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Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?

Release DateApr 27, 2017
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.2% (positive) / 83.2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.2% Top 20% / 80.4%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)2.9K  Top 10% / 3.7K  Top 10%
Curators108 reviews  Top 5%
Median Play Time45 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar1.5 hour  Top 15%
Followers34.7K  Top 4%
Owners± 449.2K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 159.8K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Expeditions: Viking steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Expeditions: Viking's Steam rating and reviews between April 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 78% (April 2017) to 85.2% (January 2021).

Expeditions: Viking is an AAA level success, with 3.7K reviews Top 10%. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Expeditions: Viking and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Expeditions: Viking's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (57%), followed by Russian (15%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 26 different languages represented. The game is translated in 6 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Expeditions: Viking percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Expeditions: Viking depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is outstanding, with 83 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.7 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Expeditions: Viking players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 44 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • The world is really big and there’s lots of things to do.
  • The quest themselves offer a good diversity of choice.
  • Lots of possible character builds and interesting levelling system.
  • Deep turn-based combat.
  • Solid graphics.
  • Great music and sound effects that make you feel immersed in the game world.
  • Great atmosphere and a convincing display of the Viking theme.
  • Graphics and audio both well done.
  • Some encounters really force you to think about strategy.
  • Great freedom in character creation and levelling.
  • Lots of bugs in the quests.
  • Quest Locations could really use a minimap.
  • Somewhat slow loading times.
  • The character customisation at the start is not in-depth.
  • Lack of initiative completely ruins many, many encounters.
  • Crafting is ridiculously overpowered.
  • Initial time limit is just too narrow.
  • Your character always starts in front of your group in combat.
  • Few gender-specific dialogue lines and romances.
  • Limited character creation options.

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's score of 83.2% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Expeditions: Viking's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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