Bad North: Jotunn Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Bad North: Jotunn Edition is a wargame, vikings and tower defense game developed by Plausible Concept and Oskar Stålberg and published by Raw Fury.
Released on November 16th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Turkish.

It has received 11,939 reviews of which 11,127 were positive and 812 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam with a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Bad North: Jotunn Edition into these genres:

Wargame Vikings Tower Defense Real Time Tactics Survival Action Roguelike Minimalist RTS War Auto Battler Rogue-like Combat Stylized Rogue-lite Strategy Fighting Blood Cute Tactical Simulation

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: AMD Athlon X4 5350, Intel Core i3-2100T or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 480M, Radeon HD 6790 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 200 MB available space
Sound Card: Yes

MacOS

OS: OS X 10.8+
Processor: 2.50Ghz Intel core i3 or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB
Storage: 200 MB available space
Sound Card: Yes
Additional Notes: Apple M1 chipsets are not supported

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2024

This is an incredibly polished game. Under the cute minimalist artstyle, there's stunning tactical depth. Good command of your troops makes or breaks your defense, and the game gives you lots of fun tools to work with and decisions to make. What impresses me most, however, is how clever and capable your little soldiers are. Infantry will pre-emptively shield themselves against archers, and the rearmost soldiers will cover their squad during a retreat. Pikemen will ready their spears toward chokepoints ahead of time and use them to hold off dozens of enemies. Archers will opportunistically pause to shoot volleys at enemies en route to new positions. I love the little guys, and love the game. I think you will too.

Nov. 2024

Very simple yet very versatile game with its wide variety of map designs and enemy types and traits forcing you to constantly change tactics. I wouldn't replace anything but i would probably add a fourth class and some new enemies and items if this game gets updated again i hope.

Sept. 2024

Excellent game. Beautiful visuals and fitting soundtrack. I absolutely loved the gameplay, but I wish there was more content to playthrough, as well as more troop types.

Aug. 2024

I can easily say that Bad North will forever be one of my favorite games. Its stunning visuals, combined with strategic and relaxed game-play makes for an absolutely wonderful experience regardless of the difficulty you play on. I'd highly recommend it to anyone looking to play, especially if you like strategy games and the like. In easier game modes its a breeze, and in harder it's a challenge. But I can guarantee that you'll enjoy it all the same, regardless if you're a casual or a try-hard. 10/10. Absolutely wonderful job developers <3 Keep it up.

May 2024

Bought this while its on sale for $3. At that price this is 100% worth it. This is a fun little game with really simple, but well executed mechanics that I currently believe provides game play depth beyond their level of simplicity. It basically takes a small dose of RTS strategy and packages it into a simplified and quicker, action type tower defense. Leaving you with a game play loop that involves coming up with a basic strategy at the start based on the island's layout and then adapting as they throw waves of enemies at you by moving your troops around the little island as necessary. I do have some concerns about how long this game will actually hold my attention based on the fact that there are only 3 classes, with fairly linear upgrade paths, and limited items to find. Thus I am only recommending this at its current sale price and will update this when I have more play time to determine if I think its worth a buy at, or close to its full price. Normally I'd just wait to leave a review, but I'm having such a fun time with this little game that I wanted to drop a review now while its still on sale, and at a price I definitely feel is worth it.

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-80% 14.99€ 2.99€

9.1

11,127

812

Online players

130

Developer

Plausible Concept, Oskar Stålberg

Publisher

Raw Fury

Release 16 Nov 2018

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