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Viking: Battle for Asgard
Developer Creative Assembly, PC Port - Hardlight
Viking: Battle for Asgard is a 2008 action adventure game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega for PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. Centered around Norse mythology, the game sees the player controlling Skarin, A Vikings and Freya's chosen champion, against the forces of the Goddess of Death Hel. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
376 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
119 positive · 59 negative
95% range 60–73%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 188 |
| Steam reviews | 119 | 59 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
569 of 1,207 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 118 yes, 60 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 178 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (1,221 of 2,409 positive).
Many players praise the game as a nostalgic childhood favorite with epic combat and large battles. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note technical issues like a 30 fps cap and compatibility problems on modern systems. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the game for being repetitive, having a weak story, and poor PC port quality. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [16]
The game seemed fun enough at first, While the story and gameplay didn't seem to be anything super award winning, it was good enough. But then came the problems with it being a PC port. PC optimization is lacking and the worst issue of all - the save file became corrupted. And instead of letting you manually save, it just turns off saving all together. There is no menu option to manually save or even turn saving …
- [8]
TLDR - you won't miss out on anything at all if you skip this game altogether. Save your time, play some better game. Despite what you might've read in other reviews and community discussions, 30 FPS lock is nowhere near the biggest problem this game has. The game has pretty much nothing in terms of a story, with the ending that feels like the one out of some other, completely different game. While the game itself …
- [1]
Yes the game is capped at 30 fps. Yes the game is clunky as a shopping cart with a broken wheel. Yes the game is outdated but I don't care this game has held a special place in my heart ever since I first played it on the xbox 360 all the way back in 2008 and it always will.
- [3]
18 yrs ago i used to play this game with my buddy like crazy on my or his xbox 360 when we were stoned. such a lovely game and besides some sound issues it still plays well on modern hardware and is still fun. i mean the fighting mechanics work better than in AC valhalla. i love the lil things in viking e.g. when your troops randomly start to practice sword fighting and wrestle. the old games have so much soul which …
- [13]
This is yet another GEM. This game deserves NO hate. It is damn near perfect! I wish it had visual changes happen to the sword the 2 different times you enhance it and the story ending is kind of so so but those things aside, this is from the golden era of gaming (2004-2014) There is SO much to love! This is a good Litmus test to see whose opinion you can trust for game reviews; if someone doesn't admit this is gold …
Summarised from 34 of the 254 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
66% of the 178 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Viking: Battle for Asgard. The complaint that keeps coming up: locked at 30 fps, which some find frustrating. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Wired gave the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions a score of seven stars out of ten, stating: "At some point, you realize that looking back at each of Viking's qualities, it's hard to really put your finger on anything that's truly standout—and yet it's compelling." Maxim gave the same console versions six out of ten and said that it was "fun, but smells like a rental". USA Today gave the same console versions a similar score of six stars out of ten and said it was "fine as an inexpensive rental for mature Microsoft Xbox 360 or Sony PlayStation 3 gamers interested in fantasy and…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 376 · most liked firstViking-age gaming board (replica), from Ballinderry, Ireland. For the Viking war game ‘Hnefatafl’, the object of which is to drive the King piece into one of the corners. This replica at Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. Original at National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. 📷 by me #Archaeology
neutral · AI labelView post →Nonconicus, a barbarian Viking I made for a dnd game that may or may not be very much HEAVILY based off Spitelout from HTTYD #dnd #bara #bigdick #gayart #zenpei
neutral · AI labelView post →HOLY COW, NORWAY! Brace for the Viking beast (friendly giant) Erling Haaland! Fantastic saves from the Norwegian keeper Nyland! Outplayed Brazil in a great game! Skill, class, no flopping, all fun. Congrats on heading to their FIRST quarters to my Oslo friends like @oslourban.bsky.social! #WorldCup
neutral · AI labelView post →Tropical Freeze is such a good game, but the fact they missed the opportunity for ViKing K. Rool is still criminal #PorkArt #DonkeyKong #KingKRool
neutral · AI labelView post →Sigurd the Viking warrior from Reaper Miniatures. Painted for a @neofett3.bsky.social game at GaryCon! #commissionpainting #miniatures #minipainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Shoutout to 2020, when I wrote a homebrew D&D setting for five people based on Viking-era Scandinavia that put more thought into the politics and history of such a place than a triple-A game
neutral · AI labelView post →My Barbarian Nonconicus from an old dnd game ewe #bigdick #bara #oc #viking #gayporn #Zenpei
neutral · AI labelView post →Sam Darnold throws for his first 300 yard game as a Viking. #Skol
neutral · AI labelView post →The funniest version of this is in Valhalla where if you raid a monastery it’s a game over it you kill the monks. “A good Viking never murders people”
neutral · AI labelView post →Hopefully it's worth 0.00$ that I spent on it. PS: Recommend the game, but 30 fps cap ruins the some of the game. Nobody will read my review so I Will Eat 1 Tablespoon of ketchup For Every Like this gets.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Punchy Puppy! Been playing the funny Viking survival game! and discovered bear armour and fist weapons :3
neutral · AI labelView post →The Vikings were going to Viking this game, but the Bears ability to Bear was just too strong.
neutral · AI labelView post →Viking - Rams game should be called the Horny Bowl. Hope I’m not too late with this joke.
neutral · AI labelView post →"A Viking with a middle parting, hill mustache and a long braided goat beard! A small game piece from Harald Blåtand's time - only 3 cm tall - gives us the closest portrait of a Viking that we have ever had. " www.facebook.com/reel/1128968...
neutral · AI labelView post →Been playing Valheim with friends, which is a fun sort of Viking Minecraft game. A number of elements of which I find wildly amusing. 1. It's a game that is simultaneously very concerned with being Vikings doing Viking stuff, with some really good sailing mechanics for your longship...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just drove by a light rail station . Cars parked for blocks away . Better than a Viking game turnout ! ICE OUT Day with the best MN weather ! Clear blue sky and frigid temps.
neutral · AI labelView post →[Finished - all keys taken] Steam key giveaway. I have spare Steam keys for: ~~Psychonauts 2~~ Taken ~~Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor~~ Taken ~~Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors~~ Taken First come, first served. Edit: All keys are taken.
neutral · AI labelView post →I've placed a Viking horned helmet under all of your seats ahead of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Some of you may still be concerned about the early leaks of the Demon Viking Forcefem Planet point-and-click adventure game adaptation, which indicated that the game would make substantial lore changes, such as removing the planet in its entirety. Having played it, I can now debunk those leaks.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing in his 50th career game, Cam Akers scores his first rushing touchdown as a Viking this season. #CHIvsMIN | #Skol
neutral · AI labelView post →Just for context, the Viking have not won any game by more than two scores since *2019*
neutral · AI labelView post →Had a great time at Reveille at Lincombe Barn today and caught up with a few folks - excellent games in progress; the 54mm Viking raid particularly caught my eye! And great to finally meet @carolebristol.bsky.social! 🙂 #Nerdlings #Wargaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Just laying out the scenery for tonight's game at Rochefort's Arsenal club. Southern Franks attempting to recapture four wagons of Viking loot. We're playing with four 24 point armies and four totally incompetent gamers.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nick Foligno, who was ecstatic for Viking Gustafsson Nyberg playing his first NHL game last night, gives Haight a big head lock on the bench. Like Marcus, Nick is such a good, genuine dude
neutral · AI labelView post →Hnefatafl board games at #yorvik Viking Museum in York. Great place 📸 #photography
neutral · AI labelView post →With how busy daily life keep being its always nice to be able to play a game of #hnefatael Art by @helmie.bsky.social #viking #norse #horse #pony #brony
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's game of choice is Pax Viking, one of my many Kickstarters that I haven't yet played!
neutral · AI labelView post →I bought Ubisoft. We’re making another Rayman game where it’s just the Nymphs & Viking girls and they’re all 30-60lbs heavier
neutral · AI labelView post →Anticipating a Midgard game with a relatively new player at the club, I've been working on some better Viking command stands. Footsore and Crusader Miniatures.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Energy Drinks of Summer Game Fest 2025 Episode 2 Monster Viking Berry (Feat @dringo.bsky.social)
neutral · AI labelView post →Forest Troll. 2024, 20 x 29 cm. A painting I did based on a common confrontation in the Viking survival game, #Valheim, between a Viking warrior and a forest troll. #valheimfanart #painting #watercolor #watercolour #fantasyart
neutral · AI labelView post →It's time for some "Did Ethelred the Unready make optimal choices when paying Danegeld to Svein Forkbeard? Viking Age England and" game theory. pure.au.dk/portal/en/pu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Viking skirmish game this afternoon
neutral · AI labelView post →Dissociating mid-game. He’s a real Viking now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Working on some animations for my game! I'm back working on Viking nudgers #gamedev #indiegame #3DAnimations
neutral · AI labelView post →Mark Morrison says, "If you’ve got a Viking story in you, this is the game to tell it with..."
neutral · AI labelView post →Viking sketch #GameArt #game #gamedev #indie #sketch #developer
neutral · AI labelView post →The best thing about watching that Viking game was that I was high.
neutral · AI labelView post →Inuit survival game could be fun. You go colonize Greenland and find Viking ruins.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cider finished, now I need malt.  Oh the yearning for a malty overdrive! Today was brew day for my oldest recipe, a pitch black 'Sahti x Stout'. Switched rye malts from a caramel dark one to a pale one and doubled the amount of dark syrup with this one. Viking Chocolate Light entered the bill at one point and is now a star of the lineup. I also throw in a bunch of Viking Black Malt, enough to bring its brutal…
neutral · AI labelView post →Good news Viking fans, the Twins game just started 🙃🙃
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing my second-favorite Viking game. For research.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes the game is capped at 30 fps. Yes the game is clunky as a shopping cart with a broken wheel. Yes the game is outdated but I don't care this game has held a special place in my heart ever since I first played it on the xbox 360 all the way back in 2008 and it always will.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my comfort game, frr. a hidden gem from my childhood. glad i was able to get it working. love it, always 🖤
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything is great about this game even if it gets repetitive, the combat makes this game so epic and this is a childhood favourite. I am so happy i can play this game it is worth it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old, but gold. The graphics for this held up surprisingly well, and I love that I didn't have to struggle to make it work for my ultra wide monitor. I wish CA would make a game like this mixed with total war. Something like Kingdom Under Fire but less linear. Used loseless scaling to to remedy the 30fps lock. Catch on sale, unless you played this on the 360 and have no problem paying extra for a bit of nostalgia.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a hard time getting it to run on Windows 10, what I had to do was: 1 - install the game 2 - navigate to the game file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\\steamapps\common\Viking Battle for Asgard/external/DirectX/Redist/DXSetup.exe 3 - run the DXSetup.exe 4 - go up four folders until your in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Viking Battle for Asgard 5 - find "ConfigTool.exe" and right click it and select "Properties". Click on compatibility when the popup…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Put on your chainmail suit. We're going to play the Viking game!
neutral · AI labelView post →18 yrs ago i used to play this game with my buddy like crazy on my or his xbox 360 when we were stoned. such a lovely game and besides some sound issues it still plays well on modern hardware and is still fun. i mean the fighting mechanics work better than in AC valhalla. i love the lil things in viking e.g. when your troops randomly start to practice sword fighting and wrestle. the old games have so much soul which the gaming industry nowadays can just dream about. there is a 30 fps cap but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Viking: Battle for Asgard is a nostalgic game for me. I remember watching my Grandpa play it on the 360, and as a young kid who loved the world of large armies and battles, this game was so epic to me and left an impression on me even 10+ years later. Now I get to go back and experience the game for myself. The game has that 360 charm, the story is based on Norse Mythology, and the storyline is decent and interesting enough to follow. The capped frame rate at 32 FPS really sucks, but you get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have fun playing this TE Viking board game last night, well designed by @scottalmes.bsky.social. I like the multi-use card design and the quality of the components, as always. The artist also did a great job with the artwork. Which TE game is your favourite? #boardgames #tabletopgame #boardgaming
positive · AI labelView post →The game seemed fun enough at first, While the story and gameplay didn't seem to be anything super award winning, it was good enough. But then came the problems with it being a PC port. PC optimization is lacking and the worst issue of all - the save file became corrupted. And instead of letting you manually save, it just turns off saving all together. There is no menu option to manually save or even turn saving back on. It just turns it off. I continued my playthrough in the hope that beating…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I initially skipped Viking: Battle for Asgard due to lukewarm reviews, but the price drop to $30 caught my eye. While it's not a groundbreaking experience, for that price, it offers a decent Viking-themed adventure. The story is fair to good - you explore islands, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. As a Viking history buff, I found it mildly engaging, but it does get repetitive. The same goes for the difficulty; the combat is easy to learn and features gory finishing moves (justifying the M…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I go into this in my Viking game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good memories, fun game. Just play with controller and you'll be fine. Does get a little repetitive but its not worth the amount of negative reviews.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maatsen hadn’t played at all for six weeks, didn’t even get a runout against Viking, and then produced a full 90 there. Struggled with Ndiaye first half but grew into the game and, by the end, looked great. Very impressive all things considered
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes I enjoy eating butter bread. This game is butter bread. It's open world, but there is nothing in the world which is also lifeless. Your objective is to liberate areas of the islands from the demonic horde, once you do this, the weather changes and humans will pour out of buildings. It's not a bad idea, it would of been nice to see people rebuilding damaged structures, maybe dismantle the giant bone cages you've just freed them from, but no. It's interesting to see the rise of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a pretty solid old school action rpg, its got alot of cool things going for it late game. I remember being addicted as a high schooler because it got super good. Definitely worth picking up if you enjoy hack and slash/army command type of games. The executions are my fav part. EDIT: Not sure why steam says this game has no controller support, playing it with my xbox controller just fine.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games ever made. Wish a remaster or a sequel were made
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welcome back to Monday Night Football as the Namek Saiyans take on the Minnesota Viking here as US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. So far, this game has been a blowout for the Saiyans, and that’s gotta hurt the Vikings management who thought Farve was gonna turn things around.
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