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Games like Valhalla Hills

If Valhalla Hills is your kind of game, the closest matches are VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands, Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition and Offworld Trading Company — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, lighthearted and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Valhalla Hills: Lead your people. Survive the wilderness. Fight for honor. Reclaim your eternal reward. A brand new strategy game from the developers of Cultures and The Settlers II.

2015StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 69Windows · macOS · Linuxby Funatics Software
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Indirect control over villagers works surprisingly wellMythological framing ties into core gameplay loopsProcedural maps force adaptive strategiesChillLightheartedRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into Valhalla Hills also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Valhalla Hills.

    VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands is a city-builder where you forge your legend. Become a Jarl, transform a camp into a thriving city, manage your people's expansion, and build your legacy. Explore, fight, and erect monuments to etch your saga in history!

    2026StrategyEarly AccessSteam ↗
  2. Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Second-strongest match for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.

    2008StrategySimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Offworld Trading Company

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Valhalla Hills.

    Third-strongest match for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dwarf Fortress

    WHY THIS

    Shares procedural generation with Valhalla Hills.

    Ranked #4 for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind

    WHY THIS

    Shares indirect control and a whimsical mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Ranked #5 for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

    2019StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Space Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Valhalla Hills.

    Ranked #6 for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Gnomoria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Ranked #7 for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Foundation

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Ranked #8 for Valhalla Hills fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Valhalla Hills

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Northgard: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Valhalla Hills.

    Reviewers of Valhalla Hills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Sims™ 4

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Valhalla Hills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Save the settlers

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Valhalla Hills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Valhalla Hills.

    This is a tower defense game in which you have to defend a settlement from bloodthirsty creatures.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy0.49 USDSteam ↗
  4. Sky Settlers

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Valhalla Hills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Sky Settlers is a minimalistic city building card game in which you build on islands in the sky and encounter different events, disasters and much more. Use different cards, complete quests and unlock new tiles as you progress.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation1.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. The Settlers: New Allies

    WHY THIS

    Shares settlement expansion, production chain optimization and a chill mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Reviewers of Valhalla Hills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Valhalla Hills.

    The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.

    2024Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Nations

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Valhalla Hills.

    Reviewers of Valhalla Hills cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Select an era, a nation and lead it to greatness or decay. Develop the economy and society, or focus on military and territorial expansion. In Nations you can rule your people for centuries – from ancient times to the modern day and beyond. You shape your state, history and map of the world.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Valhalla Hills at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. A Short Hike

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Valhalla Hills on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Valhalla Hills.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Valhalla Hills.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Funatics Software

Other recommendable Steam games by Funatics Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Another title from Funatics Software, the studio behind Valhalla Hills.

    The legends speak of a long forgotten prophecy... of a shining hero and of perilous adventures... of sinister powers, strange worlds and swarms of fairies ... but they said nothing of a girl with a big heart instead of a big sword!

    2015ActionAdventureRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Cultures - Northland

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Another title from Funatics Software, the studio behind Valhalla Hills. Shares Strategy with Valhalla Hills.

    The Vikings are back! Get this RTS classic!

    2015Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Cultures - 8th Wonder of the World

    WHY THIS

    Shares settlement expansion, resource management and a relaxing mood with Valhalla Hills.

    Another title from Funatics Software, the studio behind Valhalla Hills. Shares Strategy with Valhalla Hills.

    Solve the mystery surrounding the 8th Wonder of the World with your heroes and banish evil from the Earth! Play this RTS-Classic.

    2015Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ed & Edda: GRAND PRIX – Racing Champions

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Funatics Software, the studio behind Valhalla Hills.

    Ed & Edda: GRAND PRIX – Racing Champions is a fun racing game for the whole family that brings the famous mascots of the Europa-Park to life. Players can – either alone or with their friends – race through several European landmarks to find out who is the fastest!

    2025ActionRacing39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Valhalla Hills

Does Valhalla Hills run on Steam Deck?
Valhalla Hills is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Valhalla Hills cost?
Valhalla Hills is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Valhalla Hills?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Valhalla Hills are VIKING - Sagas of the Norse Lands, Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition, Offworld Trading Company.
Who developed Valhalla Hills?
Valhalla Hills was developed by Funatics Software and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Valhalla Hills.

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