Expeditions: Viking

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?

Expeditions: Viking is a rpg, turn-based and vikings game developed by Logic Artists and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on April 27th 2017 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Danish.

It has received 3,888 reviews of which 3,239 were positive and 649 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified Expeditions: Viking into these genres:

RPG Turn-Based Vikings Strategy Character Customization Story Rich Historical Choices Matter Medieval Singleplayer Turn-Based Combat Indie CRPG Turn-Based Tactics Tactical RPG Tactical Adventure Hex Grid Open World Female Protagonist

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 12 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

I very much enjoyed this game, but it is worth noting that it won't be for everyone. It isn't flashy, so if you need fancy graphics or get bored easily then it may not be for you. If you like RPGs that let you immerse yourself in a story and a setting, and especially if you are a fan of the era and history, then this game is definitely for you. From a mechanics standpoint, the game is somewhat unforgiving. There are a few combat abilities that are must haves, and if you don't figure that out early on you will struggle to succeed. I enjoyed this challenge, but if you would rather just experience the game and not have to be tactical about your combat choices you can play on the easiest difficulty without struggling too much. I played this years ago and was considering playing through it again now because I have such fond memories of it. When I played it, there were some bugs that were problematic. I would assume that they've fixed some of them by now, but I don't know for sure. Even if the bugs I ran into are still there, it is worth playing. It definitely feels like a labor of love that the devs really wanted to make for the sake of making a good game and not because they just wanted a paycheck. I'm guessing it didn't have a huge budget, but what money they did have they spent well. I definitely recommend this game.

July 2024

This game is older, so if you are looking at it now you are likely buying it during a sale. As an on sale pick up, this game is absolutely worth it. If its full price, you may well still enjoy this a lot, but you simply have to know what you are buying. This game is a point and click adventure with text based story line. The story is cliche, with tropes aplenty. The combat is an old school, turn based hex-movement system and works pretty good. Your attributes are permanent and don't increase with level, you level based on quest progression not combat, characters must be specialized as well-balanced characters are effectively useless, shields are a must, and you cannot replace hirdmen once the first 10 are selected. I didn't understand all of this on my first play through and ended up getting to a point where I couldn't advance further because I had under leveled characters, under leveled gear, and I hadn't specialized my forces. I have now reset, and I am enjoying my second play through even more with the increased understanding. A great, classic style RPG. Tons of fun if you like the genre, and absolutely worth picking up.

May 2024

Expeditions: Viking is a tactics RPG where the player is the ruler of a small town in Denmark which is threatened by another clan. You’ll need to recruit a band of warriors and travel to Northern England and Scotland in search of allies and treasure. I’ve already played Expeditions: Rome, which is the newest game in this franchise, and I think is massively underrated. Honestly I enjoyed Rome more than Baldurs Gate 3 (I’ve reviewed both games if you want to know why), but as the developers haven’t announced another game yet, I decided to go back and play the older game. Gameplay • Combat is turn based and is quite tactical. You’ll have an active party of 6 characters chosen from a squad of around 10-12. Each character has 2 action points to move and attack on their turn. • Positioning on the hex grid is important. You’ll want to have shield wielders at the front to block enemy movement and protect your archers and healers, while some weapons such as spears have longer reach. Shields will sometimes prevent a character from taking health damage, but can be disabled by axe wielders using a pull move. And some weapons have special abilities, for example I found a spear that could penetrate 2 hexes, so while I had to be careful to avoid friendly fire, if 2 enemies were standing next to each other, I could get a double kill. • Enemy AI is quite good, they’ll focus attacks on weaker characters, they’ll try to stun you, and they’ll put shield guys in chokepoints to block your movement while their archers hit you from miles away. • Playing on normal difficulty, I didn’t lose many fights, but the challenge comes from trying to win without any character getting knocked out, because this can give them injuries which cause debuffs in upcoming fights. Injuries can be healed while camping on the world map, but the medicine costs are high and more serious injuries take longer to heal. • During the camping phase you’ll also need to make sure everybody has enough food and sleep, and you can assign characters to hunt, guard the camp, and craft items. • The campaign has a time limit, but this wasn’t a problem at all. I finished all the quests with about half of the time remaining. Story • Main quest gives you a choice of which faction to support, and many conversations let you choose whether to be peaceful or aggressive. • Even though it took me 30 hours to complete the campaign, the story felt a bit short. I was expecting some kind of twist leading to another chapter, so I was a bit surprised that the game ended when it did. • There’s not much voice acting, and the few spoken lines are poor quality. Technical • Graphics relating to environment and character models are bad (and probably wouldn’t have been considered good 7 years ago either). I did like the character portraits though. Recommendation Expeditions Vikings originally released in 2017, so obviously its biggest flaws when compared to newer games relate to presentation of graphics and voice acting. Thankfully, the tactical combat is fun and the story is decent, so its worth picking up on a sale.

March 2024

A more detailed video review can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKjrITB0JA If you liked Expeditions: Conquistador , you will definitely like Viking . It got rid of some of the not-so-polished strategy components of its predecessor, and instead chose to focus on the RPG and turn-based tactics aspects, and it's better for it. The writing kept the same charm, while also having more interesting characters to interact with. Sure, the companions are somewhere in-between being stereotypes and characters with depth, but it's still an improvement. The combat itself is pretty well thought out, in particular when you consider that the skill tree encourages synergies between the abilities of your vikings. The battle arenas are well thought out, which is pretty impressive since they're dynamic and laid out in the place where you make contact with your enemies most of the time. Admittedly, the game's more forgiving than Conquistador , but it's also more satisfying to play, less cheesing necessary. Despite some of its quirks, it's definitely a RPG worth playing.

Feb. 2024

Don't judge a book by it's cover. This game is a real hidden gem. Basically, it's a viking saga themed DnD campaign, but I could say so much more about how much I love this game from the plot to the characters to the level design to the world-building and the mythology. I can't think of any real flaws in this game. Some aspects of the game could've had more added to it, like the village construction stuff for example. It is cool even though the village construction only adds visuals and buffs. I do love the camping mechanic. All of the positives of this game outshine any criticism that I could make.

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