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A new Viking age dawns with you at its helm. Forge a thriving colony from nothing in this mythic open-world survival sim. Earn the gods' favor and survive in a land ruled by ancient terrors and unforgiving seasons. Rally unique villagers, expand your settlement and defend your tribe - solo or co-op!

ASKA is a early access, online co-op and multiplayer game developed by Sand Sailor Studio and published by Thunderful Publishing.
Released on June 20th 2024 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, German, Romanian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Ukrainian.

It has received 7,075 reviews of which 5,660 were positive and 1,415 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified ASKA into these genres:

Early Access Online Co-Op Multiplayer Crafting Co-op Singleplayer Simulation Open World Survival Craft Building Survival Base-Building Colony Sim Sandbox Character Customization Exploration Action RPG Dark Fantasy Resource Management Action-Adventure Adventure

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5 6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 16GB GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD RX 590
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 6 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Sept. 2025

First, this game is NOT like Vallhiem. You aren't going to have a lot of time to wander around and explore and just see the world while doing as you please. You will be (VERY) actively involved in managing the settlement, gathering food and resources and making sure villagers and yourself don't die. That said this is a very immersive game. You will quickly become wrapped up in doing all the things. At any particular moment you will be juggling 3 or 4 different tasks and planning for the next ones. It is very easy to lose a couple hours when you sit down to play this. Aska can be a stressful game with constant demands for different activities and little chance to just do your own thing. In my opinion its a decent game but there is just too much going on all the time for it to be enjoyable

Aug. 2025

It's still early days for me, but I want to set straight a few misconceptions I've read in the comments that nearly turned me off the game. The game is akin to Valheim, but it's also _not_ Valheim. Where Valheim demands exploration, instead you'll spend time building up a village. The grind level is similar (I think Valheim is overkill, tbh) - but you gain villagers that you can put to work on any task. They work fast - they'll actually run - and I've had no issue with them being stupid -- providing you give them proper instruction (use the work area flags, set their priorities and make sure they have tools). You yourself should never sleep - sleep is in real-time and you only use it for 30 seconds to gain a buff, but otherwise you work through the night. Resources are abundant, and if you have trouble finding fibre, just set a worker to get it instead. The game is perfectly stable, performant and bug free. The only issue I've found is that the woodcutter didn't go and get a new axe automatically. Super trivial to give him an axe directly, if that's the worst issue I encounter in an EA game..

March 2025

I adore this game and it's only going to get better. You're basically a viking man/woman (male better a physical combat and mining/woodcutting, female better at ranged/gathering) and you have to build up a village whilst defending from increasing waves of monsters (can turn this feature off thankfully and just leave monsters out in the wilds). Game's VERY slowed paced so don't expect to have a big town for a good while. AI villagers help speed stuff up though currently, they do need a bit of babysitting still. There's always something to do though. Really good updates and there's usually a major one every month. Have a look at the news section and see the great updates they've done since launch. I'd like to see more player settings added though similar to the world ones. I'm not one for equipment that breaks, annoys me beyond belief, so I'd love options to have unlimited durability on equipment. The game does try and sell itself a Viking/Norse themed game, but I don't 100% get that vibe. It's more a pesudo-tribal town builder with a hint of Norse mythology thrown in. Buildings don't look very pre-Christian Nordic if I'm honest and more like makeshift wooden things currently. Maybe they'll do a building aesthetic overall one day. Really relaxing game.

Nov. 2024

Thoughts on ASKA so far I played the game on default settings, except I set decay rate to low. -I got 2 bear attacks just before winter. One at day 15 and one at day 20. The bear attacks were literally impossible to beat by this point in time of the game. These bear attacks are DRASTICALLY more difficult than the other attacks you receive. The difficulty spike is too large for how quickly this happens. -The seasons pass too quickly. Every 7 days, a new season passes. This means winter starts by day 21. You’ve barely even finished building a halfway working settlement by this time. -The days pass too quickly. I find myself needing to eat and drink every couple of minutes. And every moment feels like time is escaping me before I have a chance to do something about it. -Trees do not respawn, and you'll eventually find yourself in a position where you're out of resources. Overall, this game is fun and interesting. I really like the idea of setting up a village. But the speed of the game needs a bit more fine tuning. I'd also like the option to change these speed settings after the map has already been created, so I don't have to start all over again.

Nov. 2024

After 112 hours, I think we've kind of finished this. Aska is one of the more unusual entries in our collection of survival games. It is more of a city builder survival game than the others. Most of the gather and crafting activities are too slow and tedious to do them by hand for long. You have a way to summon villagers to do those things for you. Doing so makes it even harder, however, to keep them watered, fed, clothed, etc. Meanwhile animals will attack you and the weather will test you. Moving forward on the skill tree, while keeping everyone alive and building your defensible village is pretty much the whole gameplay loop here. There is an island to explore with boss areas to kill and gain resources from. The pace of the game, overall, is quite slow and yet it somehow manages to make you feel like you can't wander away from the keyboard for long. We played as a group of three and enjoyed it, but were hoping there'd be more skill progression from unlocking resources and an endgame of some kind. We more got bored in the end than felt like we had conquered something. Still was worth playing. Some of the mechanics here are uniqaue and it definitely has a neat art style and feel while playing it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

ASKA is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

ASKA is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.99€ on Steam.

ASKA received 5,660 positive votes out of a total of 7,075 achieving a rating of 7.79.

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ASKA was developed by Sand Sailor Studio and published by Thunderful Publishing.

ASKA is playable and fully supported on Windows.

ASKA is not playable on MacOS.

ASKA is not playable on Linux.

ASKA offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

ASKA includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

ASKA does not currently offer any DLC.

ASKA does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

ASKA does not support Steam Remote Play.

ASKA is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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