Fit check
Is Valand worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who enjoy Viking-themed settlement building with military defense
- Strategy fans who want resource management alongside survival threats
- Players seeking an open-world city builder with longship travel
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a city builder focused only on peaceful construction rather than defense and survival
- Players who want a tightly scripted campaign instead of open-world settlement development
- Players looking for a dedicated role-playing game with character progression as its main structure
Our take on Valand
The city-builder framing understates how much of the setup centers on survival: hostile barbarians, territorial defenses, and a Viking army are central parts of the described loop. Settlement construction is present, but it is paired with military preparation rather than presented as a purely economic or architectural exercise.
What is Valand?
Valand is a Viking Age city-building simulator focused on rebuilding a settlement from the ground up.
Starting with only basic physical resources, players construct houses, establish an economy, and gather resources. The settlement can be protected with a large fence and defended by an army of Vikings. Barbarians threaten the territory, making survival part of the city-building structure. The game includes an open world with longship travel, a changing day-and-night cycle, and an atmosphere based on the Viking Age. Its core activities combine settlement construction, resource management, military preparation, and defense.
How Valand plays
- 01Settlement construction
- Players rebuild a settlement by constructing houses and developing its infrastructure.
- 02Viking army
- An army can be formed to repel attacks from hostile barbarians.
- 03Territory defense
- A large perimeter fence can be built around the settlement for protection.
- 04Longship travel
- The open world supports travel by longship.
- 05Resource economy
- The game includes resource gathering and an economic system tied to settlement development.
- 06Day-night cycle
- The environment changes through a dynamic day-and-night system.
Valand compared to similar games
Valand combines settlement construction, resource management, army creation, and open-world longship travel. Until We Die focuses on defending a subway-station base for about 30 game days, while Force of Nature combines sandbox exploration with gathering, mining, crafting, and management across more than 10 zones. Valand is the listed option centered on a Viking settlement and territorial defense.
Valand: platforms & release
Is Valand worth it?
It is worth it if: players who enjoy Viking-themed settlement building with military defense. Skip it if: players seeking a city builder focused only on peaceful construction rather than defense and survival.
Where can I download Valand?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Valand's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Valand on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
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