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Game entry

Valheim

2021 · Action RPG, Action-adventure, Survival, Sandbox · PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S · Coffee Stain Publishing

Valheim is ranked no. 518 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,686 and 64% of duels won. Against The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 2 wins to 5 losses in 7 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 10 out of 165 (2021).

World rank

no. 518

ELO score

1,686

Wins

64%

Duels played

239

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About Valheim

Valheim is a brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players set in a procedurally-generated world inspired by Norse mythology. Craft powerful weapons, construct longhouses, and slay mighty foes to prove yourself to Odin!

The community says

Solid survival loop, but Hades still edges it out for pure design tightness.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,686 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Valheim sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 515 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 1,687
  2. 516 Quake 1,687
  3. 517 Luigi's Mansion 1,687
  4. 518 Valheim 1,686
  5. 519 Dead Island 1,685
  6. 520 Halo 3: ODST 1,685
  7. 521 Antichamber 1,685

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The standing

Where Valheim ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Valheim stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 10 out of 165 (2021).

Where Valheim ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 518 5,035
Action RPG 59 510
2020s 48 855
2021 10 165

The community

The debate

29 comments

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  1. Loot_Howell

    Solid survival loop, but Hades still edges it out for pure design tightness.

  2. Eldora_2003

    It keeps beating games it probably shouldn't, and yet here we are still arguing about its rank.

    ArcadeOwl

    It ages fine when you judge it as a live-service style survival game, not as a traditional RPG, so what's the real comparison here?

    Gaudin1990

    Face à Hades ? Non, le rythme n'est pas comparable, l'un se termine, l'autre s'installe.

  3. CritWolf12

    Anyone else remember the first longhouse they built collapsing on itself? Was that just me?

  4. FrameKid

    contra skyrim pierde en historia pero gana fácil en supervivencia pura

    GlitchOwl95

    enfin bref, c'est vrai que la survie pure prend le dessus, mais l'histoire de Skyrim ça reste autre chose

    Lenoir80

    la comparaison avec Skyrim tombe toujours pareil, un fait pour l'exploration libre, l'autre pour la survie

    Carpentier2010

    Replying to GlitchOwl95

    Pareil de mon côté, une fois la base finie l'envie retombe assez vite face à d'autres jeux du genre.

  5. GhostPhoenix

    La gestion de la stamina et du poids force à réfléchir avant chaque expédition, ce qui change la dynamique du jeu de survie classique. Le combat en revanche reste rigide, surtout face aux gros adversaires où l'esquive répond avec un léger délai. Ça se sent surtout en groupe où les collisions deviennent vite le vrai problème.

    Neon_Picard

    Le PvE compense non ?

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