Patch 1.0.22 contains the following changes:

New Content

• King's map overhaul part 1
  
• Added large attacks that you will encounter in the late game of each map

Balancing

• Fire damage in fire puddles no longer stacks

Bug Fixes

• Thorald's attack animation became stuck after holding the attack button for too long
  
• Impact feedback after a light attack in horde mode.

We really appreciate your reviews and feedback! Thank you so much!