Choose Expeditions: Viking
Choose Expeditions: Viking if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 82.1% positive across 1,916 reviews.
Expeditions: Viking vs NORSE: Oath of Blood
Expeditions: Viking and NORSE: Oath of Blood both land in Strategy, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, RPG on Steam. Expeditions: Viking (2017) is 9 years older than NORSE: Oath of Blood (2026). Expeditions: Viking scores higher on Steam reviews (82.1% positive) than NORSE: Oath of Blood (61.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose NORSE: Oath of Blood
Choose NORSE: Oath of Blood if it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,013 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Expeditions: Viking and NORSE: Oath of Blood sit in Strategy and RPG on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Expeditions: Viking |  NORSE: Oath of Blood | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2026 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, RPG | Strategy, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 7.49 USD | 34.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 82.1% positive (1,916 reviews) | 61.2% positive (1,013 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Logic Artists | Arctic Hazard |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, RPG on Steam.
- Expeditions: Viking (2017) is 9 years older than NORSE: Oath of Blood (2026).
- Expeditions: Viking scores higher on Steam reviews (82.1% positive) than NORSE: Oath of Blood (61.2% positive).
- Expeditions: Viking is currently ~79% cheaper on Steam than NORSE: Oath of Blood (7.49 USD vs. 34.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Expeditions: Viking is Deck Playable, NORSE: Oath of Blood is Deck Unsupported.
Expeditions: Viking vs NORSE: Oath of Blood — FAQ
- Which is better, Expeditions: Viking or NORSE: Oath of Blood?
- On Steam reviews Expeditions: Viking scores higher (82.1% positive) than NORSE: Oath of Blood (61.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Expeditions: Viking is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Expeditions: Viking or NORSE: Oath of Blood first?
- If you want chronology, Expeditions: Viking (2017) came out before NORSE: Oath of Blood (2026). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Expeditions: Viking and NORSE: Oath of Blood similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.