Viking Life: Roguelite Warband Battles Price and Release Date (Oct 2026)

Viking Life is listed on Steam as released October 25, 2026 at $5.99, developed by Orazgylyjov Davut.

VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 2058670), checked 2026-10-26

Every saga is a raid across three lands, and falling in battle sends you to Valhalla where the souls you won build up your village for the next saga.

VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 2058670), checked 2026-10-26

There are six weapons and 16 kinds of warriors, each warrior with five levels and branching upgrades from level 3.

VERIFIED Source: Steam store page (appid 2058670), checked 2026-10-26

What the game is

Viking Life is a roguelite action strategy game where you are the jarl: you swing the axe yourself, raise your shield at the right moment and command your warband in the same fight.

Each saga is a raid across three lands, and dying is part of the loop rather than the end of the run.

The store page puts the run structure plainly: fall in battle, wake up in Valhalla, spend the souls you have won on the village, and start the next saga stronger.

Combat and the warband

Close combat uses combos, blocks and rolls, and catching a blow on your shield at the last moment turns it back on the enemy, with arrows and axes flying back at whoever threw them.

Holding the order wheel slows the battle and gives four commands: charge, follow me, hold the line and fall back.

Six weapons are listed, sword and shield, great axe, spear and shield, bow, crossbow and throwing axes, forged in your village, and you carry one for close combat and one for range.

The warband spans 16 kinds of warriors, from spearmen and shieldmaidens with two daggers to huskarls who throw axes from behind their shields, plus longbowmen, knights and crossbowmen hired in England and France.

The three lands and who it is for

The Fjords pit you against other Vikings in deep snow that slows everyone down, the Knights' Camp fights in English summer wheat fields with thunderstorms that shorten the reach of every bow, and the Golden Castle brings French autumn heat with catapults raining burning boulders.

The map is new for every saga, with raids, champions, hoards, campfires, the forge, the altar, the Fish Merchant and wanderers who join your warband, and a boss waits at the end of every land.

Valhalla holds six buildings, houses, fishing, market, training camp, forge and walls, each with eight levels that carry into the next saga as more starting warriors, more sapphires, tougher shields and new forge weapons.

The store page frames the game as a roguelite that mixes front-line action with army orders and village building, and does not compare it to any named game (BOUNDED: official Steam description, checked 2026-10-26).